Florida State Favored in ACC Championship Game Despite Drop In Rankings
Fourth-ranked Florida State will look to claim its third consecutive Atlantic Coast Conference title when it takes on No. 11 Georgia Tech as a 4-point favorite at sportsbooks monitored by OddsShark.com in college football betting action Saturday.
The Seminoles dropped a spot in the College Football Playoff Rankings this week despite moving to 12-0 on the season following last week?s 24-19 victory over Florida. While the win extended the Seminoles? straight-up winning streak to 28, it was their second straight against-the-spread loss, dropping them to 3-9 ATS on the season and 1-9 ATS when favored by more than 3.5 points.
Saturday night?s ACC Championship Game at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte is the first meeting between FSU and Georgia Tech since their clash in the 2012 ACC title game, won 21-15 by the Seminoles, who failed to cover as heavy 15.5-point favorites.
The 10-2 Yellow Jackets have defied the oddsmakers during their improbable run to the ACC Championship Game. After posting a 7-6 SU record last season, capped by a 25-17 loss to Ole Miss in the Music City Bowl, the Jackets opened this season as 25-1 long shots to win the ACC and a distant 500/1 to win the national championship on the college football betting futures.
Georgia Tech takes the field against FSU riding a five-game SU and ATS win streak, including three outright wins as underdogs, and as an intriguing 8-5 moneyline bet to knock off the defending national champs while remaining a 66/1 long shot to emerge as national champs.
In other Week 15 college football betting action, the No. 1 Alabama Crimson Tide will look to claim their second SEC championship in three years when they take on No. 16 Missouri as 14.5-point favorites.
The 11-1 Crimson Tide have won seven consecutive games, averaging 51.5 points in their last two, but are a middling 2-5 ATS this season as double-digit favorites, according to the OddsShark College Football Database. The 10-2 Tigers stormed to their second consecutive SEC East title with six straight wins down the stretch, 5-1 ATS, and are 5-0, SU and ATS, away from home this season.
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