Here are some prop bets for tonight’s national championship game between Alabama and Clemson. These are based on Bovada odds:
Will Deshaun Watson (Clemson) score a Rushing TD: Yes (-140) / No (Even)
Watson has run for a score in eight of the last nine games. His 12 rushing TDs are tied for 4th-most in the ACC this season.
Will Calvin Ridley (Alabama) score a TD? Yes (-135) / No (-105)
Ridley caught two touchdowns in the semifinal win over Michigan State, but he had only recorded two combined in his previous seven games.
Will Wayne Gallman (Clemson) score a TD? Yes (-110) / No (-130)
Gallman has racked up 13 total touchdowns this season, tied for 5th-most in the ACC. He’s gotten in the end zone at least once in six of his last seven games. He’s scored 2 TDs in each of the last two.
Will a special teams or defensive TD be scored? Yes (+130) / No (-170)
Alabama leads the FBS this season with 5 punt return TDs, two more than any other school.
Total Interceptions – Deshaun Watson: Over .5 (-190) / Under .5 (+145)
Watson has thrown at least one pick in four of the last five games.
Total Interceptions – Jake Coker: Over .5 (-135) / Under .5 (-105)
Coker hasn’t thrown a pick in each of the last four games.
Team to score the longest touchdown in the game: Alabama (-160) / Clemson (+120)
Clemson is tied for 8th in the FBS this season with 89 plays of 20-plus yards. Alabama is 70th in the FBS with 57 such plays.
Total Touchdowns – Derrick Henry: Over 1.5 (-160) / Under 1.5 (+120)
Henry has scored in every game this season, and he’s scored multiple touchdowns in more than half of them (8 of 14).
Total Passing Yards – Deshaun Watson: Over 239.5 (-130) / Under 239.5 (-110)
Watson failed to go over 239 passing yards against Oklahoma with just 187 yards, but he had gone over that plateau in each of the last six games before that.
Total Passing Yards – Jake Coker: Over 219.5 (-120) / Under 219.5 (-120)
It’s the opposite scenario for Coker entering this game. Coker hadn’t reached the 219-yard mark in each of the last six games before throwing for 286 yards against the Spartans.
Here are some other prop bets:
Longest touchdown yardage in the game: Over 50.5 (-130) / Under 50.5 (-110)
Shortest touchdown yardage in the game: Over 1.5 (+105) / Under 1.5 (-145)
Total Rushing Yards – Deshaun Watson: Over 62.5 (-140) / Under 62.5 (Even)
Total Rushing Yards – Derrick Henry: Over 145.5 (Even) / Under 145.5 (-140)
Total Rushing + Receiving Yards – Kenyan Drake: Over 62.5 (-125) / Under 62.5 (-115)
Total Receptions – OJ Howard: Over 2.5 (-140) / Under 2.5 (Even)
Team to score first in the game: Alabama (-170) / Clemson (+130)
First offensive play of the game: Run (-200) / Pass (+150)
Will either team score 3 unanswered times in the game? Yes (-270) / No (+180)
Will the game go to Overtime? Yes (+500) / No (-900)
A graduate of the University of Florida and founder of Saturday Down South, Kevin is a college football enthusiast.
