After advancing past the first round of the expanded 12-team College Football Playoff with a double-digit win over the 12-seed Clemson Tigers, the five-seed Texas football (12-2, 7-1 SEC) are set to face the four-seed Arizona State Sun Devils in the Peach Bowl in the quarterfinals.
Texas will be playing in Atlanta at Mercedes-Benz Stadium for the second time in the last month. Head coach Steve Sarkisian and the Longhorns played in Atlanta in the SEC Championship Game on Dec. 7 against the Georgia Bulldogs, resulting in an overtime loss for Texas.
This will be the second-ever meeting on the gridiron between Texas and Arizona State for the second-round Peach Bowl in the Playoff on New Year's Day.
Arizona State (11-2, 7-2 Big 12) got a first-round bye in the College Football Playoff after beating the Iowa State Cyclones to win the Big 12 Championship. The Sun Devils are riding a hot streak entering the postseason, winning their last six games.
Here’s a look at the opening betting odds for the quarterfinals College Football Playoff matchup between five-seed Texas and four-seed Arizona State at the Peach Bowl at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, GA, on Jan. 1 at Noon CT.
College Football Playoff opening odds for Texas football vs. Arizona State
Texas opens up as a 13.5-point favorite over Arizona State in the first round of the CFP (per FanDuel). The over/under is set at 51.5 points.
The moneyline favors Texas (-630) over Arizona State (+450).
The Longhorns also have the best overall odds of winning the College Football Playoff National Championship this postseason.
Texas is 8-6-0 against the spread this season (per TeamRankings). The Longhorns covered the 13.5-point pregame spread in the first round of the College Football Playoff victory over Clemson this weekend.
Arizona State is 11-2-0 against the spread this season. The Sun Devils are 4-2-0 as underdogs against the spread in the 2024 campaign.