Oddsmakers indicate that No. 2 Michigan has an easier path to the national championship game than No. 1 Georgia. The top-ranked Bulldogs are 6.5-point favorites over No. 4 Ohio State, while the Wolverines are favored by 9.5 points over No. 3 TCU.
"Michigan is clearly the much better team, but we feel that TCU has fought through adversity all year long and we came up with a line just short of a touchdown and a field goal," Caesars Sportsbook vice president of trading Craig Mucklow told ESPN. "Both have a tendency to put on a show in the second half so we will see how TCU reacts to playing a defense of this caliber and if [Jim] Harbaugh and [J.