Alabama barely favored to win tough SEC as conference odds open

Predicting the teams in the 2015-16 CFP Associated Press writer Ralph Russo joins Paul Finebaum to talk about 2015-16 college football bowl projections. 0 Shares Print The SEC is brutally competitive again while the Big Ten is not, according to odds to win the Power 5 conference championships posted Monday in Las Vegas. Sportsbook operator CG Technology opened the Ohio State Buckeyes as overwhelming 1-2 favorites to win the Big Ten. Urban Meyer’s loaded squad is the only odds-on favorite in the Power 5 conferences. Michigan State, at 13-4, and Wisconsin, at 8-1, are the only other teams with a better than 10-1 chance of winning the Big Ten crown, according to the book. SEC BIG TEN Alabama 5-2 Ohio State 1-2 Auburn 15-4 Michigan St. 13-4 Georgia 5-1 Wisconsin 8-1 LSU 8-1 Michigan 12-1 Ole Miss 8-1 Nebraska 12-1 Tennessee 8-1 Penn State 15-1 LSU 8-1 Minnesota 18-1 Ole Miss 8-1 Iowa 25-1 Arkansas 10-1 Rutgers 40-1 Miss. St. 12-1 Illinois 60-1 Texas A&M 15-1 Indiana 60-1 Florida 18-1 Northwestern 60-1 S. Carolina 25-1 Kentucky 75-1 Vanderbilt 100-1 ACC PAC-12 Florida St. 5-2 Oregon 9-4 Clemson 3-1 USC 11-4 Ga. Tech 4-1 Stanford 5-1 Va. Tech 8-1 Arizona St. 6-1 Miami 10-1 Arizona 7-1 NC State 12-1 Utah 10-1 Duke 12-1 California 18-1 Pittsburgh 15-1 Washington 30-1 Boston Col. 30-1 Wash. St. 40-1 Syracuse 75-1 Colorado 50-1 W. Forest 100-1 BIG 12 TCU 17-10 Baylor 5-2 Oklahoma 4-1 Oklahoma St. 5-1 Texas 7-1 Kansas St…

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