The Alabama Crimson Tide and the Oklahoma Sooners meet in a college football playoff matchup from Memorial Stadium on Friday. We will look at this from a betting perspective and determine the best bets for this game. Here’s an Alabama Crimson Tide vs. Oklahoma Sooners prediction.
Alabama Crimson Tide Recap
The Alabama Crimson Tide come into the college football playoff as the 9-seed, finishing the year with a 10-3 record including a loss in the SEC title game to Georgia by a final score of 28-7.
Crimson Tide Looking To Get Back To National Title
Ty Simpson has thrown for 3,268 yards, 26 touchdowns and 5 interceptions on 64.3% passing while Jam Miller leads the Crimson Tide in rushing with 493 yards and 3 TDs. Germie Bernard has a team-high 57 catches for 762 yards and 7 touchdowns while Ryan Williams has 631 receiving yards with 4 TDs and Isaiah Horton has 430 receiving yards and 8 TDs. Lotzeir Brooks has 362 receiving yards while Josh Cuevas has 341 receiving yards and 4 TDs. Four more Crimson Tide receivers have 100+ receiving yards as well this season. On defense, Justin Jefferson has a team-high 67 total tackles including 38 solo tackles while Bray Hubbard has a team-high 4 interceptions. Yhonzae Pierre has a team-high 6 sacks and LT Overton has 4 sacks as well this season. As a unit, Alabama’s defense has combined for 25 sacks and 10 interceptions so far this season.
Oklahoma Sooners Recap
The Oklahoma Sooners come into this game as the 8-seed, finishing the year with a 10-2 overall record this season.
Sooners Looking For First National Title Since 2000
John Mateer has thrown for 2,578 yards, 12 touchdowns and 10 interceptions on 62.1% passing while also rushing for 416 yards and 7 touchdowns and Tory Blaylock also has a team-high 444 rushing yards and 4 TDs while Xavier Robinson has 417 rushing yards and 4 TDs as well this season. Isaiah Sategna III has a team-high 65 receptions for 948 yards and 7 TDs while Jaren Kanak has 511 receiving yards. Deion Burks has 513 receiving yards and Keontez Lewis has 238 receiving yards as well this season. On defense, Kip Lewis has a team-high 72 total tackles while R Mason Thomas has a team-high 6.5 sacks and Taylor Wein has 6 sacks. Gracen Halton also has 3.5 sacks as well for Oklahoma this season. As a unit, Oklahoma has combined for 41 sacks and 9 interceptions this season.
Alabama Crimson Tide vs. Oklahoma Sooners Prediction
I’m on Oklahoma here. I just think that the Sooners’ defense is going to be the best unit on the field in this game and the added time off gave John Mateer some extra time to get healthy, which is going to be key for the Sooners here. Oklahoma’s also got the edge in special teams in what I think is going to be a tight game throughout, and in the end, I also think that home field is going to be key here as well. I’ll roll with Oklahoma in this one.