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Injuries inflate spread again just before kickoff for Oklahoma-Alabama

After a week of Vegas shrinking the spread between No. 11 Oklahoma and No. 4 Alabama, it was right back to where it started by Saturday's kickoff.

In what's a College Football Playoff elimination game for the Sooners on the road at Alabama, OU has been an underdog all week since the opening line, but the margin continued to shrink all week. But then the injured list for the Sooners grew, so the spread did, too.

Closing betting odds for Oklahoma-Alabama

Alabama opened on Monday as a 6.5-point favorite over OU at Bryant-Denny Stadium, where the Crimson Tide have won 17 games in a row, which is the longest active streak in the country.