The Oklahoma Sooners already beat the Alabama Crimson Tide once this season, but Vegas oddsmakers don't like the chances of that happening again, even on OU's own Owen Field.
The No. 8 Sooners will host No. 9 Alabama at Gaylord Family-Oklahoma Memorial Stadium at 7 p.m. CT Friday, Dec. 19, in the first round of the College Football Playoff. The two college football blue bloods already met once this season just last month in Tuscaloosa, and the Sooners won 23-21 to continue their undefeated November that ultimately propelled them into the playoff.
Crimson Tide open as betting favorites over Sooners in College Football Playoff
Despite the Sooners winning Round 1 just over a month before the rematch, FanDuel on Sunday opened Alabama as a 1.