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U bet? CFP spread shifts toward underdog Canes

playCan Miami and Carson Beck weather the storm against Indiana? (1:29)Josh Pate and Dan Orlovsky explain how Miami and Carson Beck can push back against Indiana in the CFP National Championship. (1:29)David PurdumJan 19, 2026, 09:48 AM ETClose Joined ESPN in 2014 Journalist covering gambling industry since 2008Follow on XEmailPrintOpen Extended ReactionsThe betting action on the College Football Playoff championship shifted over the weekend, with a surge of respected money coming in on the Miami Hurricanes and causing the point spread to move toward the underdog Hurricanes. The Indiana Hoosiers, despite attracting the bulk of the money wagered on the game, dropped from 8.5- to 7.5-point favorites Sunday at sportsbooks across the U. S.

U bet? CFP spread shifts toward underdog Canes

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Key Highlights

  • Multiple bookmakers said "sharp money" came in on the Hurricanes on Sunday afternoon, around 3 p. m.
  • ET, causing the line to drop across the betting market. John Murray, a veteran Las Vegas bookmaker at the Westgate SuperBook, said sharp money showed up on Miami late in the week at his shop."I get it," Murray said.
  • "The line on an Indiana-Miami game would have been nowhere near this number all season.
  • Miami would have likely been favored in this game most of the year, actually."In the lookahead lines offered before the CFP semifinals, the undefeated Hoosiers were only 5.5-point favorites over Miami.
  • But after Indiana's impressive blowout of Oregon, sportsbooks re-opened the Hoosiers as 7.5-point favorites over the Hurricanes in the national championship game.
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