The Irish then began with a win over Navy in Ireland, later won at Michigan State, beat Michigan, then got some luck of the Leprechauns in beating Stanford and BYU. Meanwhile, Notre Dame went off this season getting 25/1 to win the national championship. And with help from elsewhere Alabama was back in the BCS title game. The Tide then finished their season by beating Western Carolina and Auburn by identical scores of 49-0, then outlasted Georgia to win the SEC championship game, 32-28. More BCS title game odds, history and preview material here. 5 LSU.Īlabama then suffered its only defeat of this season when it became a victim of Johnny Football and his Texas A&M Aggies by a 29-24 score in Tuscaloosa. The Tide then won their first nine games, including a 41-14 drubbing of Michigan, a 52-0 whitewash of Arkansas, a 38-7 win over a ranked Mississippi State outfit and a come-from-behind 21-17 victory at No.
7 at Sun Life Stadium (8:30 pm ET, ESPN) and has already seen the early BCS championship game odds pushed from a point spread of -8.5 to -10 in favor of the Crimson Tide.Īlabama began this season as a 5/1 shot to repeat as national champs. In possibly the most highly anticipated BCS championship game to date, the 12-1 Crimson Tide of Alabama shoot for a second consecutive national title when they take on 12-0 Notre Dame.
