The College Football Playoff continues on Friday, and there are now just 3 teams remaining in the pursuit of a National Championship. Back on New Year’s Day, the Oregon Ducks defeated Texas Tech to advance to this semifinal round, while the top-seeded Indiana Hoosiers rolled through Alabama in impressive fashion just a few hours later. Which of these teams will come out on top in the Peach Bowl on Friday and advance to the National Championship game against Miami? It’s almost time to find out. To get you set for this semifinal matchup, I’ve put together a Oregon vs Indiana parlay at +425 odds. Let’s dive right into the breakdown, and don’t forget to check out our NCAAF predictions for picks and analysis for every College Football Playoff game.
Oregon ML (+150)
Elijah Sarratt (IND) anytime touchdown scorer (+110)
Oregon vs Indiana Peach Bowl parlay odds: +425
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Oregon Ducks ML over Indiana Hoosiers (+150)
There’s no doubt that the Ducks played their worst game of the season by some distance in that first meeting, but they should be able to hone in on making the necessary schematic adjustments to fix what went wrong in the previous meeting. It certainly won’t be easy against Fernando Mendoza and the Hoosiers’ extremely balanced offense (2nd in success rate, 3rd in points per drive), and the Indiana defense has also been a top-5 unit in the sport over the course of the season. However, given the fact that Oregon’s offense just had to face the best defensive front in the nation, I’m expecting a much better effort from the Ducks on the ground in this one, which was something they were able to do successfully for a decent chunk of the first meeting against Curt Cignetti’s defense.
Will Stein’s offense should also finally be getting Evan Stewart back for this game, which makes this the healthiest that Oregon’s deep group of pass-catchers has been all season. With that in mind, as long as Dante Moore is able to play to his strengths and avoid making some of the crucial mistakes he made in the first meeting, the Ducks should be able to grind out scoring drives and potentially even strike for some explosive plays downfield against an Indiana secondary that can be had via the deep ball. Ultimately, I’m anticipating that Oregon will empty the tank and pull out all the stops schematically on both sides of the ball, so I’ll back the Ducks on the money line in this spot.
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Elijah Sarratt (IND) anytime touchdown scorer (+110)
I have been riding the Elijah Sarratt anytime touchdown scorer train for most of the season, and I’m certainly not hopping off now. Sarratt is one of the best receivers in the nation and he’s done nothing but light up defenses in both conference play and the College Football Playoff. Sarratt has racked up 13 touchdowns on the season, and he’s tallied at least 1 touchdown reception in each of his last 8 games played.
While Sarratt is expected to be shadowed by Oregon’s excellent true freshman cornerback Brandon Finney, he put up 8 receptions and 121 receiving yards and a touchdown in the first meeting between these teams, and at least half of that came against Finney. Let’s roll with the top Hoosiers receiver to record another touchdown.
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