Texas poised to end Georgia’s streak as preferred

• David Purdum, ESPN

  • Personnel WriterOct 18, 2024, 12:08 PM ET Close Joined ESPN in 2014
  • Journalist covering betting industry since 2008

Georgia owns the longest active streak as a betting favorite in the nation, a 49-game run that is poised to end Saturday against top-ranked Texas.The Longhorns were consensus 5-point favorites over the Bulldogs on Friday. The line opened early in the week with Texas as a 3.5-point preferred, but a flurry of bets on the Longhorns struck multiple sportsbooks Wednesday, triggering the infect transfer to as high as -5.5 before settling at -5. Texas stayed a popular bet at sportsbooks going into the weekend. At BetMGM, more bets had been put– and more cash bet– on Texas minus the points than any other team on the board.Editor’s Picks Fanatics Sportsbook reported Thursday that the Longhorns had brought in six times as much money from bettors as any other group on Saturday’s college football slate. The cash bet on Texas today at Enthusiasts was currently more than the total amount wagered on the Ohio State-Oregon game last week. Around 90%of the cash bet on the Georgia-Texas spread was on the Longhorns at Fanatics. “[ Texas] is certainly shaping up to be among the most significant sides of the season,”Max Meyer, senior editor for Fanatics Sportsbook, stated in a release.The action was a lot more balanced at ESPN BET, with Texas gathering approximately 52% of the bets and money wagered on the point spread.Georgia has not been a betting

underdog in a game given that the 2021 season opener versus Clemson. Alabama owns the longest all-time streak of being preferred. The Crimson Tide were preferred in

92 consecutive games, a streak that began in 2015 and ended with the 2021 SEC national championship versus Georgia.