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College World Series finals: How bettors see Game 3 playing out between Tennessee, Texas A&M
By Andrew Olson
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A new national champion will be crowned Monday evening. No. 1 national seed Tennessee and No. 3 Texas A&M are playing a decisive Game 3 as the College World Series championship series is knotted up 1-1.
Tennessee enters the game favored by 1.5 at BetMGM. Bettors are liking the Vols to cover.
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College World Series finals Game 3: Spread splits
Initial spread action had 71% of the bets for 79% of the handle (money bet) on Tennessee to win by at least 2 runs. That action has led to BetMGM moving the pricing to -145, meaning a $145 wager would be needed to win $100 for a $245 payout.
Texas A&M +1.5 runs is priced at +110 for a $100 wager to win $110, creating a $210 payout. Bettors aren’t too confident in the Aggies keeping it within 1 run.
- Tennessee -1.5 (-145 at BetMGM): 71% bets, 79% handle
- Texas A&M +1.5 (+110 at BetMGM): 29% bets, 21% handle
College World Series finals Game 3: Moneyline splits
Bettors who like A&M are going for the straight-up option of instead of taking the Aggies to kept it within 1 run.
On the moneyline, initial action had more bets for Texas A&M. The handle (amount of money bet), though, is larger for UT.
Tennessee to win outright opened with a pricing of -225. It’s now -250, meaning it would take a $250 wager to win $100 for a $350 payout on a Vol victory.
Texas A&M opened as +165 on the moneyline. The Aggies are up to +185. An A&M victory would turn a $100 wager into a $285 payout.
- Tennessee to win (-250 at BetMGM): 48% bets, 64% handle
- Texas A&M to win (+185 at BetMGM): 52% bets, 36% handle
College World Series finals Game 3: Over/under splits
Nineteen runs have been scored in the CWS finals, with Texas A&M taking Game 1 9-5 and Tennessee evening the series by winning Game 2 4-1.
For the decisive Game 3, BetMGM set the over/under for the total number of runs at 10.5.
Over is priced at -105, with under a bit steeper at -125.
Initial action had bettors close to evenly split.
- Over 10.5 runs total (-105 at BetMGM): 53% bets, 46% handle
- Under 10.5 runs total (-125 at BetMGM): 47% bets, 54% handle
For those who bet on college sports, Monday’s game wraps up the 2023-24 season in the NCAA. We’ll see how it all plays out!
Andrew writes about sports to fund his love of live music and collection of concert posters. He strongly endorses the Hall of Fame campaigns of Fred Taylor and Andruw Jones.
