South Point posts season win totals for ever College Football team

South Point is first sports book to post totals on every team. 

LAS VEGAS -- For the first time ever in Nevada sports book history, regular season win totals have been posted on all 128 Division I college football teams. And to make the unprecedented move even more astounding is that it's only May with the first kickoff not occurring until August 27.

The architect of the early numbers is veteran bookmaker Chris Andrews who took over as South Point sports book director in February. He's been hammering away at all the info he can gather on every school since taking over.

"I start compiling everything for all the teams right after the Super Bowl," said Andrews, a Pittsburgh native who has ran Nevada books for 37 years. "I track down what I can get for every school with the local papers and school web sites, and for a few teams the info is pretty hard to come by."

Two weeks ago the South Point was the first in Nevada to post spreads for the first week of college football action and also offered 40 'Games of the Year' numbers for the marquee match-ups. On Thursday he unleashed win totals on every school and offered some insight to key components in his oddsmaking process.

"When I do my ratings for each team, I always lean heavily on the offensive line with returning starters," he said. "I'm a big believer that stability in the offensive line is key for teams performing well early in the schedule. I don't have a math model, but I certainly have a methodology to produce the team ratings and win totals I'm comfortable with."

He's taking a dime on the Power-5 conference teams and a nickel on the other schools.

Read More Here.....totals for every College Football team posted at VegasInsider.com

Alabama or Clemson? Selection from Las Vegas

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LAS VEGAS -- There’s no question Alabama is the higher rated team in Monday’s national title game against Clemson, but is that rating gap really worth 6.5 points? According to Las Vegas oddsmaker Kenny White, the gap between the two teams is about half that number.

“Alabama’s played the better schedule in the SEC,” said White, “and Alabama’s the better team with the far better defense, but with the recent big wins by Clemson the disparity between the two closed to the point where, Alabama is rated only 3-points better (5-points better prior to ACC Championship). At the beginning of the season, the differential was 9-points.”

The added inflation to the number is sort of a luxury tax because sports books know the majority of the action will come on Alabama. Most books opened Alabama -7 just to see if they’d get some feelers taking the points, and some sharps did, which caused many to move to -7 (EVEN) or -6.5. William Hill’s 104 sports books across Nevada have taken 71 percent of the tickets written on Alabama, as well as 61 percent of the overall cash taken in.

Read More Here.......TheLinemakers.com

Alabama-Clemson Wagering Breakdown at William Hill

ALABAMA VS CLEMSON: POINT SPREAD

TEAMS	Current Point Spread 4PM PST	% of # of Tickets on Point Spread	% of total $’s wagered on Point Spread
ALABAMA	-6.5 (-110)	70%	69%
CLEMSON	+6.5 (-110)	30%	31%

ALABAMA VS CLEMSON: MONEY LINE

TEAMS	Current Money Line 4PM PST	% of # of Tickets on Point Spread	% of total $’s wagered on Point Spread
ALABAMA	-260	11%	37%
CLEMSON	+220	89%	63%

ALABAMA VS CLEMSON: OVER/UNDER

TEAM	Total 4PM PST	% of # of Tickets on Total	% of total $’s wagered on Total
OVER	50.5 (-110)	54%	26%
UNDER	50.5 (-110)	46%	74%