The 2024 College Football Playoff kicks off with a matchup between the Alabama Crimson Tide and the Michigan Wolverines in the Rose Bowl. Kickoff from Pasadena is scheduled for 5 p.m. ET. The Wolverines won the Big Ten championship and enter with a perfect 13-0 record. They defeated Iowa 26-0 in the Big Ten Championship Game. Alabama enters with a 12-1 overall record and won the SEC title after beating Georgia 27-24 in the conference championship game. 

The Wolverines are 2-point favorites in the latest Alabama vs. Michigan odds via SportsLine consensus, while the over/under for total points scored is 46. Michigan is a -131 (risk $131 to win $100) favorite on the money line, with Alabama listed as a +111 underdog (see up-to-date odds for every game this week on our college football odds page). 

Before you make any Michigan vs. Alabama picks or any other college football predictions, you NEED to see which side proven SportsLine expert Jimmie Kaylor is on. 

Kaylor is a NFL, college football, and DFS expert for SportsLine, who has covered the NFL and college football for close to a decade as a member of the Pro Football Writers of America. His background as a former college football All-American and NFL player gives him a unique perspective when building his fantasy lineups and locking in his betting picks. He has his finger on the pulse of the college football landscape and has been cashing in big for the last two years. 

Kaylor has been red-hot all season, going 92-35-2 overall on his college football best bets for SportsLine this season so far. He is up 54.8 units, returning a profit of $5,480 for $100 bettors! Anyone who has followed his picks this season is WAY UP.

Now, Kaylor has locked in a confident against-the-spread pick for Michigan vs. Alabama in the 2023 Rose Bowl. We can tell you he's leaning Over on the point total, but he knows a crucial X-factor makes one side of the spread a MUST-BACK! You ABSOLUTELY need to see what it is before locking in any picks of your own.

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Who wins Alabama vs. Michigan in the 2023 Rose Bowl CFP Semifinal on Monday, and what critical X-factor makes one side of the spread a must-back? ... Join SportsLine right now to see which side of the spread to jump on, all from the expert who is on a 92-35 roll betting on college football this season, and find out!