A spot in the College Football Playoff National Championship Game will be on the line when the No. 2 Washington Huskies and No. 3 Texas Longhorns collide in the 2024 Allstate Sugar Bowl on New Year's Day at the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans. The Huskies (13-0) enter the Sugar Bowl on a nation's-best 20-game winning streak. They are making their second appearance in the CFP semifinals. Meanwhile, the Longhorns (12-1) are making their first appearance in the CFP. The winner of Monday's game will advance to the title game to face the winner of the Rose Bowl between Michigan and Alabama.

Kickoff is scheduled for 8:45 p.m. ET. The Longhorns are 3.5-point favorites in the latest Texas vs. Washington odds, while the over/under for total points scored is 61.5. Texas is the -176 favorite on the money line. (See up-to-date odds for every game on our college football odds page.)

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The model knows that the Longhorns' rush defense has a plus matchup against the Washington running game. Led by 6-foot-4, 362-pound Outland Trophy winner T'Vondre Sweat, Texas ranks third in the country in rushing defense (80.8 yards allowed per game). On Monday, the Longhorns will face a Huskies offense that ranks 98th in the nation in rushing (125.2 yards per game).

The model also has taken into account that Huskies quarterback Michael Penix Jr. has been one of the best players in the country this season. The 6-foot-3, 213-pound lefty leads the FBS in passing yards per game (324.5) and ranks third in passing touchdowns. For his efforts this season, he won the Maxwell Award as the nation's outstanding player and finished second in the Heisman Trophy voting.

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