Miami bidding to be 3rd largest underdog to win title in BCS or College Football Playoff era
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Key Points:
- Miami enters the College Football Playoff national title game as an 8½-point underdog to Indiana, aiming to become one of the largest underdog upsets in BCS or CFP history.
- Only two underdogs with spreads greater than 8½ points have won a national title game since 1998, highlighting the difficulty Miami faces.
- Recent trends favor the betting favorite, with the last six title game favorites winning and covering the spread since 2019; the last underdog champion was Clemson in 2018.
- Miami has a strong record as an underdog this season, winning all three games straight-up despite being underdogs by 3 to 7½ points.
- Indiana enters the title game undefeated at 15-
