Lee Corso’s final pick odds & state title favorites

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Lee Corso makes his final pick ever after a legendary career on ESPN Gameday.

So, which headgear will Lee Corso don in his last moments at ESPN?

The oddsmakers at BetOnline.ag have created lines for this momentous occasion.

Also, the marketing team at BetOnline.ag created an X map with each US State’s pick to win the National Championship.

The graphic below is based on geotagged X data in the last 30 days leading up to college football season, tracking tweets, hashtags, and direct keyword phrases about who will win the College Football Playoff National Championship this year.

For example, “Texas will win the national championship,” “Penn State will win the national championship,” “Ohio State will repeat,” “betting on Notre Dame to win the national championship,” etc. Over 230,000 tweets were tracked.

As you can see from the map (and outside of the home state favorites) Penn State and Texas are the two top picks. Penn State has an all-around great team this year, with many analysts also picking them to be the last team standing.

The expectations for Arch Manning and the Longhorns may be the highest they have ever been before the start of a season.

*It’s also important to note that this is not based on rooting interest, it’s who each state thinks will win (even if they are a bit delusional).

Here’s the state breakdown:

Penn State – 14               (Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, Minnesota, Missouri, NJ, NY, NC, NC, Pennsylvania, SD, Virginia, Wisconsin)
Texas – 13                       (Alaska, California, Colorado, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, NM, Texas, Utah, Washington, Wyoming)
Notre Dame – 7               (Hawaii, Indiana, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont)
Ohio State – 3                 (Kentucky, Ohio, West Virginia)
Alabama – 1                    (Alabama)
Arizona State – 1            (Arizona)
Clemson – 1                    (South Carolina)
Miami – 1                         (Florida)
Georgia – 1                     (Georgia)
Illinois – 1                        (Illinois)
Iowa State – 1                 (Iowa State)
LSU – 1                           (Louisiana)
Michigan – 1                    (Michigan)
Ole Miss – 1                    (Mississippi)
Oklahoma – 1                  (Oklahoma)
Oregon – 1                      (Oregon)
Tennessee – 1                 (Tennessee)