The inaugural 12-team College Football Playoff has reached its final four. Notre Dame and Penn State will collide in the first semifinal, in the Orange Bowl, on Thursday. Ohio State and Texas square off one day later in the Cotton Bowl. The Fighting Irish are slim 1.5-favorites over the Nittany Lions in South Florida, while the Buckeyes are 5.5-favorites over the Longhorns in Arlington, Texas.

With the CFP underway, there is a plethora of betting options. Will Penn State tight end Tyler Warren score a touchdown in the Orange Bowl? If you think so, you could get +105 on that prop. Will the Ohio State-Texas game go into overtime? No is a massive -20000 favorite. Who will be the CFP National Championship Game Offensive MVP? Buckeyes quarterback Will Howard is a +200 favorite. Those are just three of hundreds of betting options.

Through two rounds of the CFP, I've gone 7-2 with my best bets (with two still pending) and am up 6.42 units. For the semifinals, I've scoured the betting menu and identified six more best bets, including four that would have plus-money payouts and one at almost +1000.

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