The national champion of the 2022 college football season will be crowned when the reigning champion Georgia Bulldogs and the TCU Horned Frogs collide in the CFP championship game on Monday at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, Calif. The top-ranked Bulldogs (14-0) are looking to become the first repeat national champion since Alabama did the trick in 2011-12. Meanwhile the No. 3 Horned Frogs (13-1) seek to win the program's first national championship since 1938. 

Kickoff is set for 7:30 p.m. ET. The Bulldogs are 13-point favorites in the latest Georgia vs. TCU odds from Caesars Sportsbook, and the over/under for total points scored is 63. 

Before you lock in your TCU vs. Georgia picks or CFP championship game predictions, you'll want to see what SportsLine senior analyst Josh Nagel has to say.

Nagel is a Nevada-based handicapper with more than 20 years of experience in the sports wagering industry. SportsLine's assistant managing editor has covered the wagering industry on a variety of platforms and has won numerous sports handicapping contests. Since the start of the 2018 college football season, he is 241-210-7 on all college football picks, returning a profit of $816.

In addition, he has had a particularly keen eye for the Bulldogs. He is 12-3 on his last 15 against-the-spread picks involving Georgia. Anyone who has followed him is way up.

Nagel knows that Georgia has one of the best defenses in the country. Led by first-team all-America defensive tackle Jalen Carter, the Bulldogs lead the SEC and rank fifth in the nation in scoring defense (14.8 points per game). They also are tops in the conference and are 11th in the FBS in total defense (304.6 yards per game).

But Nagel also has taken into consideration that TCU has one of the best quarterbacks in the country in Max Duggan. A senior from Council Bluffs, Iowa, Duggan leads the Big 12 and ranks 10th in the nation in passing efficiency (162.3). He also has 27 career rushing touchdowns, which ranks eighth in program history.

Nagel has locked in his confident against-the-spread pick for the CFP championship game and Georgia vs. TCU. We can tell you he's leaning Over the total, and he says a critical 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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