A brand new faculty soccer nationwide champion can be topped as defending titleholder Ohio State was upset by Miami within the quarterfinals of the 2025 School Soccer Playoff on Wednesday. That leaves the door open for the Georgia Bulldogs to return to their acquainted spot atop the nation as they received back-to-back championships in 2021 and 2022.
Georgia (12-1), which obtained a first-round bye because the No. 3 seed within the event, takes step one towards one other title within the Sugar Bowl because it faces the sixth-seeded Ole Miss Rebels (12-1) at 8 p.m. ET in a 2025 School Soccer Playoff quarterfinal matchup on the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans.
The Bulldogs have had loads of time to arrange for a run to the title as they have been idle since defeating Alabama 28-7 on Dec. 6 within the SEC Championship. The victory was the ninth in a row for Georgia, which rallied from a nine-point deficit within the fourth quarter on Oct. 18 to get previous Ole Miss 43-35.
That setback was the one one of many season for the Rebels, who cruised to a 41-10 victory in opposition to Eleventh-seeded Tulane on Dec. 20 within the first spherical of the CFP event. Trinidad Chambliss threw one landing cross and ran for a pair of scores as Ole Miss prolonged its successful streak to 6 video games.
There are 5 video games on Thursday’s NBA schedule, together with a conflict between the Boston Celtics (20-12) and Sacramento Kings (8-25) at 10 p.m. ET on the Golden 1 Middle. The Celtics improved to 2-1 on their five-game street journey with Tuesday’s 129-119 conquer the Utah Jazz whereas the Kings got here up empty of their trek to Los Angeles, shedding 125-101 to the Lakers on Sunday and 131-90 to the Clippers two nights later.
Six video games are on the NHL’s night slate, one in every of which has the Tampa Bay Lightning (23-13-3) visiting Crypto.com Enviornment to tackle the Los Angeles Kings (16-13-9) at 7 p.m. ET. The Lightning need to prolong their successful streak to 6 video games and actual revenge for a 2-1 residence loss on Dec. 18 to the Kings, who’re simply 5-8-4 at residence this season.
In the meantime, practically two dozen faculty basketball video games happen on Thursday night, with one being a Missouri Valley Convention showdown between Bradley (10-4, 3-0) and Belmont (12-2, 2-1) at 7 p.m. ET on the Curb Occasion Middle Enviornment in Nashville. The Braves defeated Evansville 76-68 on Monday to increase their successful streak to seven video games, whereas the Bruins had their four-game run halted the identical day with an 81-80 time beyond regulation loss to Indiana State.
Georgia is a 6.5-point favourite in opposition to Ole Miss within the newest consensus faculty soccer odds. The Celtics are 9.5-favorites versus Sacramento, Los Angeles is -122 on the cash line in opposition to the Lightning and Belmont is a 4.5-point favourite versus Bradley.
Under is a snapshot of what to look at and guess for Thursday, Jan. 1. All instances Japanese
CFB finest bets, the place to look at
Ole Miss vs. Georgia
Time: 8 p.m. | Location: New Orleans | TV: ESPN | Stream: Fubo (Strive without cost)
SportsLine picks — Mannequin: Over 55.5 (-113) | Knowledgeable: Below 56.5 (Eric Cohen)
These SEC rivals obliterated the projected complete for the Sugar Bowl once they met through the common season, combining for 78 factors. Georgia quarterback Gunner Stockton threw 4 landing passes — three to tight finish Lawson Luckie — whereas Ole Miss counterpart Trinidad Chambliss accounted for 3 scores, together with two on the bottom. The Rebels are tenth within the nation in scoring with a mean of 37.5 factors and have produced no less than 30 in every of their final seven video games. The Bulldogs put up 31.9 factors per contest and have scored 35 or extra on seven events this season. Although Georgia is eighth within the nation in factors allowed (15.9), the SportsLine Projection Mannequin expects one other high-scoring affair between these groups because the Over hits in 51% of its simulations. Eric Cohen, nevertheless, likes the Below, largely due to the run Georgia’s protection has been on of late.
NBA finest bets, the place to look at
Celtics at Kings
Time: 10 p.m. | Location: Sacramento | TV: NBA League Move | Stream: Fubo (Strive without cost)
SportsLine picks — Mannequin: Celtics -9.5 (-112) | Knowledgeable: Maxime Raynaud Over 21.5 factors + rebounds (-118, PropBetGuy)
The Celtics have received 10 of their final 13 video games and 5 of six since struggling back-to-back losses to the Milwaukee Bucks and Detroit Pistons in mid-December. 4 of these 5 victories had been by double digits, together with Tuesday’s 10-point triumph at Utah. The Kings are coming off consecutive blowout defeats as they misplaced to the Lakers by 24 factors and the Clippers by a whopping 41. The SportsLine Projection Mannequin does not see Sacramento getting demolished that badly on Wednesday, however its simulations have Boston masking the unfold 70% of the time. Kings rookie middle Maxime Raynaud has registered greater than 21 mixed factors and rebounds in seven of his eight video games as a starter, and SportsLine props professional PropBetGuy (26-9, +1536 on his final 35 NBA participant prop picks) feels he’ll achieve this once more in opposition to the Celtics.
NHL finest bets, the place to look at
Lightning at Kings
Time: 7 p.m. | Location: Los Angeles | TV: ESPN+ | Stream: Fubo (Strive without cost)
SportsLine picks — Mannequin: Lightning +1.5 (-242) | Knowledgeable: Kings -130 (Matt Severance)
The Lightning are within the midst of a five-game successful streak that has adopted a three-game slide, with two of these setbacks being determined by one purpose. Los Angeles has misplaced seven of its final 9 contests (2-5-2), and one in every of its victories in that span was by a single tally. Subsequently, the SportsLine Projection Mannequin was stunned by the unfold for this matchup, and its simulations say Tampa Bay covers 80% of the time. SportsLine professional Matt Severance (10-3, +660.5 on his final 13 NHL cash line picks) disagrees, nevertheless, as he thinks Tampa Bay enjoying for the second straight night time and Los Angeles’ Darcy Kuemper (higher physique) returning to the crease after a 2.5-week absence spells victory for the Kings.
CBB finest bets, the place to look at
Bradley at Belmont
Time: 7 p.m. | Location: Nashville, Tenn. | TV: ESPN+ | Stream: Fubo (Strive without cost)
SportsLine picks — Mannequin: Over 153.5 (-107) | Knowledgeable: Bradley +5.5 (-110, Larry Hartstein)
The Braves have mixed with their opponents to eclipse the projected complete for this matchup simply as soon as of their final seven video games, and so they wanted three overtimes in that one to perform the feat. However six of the Bruins’ final eight contests have seen the groups produce no less than 159 mixed factors. The SportsLine Projection Mannequin is looking for a high-scoring affair because the Over hits in additional than 62% of its simulations. SportsLine professional Larry Hartstein (7-2-1, +480 on his final 10 against-the-spread picks involving Belmont) likes the Braves to cowl the unfold because the Bruins are 0-5 ATS as residence favorites this season and have but to defeat Bradley by greater than three factors within the all-time sequence.
