Online Casino Picks Southern Cal as Best College Football Team

And in the final matchup, USC was considered two points stronger than Florida by the bookmaker.

The most popular Internet sports betting site in the world thinks the University of Southern California is the best team in college football this year. The only problem is that USC wasn't even invited to the title game.

The University of Florida and the University of Oklahoma will meet in Miami on January 8th to determine the national champion for this season. BetOnline.com has made the Florida Gators the favorite to win the game.

But, perhaps as a tease to those fans who wish Division I NCAA football would settle its championship totally on the field, rather than the BCS mess that currently picks the two contestants, BetOnline has set up a hypothetical eight-team playoff.

Putting the top teams as Florida, Oklahoma, USC, Penn State, Texas, Utah, Alabama, and Texas Tech, BetOnline then established a line for each of four seeded playoff games, using the BCS standings to establish seedings. They then assumed there were no upsets, and advanced each team through the succeeding rounds.

Although starting as the fifth seed, BetOnline made USC a seven-point favorite over Alabama. In the second round, USC was projected to be two-and-a-half points better than Oklahoma. And in the final matchup, USC was considered two points stronger than Florida by the bookmaker.

BetOnline's T.J. Kendrick said, "The fact that USC is the favorite to win a BCS title they won't even have a shot at this season really sheds light on one of the many flaws the current BCS structure presents. The best team may not win the national title because of a computer."