Birmingham Bowl Odds: Georgia Tech Vs. Vanderbilt Preview

The Birmingham Bowl is scheduled to kick off on Dec. 27 at 3:30 p.m. ET during the 2024-25 College Football Bowl Season. The game is held at Protective Stadium in Birmingham, Ala., making it one of 12 bowl stadiums to be the primary home of an FBS team (UAB). This year, the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets (7-5) are favored over the Vanderbilt Commodores (6-6). Below, we'll look at Birmingham Bowl odds and bowl history.

Birmingham Bowl odds

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Georgia Tech opened as slight -2.5 favorites over Vanderbilt in the Birmingham Bowl. The point total opened at 54.5.

Georgia Tech Vs. Vanderbilt

Check back for a preview between Georgia Tech and Vanderbilt.

Georgia Tech Team Notes

• Finished with a 5-0 record at home, but just 2-5 record away from Bobby Dodd Stadium.
• A couple starting receivers hit the transfer portal, including Eric Singleton Jr., who led the team with 91 targets.
• Starting left tackle Corey Robinson entered the transfer portal and RT Jordan Williams is an NFL prospect.
• Secondary is banged up and could be thinned further to transfer portal.

Vanderbilt Team Notes

• Finished with a losing conference recored (3-5) despite a historic win over No. 1 Alabama.

Birmingham Bowl betting

Last year, Duke (-7) beat Troy, 17-10, in a low-scoring defensive affair without head coach Mike Elko. Lined at exactly seven points, the spread pushed. Under 44.5 points hit, with just 27 combined points.

In 2022, East Carolina upended Coastal Carolina, 53-29, as 7.5-point favorites. Even the lofty 66.5-point over/under wasn't enough, as the over cleared comfortably. Coastal Carolina was without head coach Jamey Chadwell, who took the job at Liberty, and several key players.

The American has won four out of the last six matchups outright, with every win being over a Power Five opponent.

Favorites are 9-5-3 all time in the Birmingham Bowl; unders are 12-3-1 all time. In fact, an over didn't cash for the first seven iterations of the bowl game.

History

Below are historical results of the Birmingham Bowl.

The first Birmingham Bowl was played in 2006–when it was named the PapaJohns.com Bowl–where USF beat East Carolina 24-7.

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