The betting line is out for the Citrus Bowl matchup between No. 13 Alabama and No. 14 Michigan, and the Crimson Tide is a one-score favorite over its bowl game opponent.

Alabama (10-2, 6-2 SEC) opened as a 7-point favorite over Michigan (9-3, 6-3 Big Ten), according to Circa Sports, the sportsbook at the Golden Gate Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas.

This will be the fifth-ever meeting between Alabama and Michigan, and the teams have split the previous four matchups. The Tide and Wolverines most recently met in Arlington, Texas, to open the 2012 season, which Alabama won that game in convincing fashion, 41-14.

Michigan has posted a 9-3 record this season with losses to Wisconsin, Penn State and Ohio State -- teams playing in either the College Football Playoff or a New Year’s Six bowl game. Former Alabama wide receivers coach Josh Gattis is the offensive coordinator in Ann Arbor, Mich., under head coach Jim Harbaugh, who is in his fifth season at Michigan.

“It’s certainly a privilege and an honor for our team to be in the VRBO Citrus Bowl, playing a great team like the University of Michigan with great tradition, great coach in Jim Harbaugh and this is a challenge that we certainly look forward to,” head coach Nick Saban said. “Our team has been a little disappointed in the way we finished the season, so this is an opportunity for us to sort of show who we are and try to get back to playing to the ‘Bama standard.”

Alabama has won its two previous postseason appearances in the Citrus Bowl, most recently annihilating Michigan State, 49-7, in 2011 when the Citrus Bowl was named the Capital One Bowl. The Crimson Tide also defeated Ohio State, 24-17, back in the 1995 Citrus Bowl.

The 74th edition of the Citrus Bowl will kick off at noon CT on Jan. 1 on ABC.

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