2018 NCAAF Playoff Odds: Betting Favorites & Future Predictions

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This page is your one stop for the latest odds to win the 2017-18 NCAA Football Championship. We start tracking the odds for the next season right after the conclusion of the title game.

We will continue to update the lines throughout the year and provide checkpoints with each update.

The most current odds will be listed under the “Now” column.  You can also compare numbers from different books on our college football odds page. Teams with the best odds are listed at the top.

The implied probability shows the chance each of these teams has to win based on the latest update.

To convert to fractional odds take the numbers below and divide by 100. For example, +500 converts to 5/1.

Updated Betting Odds to Win the 2018-19 College Football Playoffs

Just like that the 2017-18 college football season is in the books. Say what you want about the playoff system, the last three championship games have been about as good as you could ask for. The most recent being a 26-23 overtime thriller, where Alabama defeated Georgia in an all-SEC title matchup. That’s now 5 titles for the Crimson Tide in the last 9 years.

We waste no time looking ahead to the odds to to win it all for the 2018-19 campaign. No surprise, Alabama is the overwhelming favorite to win it all again next year at +275. For those wondering, last year Alabama opened at +400. If the Tide are able to defend their championship, it would be the biggest preseason favorite to win it all since USC in 2003, where the Trojans opened at +300.

The team with the next best odds to win the title in 2018 is Clemson at +600, followed closely by Georgia and Ohio State at +750, Michigan at +900 and Penn State at +1100.

While you can’t argue Alabama being the favorite, you need to understand that these way too early odds are based a lot more on what a team just accomplished, as well as a school’s pedigree. There’s going to be certain teams who have great odds to win it all at this point in the season every year.

Another thing to keep in mind is the books like to list a boat load of teams, several of which have little to no chance of playing for a title. For example, there’s at least 10 teams who aren’t in a Power-5 conference listed with odds to bet. Unless the playoffs expand to 8 or more teams, I just don’t see a non-power 5 team making the 4-team playoff.

There’s also several Power 5 teams who are listed who have no business even having odds on the board. For example, Kansas, who just finished 1-11 and hasn’t won more than 3 games in a single season since 2009 can be bet at +50000.

I’ll continue to update the odds throughout the offseason (usually after spring practice and a couple months before the season starts) to allow you to see how the books adjust to the early action.

Preseason Vegas Lines for Past NCAA Football Championship Teams

The table below lists the preseason line on every team that went on to win the title since 2002.  The 2010 Auburn Tigers were the most unlikely champs in recent history.  A $100 bet on Auburn made before the start of the 2010 season would have paid $5,000 at the end of the year.  Compare that to the heavily-favored 2004 USC Trojans.  A $100 preseason bet on them would have paid just $300!

FBS Championship Game Betting History: Spread, Total & Results

Next, find the results, spreads, and totals for every championship game since 1998.  This is when NCAA football started having an actual title game.

The biggest upset in the history of these games came in 2002 when Ohio State beat Miami.  The Buckeyes were 12-point underdogs.  They won thanks in large part to a controversial pass interference call in double overtime.