What a weekend in college football.
Saturday’s conference title games gave us everything we could have ever wanted. We saw huge upsets, teams establish their dominance, and enough late-game drama to fill Lucas Oil Stadium.
That drama carried over into Sunday as the College Football Playoff field was announced. The major takeaway, Miami and Alabama are in and Notre Dame is out.
We’ll hear plenty from those fanbases over the next few weeks, but more importantly, we’ll get 12 teams playing high-level football in late December and January.
Here’s a look at the odds for every team in the field to win the College Football Playoff championship.
2025 College Football Playoff championship odds
| Team | Odds |
|---|---|
| Ohio State | +250 |
| Indiana | +260 |
| Georgia | +550 |
| Texas Tech | +850 |
| Oregon | +850 |
| Texas A&M | 14/1 |
| Alabama | 22/1 |
| Ole Miss | 22/1 |
| Miami | 27/1 |
| Oklahoma | 50/1 |
| James Madison | 350/1 |
| Tulane | 600/1 |
Ohio State remains a +220 favorite to win the national championship despite losing to Indiana Saturday in the Big 10 title game. The Hoosiers, who have the No. 1 seed in the College Football Playoff, check in with the second-best odds at +320.
Notre Dame was +700 and tied with Georgia with the third-best odds to win the national championship before the field was announced, but now that they are out, Georgia’s odds have moved to +550.
Texas Tech and Oregon round out the top five, tied with +850 odds to take home the CFP national championship trophy.
College Football Playoff first round odds
No. 12 James Madison vs. No. 5 Oregon (-21.5)
JMU punched its ticket to the playoffs with a win in the Sun Belt championship game against Troy and finished the season 12-1.
Oregon closed out its season rolling through its schedule with six straight wins, including a 15-point victory against USC and a 12-point win on the road against Washington.
The winner between JMU and Oregon will face Big-12 Champion No. 4 Texas Tech in the quarterfinals.
No. 9 Alabama (-1.5) vs. No. 8 Oklahoma
Alabama fans will rejoice that they made the playoff field despite losing in the SEC championship game by a rout and finishing 10-3. Oklahoma finished 10-2 and beat Bama on the road in November, a week after beating Tennessee on the road.
Despite their head-to-head record and Oklahoma’s home-field advantage, the Crimson Tide is favored on the road in the first-round matchup.
The winner will face No. 1 Indiana in the quarterfinals.
No. 11 Tulane vs. No. 6 Ole Miss (-17.5)
Tulane finished the season 11-2 and won convincingly in the American Conference championship game. The Green Wave played Ole Miss earlier in the season and lost 45-10, which is why this spread is so wide.
Ole Miss ended its season 11-1 with its only loss coming against Georgia. The Rebels won’t have Lane Kiffin as head coach, but could end up with a chance to avenge their lone loss in the quarterfinals against No. 3 Georgia with a win in the first round.
No. 10 Miami vs. No. 7 Texas A&M (-5.5)
The Miami Hurricanes held off Notre Dame in their head-to-head matchup to start the season and did it again when the College Football Playoff committee picked the field of teams on Sunday. The Hurricanes finished 10-2 and got the nod over the Fighting Irish thanks to that season-opening win.
Texas A&M dominated its season right up to the last weekend. They lost to Texas to close out the season, but finished 11-1 with road wins over Notre Dame, Arkansas, LSU and Missouri.
The winner will face No. 2 Ohio State in the quarterfinals.
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Malik Smith has been immersed in the sports betting industry since 2017. He’s a data nerd with a particular focus on the NBA and combat sports. He spends his weeknights in the winter looking for edges on plus-money NBA player props.
