College Football National Championship Odds: Ohio State Is the Early Favorite For 2026

Indiana's D'Angelo Ponds stops Ohio State's Max Klare during the second half of the Big Ten championship NCAA college football game in Indianapolis, Saturday, Dec. 6, 2025.
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  • College football national championship odds are already available for 2026-27 at BetMGM.
  • Ohio State, the 2024 national champion, opens as the favorite for next season.
  • After winning the 2025 national championship, Indiana is the third Big Ten team in the table.
  • Lane Kiffin's LSU team is now 12-to-1 after opening at +1500.

Indiana completed a storybook ending when it finished 16-0 and won the 2025 College Football Playoff national championship.

The Hoosiers cashed a lot of big tickets in the process. Indiana opened the 2025 season at 100-to-1, which means early bettors won big.

Which team will be crowned national champions when next season rolls around? BetMGM has the college football futures market open and available all year round.

College Football National Championship Odds (2026)

TeamCurrent OddsOpening Odds
Ohio State+600+600
Notre Dame+700+700
Oregon +700+700
Texas +700+700
Indiana+750+800
Georgia+1000+900
LSU +1200+1500
Alabama+1500+1500
Texas A&M+1500+1500
Texas Tech+1500+1500
Miami (FL)+1500+2000
Michigan+2500+3000
Oklahoma+3000+3000
Ole Miss+2500+4000
USC+4000+4000
Clemson+5000+2500
Tennessee+5000+5000
Penn State+5000+5000

College Football National Championship Prediction

Based on the current futures market, the Ohio State Buckeyes have an implied 14.3% chance to win the college football national championship.

College Football National Championship History (CFP Era)

SeasonChampionRunner-UpChampionship Score
2025IndianaMiami (FL)27-21
2024Ohio StateNotre Dame34-23
2023MichiganWashington34-13
2022GeorgiaTCU65-7
2021GeorgiaAlabama33-18
2020AlabamaOhio State52-24
2019LSUClemson42-25
2018ClemsonAlabama44-16
2017AlabamaGeorgia26-23
2016ClemsonAlabama35-31
2015AlabamaClemson45-40
2014Ohio StateOregon42-20

How To Bet on College Football Futures

College football betting doesn’t stop when the games end in January. You can bet on futures throughout the offseason!

As teams are holding spring practice, adding players from the transfer portal, and releasing depth charts, you can view updated online sports betting odds for a variety of markets, including national championship odds, win totals, and conference champion odds.

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Chase Kiddy is a writer for BetMGM and co-host of The Lion's Edge, an NFL and college football podcast available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and everywhere else. He has also written for a number of print and online outlets, including the Richmond Times-Dispatch, Washington Post, Daily News-Record, and HERO Sports. His first novel, Cave Paintings, is in development.

Chase Kiddy is a writer for BetMGM and co-host of The Lion's Edge, an NFL and college football podcast available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and everywhere else. He has also written for a number of print and online outlets, including the Richmond Times-Dispatch, Washington Post, Daily News-Record, and HERO Sports. His first novel, Cave Paintings, is in development.