Ohio State is favored to win the college football championship at +400 on DraftKings on October 13, 2026, ahead of Notre Dame at +475 and Georgia at +490. The Buckeyes were +520 when we read the same board on September 24.
These college football championship odds are DraftKings prices as ESPN lists them, read on October 13, 2026 at 08:08 UTC, and the board carries 69 teams. The title game is on Monday, January 25, 2027 at 7:30 pm ET at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas.
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College football championship odds for all 69 teams
| Team | Conference | Odds | Implied chance | Margin removed | Sept. 24 odds | AP rank | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ohio State | Big Ten | +400 | 20.0% | 16.5% | +520 | 4 | 5-1 |
| Notre Dame | Independent | +475 | 17.4% | 14.3% | +650 | 2 | 6-0 |
| Georgia | SEC | +490 | 16.9% | 14.0% | +650 | 1 | 6-0 |
| Miami | ACC | +680 | 12.8% | 10.6% | +850 | 3 | 5-0 |
| Texas | SEC | +900 | 10.0% | 8.2% | +620 | 7 | 4-1 |
| Alabama | SEC | +950 | 9.5% | 7.9% | +2500 | 6 | 5-1 |
| Indiana | Big Ten | +1050 | 8.7% | 7.2% | +950 | 5 | 6-0 |
| Ole Miss | SEC | +2600 | 3.7% | 3.1% | +1500 | 9 | 4-1 |
| LSU | SEC | +3500 | 2.8% | 2.3% | +1600 | 22 | 4-2 |
| Oklahoma | SEC | +6000 | 1.6% | 1.4% | +7400 | 3-2 | |
| Utah | Big 12 | +6800 | 1.4% | 1.2% | +9000 | 11 | 5-0 |
| Oregon | Big Ten | +7000 | 1.4% | 1.2% | +2200 | 3-2 | |
| Texas Tech | Big 12 | +7200 | 1.4% | 1.1% | +3200 | 10 | 5-0 |
| Florida | SEC | +7600 | 1.3% | 1.1% | +4000 | 4-2 | |
| BYU | Big 12 | +8000 | 1.2% | 1.0% | +9000 | 8 | 5-0 |
| UCLA | Big Ten | +8400 | 1.2% | 1.0% | +40000 | 12 | 5-0 |
| Missouri | SEC | +9000 | 1.1% | 0.9% | +12500 | 13 | 5-1 |
| Tennessee | SEC | +10000 | 1.0% | 0.8% | +5500 | 14 | 5-1 |
| Nebraska | Big Ten | +12000 | 0.8% | 0.7% | +60000 | 5-1 | |
| USC | Big Ten | +13000 | 0.8% | 0.6% | +3300 | 19 | 6-1 |
| Iowa | Big Ten | +18000 | 0.6% | 0.5% | +12000 | 17 | 5-1 |
| Houston | Big 12 | +19000 | 0.5% | 0.4% | +25000 | 20 | 5-1 |
| Mississippi State | SEC | +22000 | 0.5% | 0.4% | +9400 | 16 | 4-1 |
| Kentucky | SEC | +22000 | 0.5% | 0.4% | +80000 | 15 | 5-1 |
| Oklahoma State | Big 12 | +25000 | 0.4% | 0.3% | +55000 | 18 | 4-1 |
| Wake Forest | ACC | +30000 | 0.3% | 0.3% | +150000 | 21 | 5-1 |
| SMU | ACC | +40000 | 0.2% | 0.2% | +25000 | 24 | 4-1 |
| Northwestern | Big Ten | +50000 | 0.2% | 0.2% | +120000 | 25 | 4-1 |
| Wisconsin | Big Ten | +50000 | 0.2% | 0.2% | +100000 | 4-1 | |
| Arizona | Big 12 | +60000 | 0.2% | 0.1% | +60000 | 5-1 | |
| Boise State | Pac-12 | +60000 | 0.2% | 0.1% | +60000 | 23 | 5-1 |
| Baylor | Big 12 | +75000 | 0.1% | 0.1% | +100000 | 4-1 | |
| Duke | ACC | +80000 | 0.1% | 0.1% | +80000 | 4-1 | |
| Louisville | ACC | +100000 | 0.1% | 0.1% | +11000 | 3-3 | |
| Michigan | Big Ten | +100000 | 0.1% | 0.1% | +9400 | 3-2 | |
| Minnesota | Big Ten | +100000 | 0.1% | 0.1% | +120000 | 4-2 | |
| Pittsburgh | ACC | +100000 | 0.1% | 0.1% | +40000 | 5-1 | |
| James Madison | Sun Belt | +100000 | 0.1% | 0.1% | +100000 | 6-0 | |
| Virginia Tech | ACC | +100000 | 0.1% | 0.1% | +30000 | 4-2 | |
| North Dakota State | Mountain West | +100000 | 0.1% | 0.1% | +80000 | 5-1 | |
| Arizona State | Big 12 | +110000 | 0.1% | 0.1% | +55000 | 3-2 | |
| Virginia | ACC | +110000 | 0.1% | 0.1% | +45000 | 4-2 | |
| Auburn | SEC | +120000 | 0.1% | 0.1% | +35000 | 3-2 | |
| Memphis | American | +120000 | 0.1% | 0.1% | +120000 | 5-1 | |
| Kansas State | Big 12 | +150000 | 0.1% | 0.1% | +35000 | 3-2 | |
| Florida State | ACC | +150000 | 0.1% | 0.1% | +150000 | 3-3 | |
| North Carolina | ACC | +150000 | 0.1% | 0.1% | +120000 | 3-2 | |
| New Mexico | Mountain West | +150000 | 0.1% | 0.1% | +120000 | 4-1 | |
| Clemson | ACC | +150000 | 0.1% | 0.1% | +100000 | 3-2 | |
| Cincinnati | Big 12 | +150000 | 0.1% | 0.1% | +150000 | 4-1 | |
| Iowa State | Big 12 | +200000 | 0.1% | 0.0% | +120000 | 3-3 | |
| Oregon State | Pac-12 | +200000 | 0.1% | 0.0% | +200000 | 4-2 | |
| UCF | Big 12 | +200000 | 0.1% | 0.0% | +150000 | 3-3 | |
| Kansas | Big 12 | +200000 | 0.1% | 0.0% | +120000 | 2-3 | |
| UTSA | American | +200000 | 0.1% | 0.0% | +200000 | 5-1 | |
| South Florida | American | +250000 | 0.0% | 0.0% | +120000 | 4-2 | |
| NC State | ACC | +250000 | 0.0% | 0.0% | +150000 | 3-3 | |
| TCU | Big 12 | +250000 | 0.0% | 0.0% | +80000 | 2-3 | |
| Georgia Tech | ACC | +300000 | 0.0% | 0.0% | +150000 | 2-3 | |
| Air Force | Mountain West | +300000 | 0.0% | 0.0% | +300000 | 4-1 | |
| Florida Atlantic | American | +300000 | 0.0% | 0.0% | +300000 | 4-1 | |
| Liberty | Conference USA | +300000 | 0.0% | 0.0% | +200000 | 5-1 | |
| Navy | American | +300000 | 0.0% | 0.0% | +120000 | 2-3 | |
| UNLV | Mountain West | +300000 | 0.0% | 0.0% | +300000 | 4-2 | |
| California | ACC | +350000 | 0.0% | 0.0% | +120000 | 3-3 | |
| Colorado | Big 12 | +350000 | 0.0% | 0.0% | +150000 | 2-3 | |
| East Carolina | American | +400000 | 0.0% | 0.0% | +400000 | 3-2 | |
| Georgia State | Sun Belt | +400000 | 0.0% | 0.0% | +500000 | 4-1 | |
| Purdue | Big Ten | +400000 | 0.0% | 0.0% | +400000 | 3-3 |
A +400 price pays $400 on a $100 stake, so the bet only breaks even if Ohio State wins the title one season in five. That 20.0% is the implied chance. Add up all 69 and the board comes to 121.2%, which leaves the book 21.2 points above the 100% a fair board would total. The “margin removed” column scales every team down by that 121.2.
Counted that way the three shortest prices hold 44.8% of the title. Fifty-two of the 69 teams are priced at +10000 or longer, and the board ends with East Carolina, Georgia State and Purdue at +400000 each.
Nine teams on the board have not lost, and the favorite is not one of them: Ohio State is 5-1. The longest-priced unbeaten team is James Madison, 6-0 and +100000. AP rank is from the poll of October 11, all 25 ranked teams have a price, and each record is ESPN’s as of October 13.
What has moved since September 24
| Team | Sept. 24 odds | Odds now | Implied chance then | Implied chance now | Change in points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | +2500 | +950 | 3.8% | 9.5% | +5.7 |
| Notre Dame | +650 | +475 | 13.3% | 17.4% | +4.1 |
| Ohio State | +520 | +400 | 16.1% | 20.0% | +3.9 |
| Georgia | +650 | +490 | 13.3% | 16.9% | +3.6 |
| Miami | +850 | +680 | 10.5% | 12.8% | +2.3 |
| Michigan | +9400 | +100000 | 1.1% | 0.1% | -1.0 |
| Florida | +4000 | +7600 | 2.4% | 1.3% | -1.1 |
| Texas Tech | +3200 | +7200 | 3.0% | 1.4% | -1.7 |
| USC | +3300 | +13000 | 2.9% | 0.8% | -2.2 |
| Ole Miss | +1500 | +2600 | 6.2% | 3.7% | -2.5 |
| Oregon | +2200 | +7000 | 4.3% | 1.4% | -2.9 |
| LSU | +1600 | +3500 | 5.9% | 2.8% | -3.1 |
| Texas | +620 | +900 | 13.9% | 10.0% | -3.9 |
The table lists the 13 teams whose implied chance has moved by a full point or more in 19 days. Across the whole board 20 teams are shorter than they were, 35 are longer and 14 have the same price.
The top of the board got more expensive together. Ohio State, Notre Dame, Georgia and Miami added up to 53.3% of implied chance on September 24 and add up to 67.2% now. Alabama gained the most of anyone, 5.7 points, in going from 10th on the board to sixth.
Texas paid for most of that. The Longhorns were the second choice at +620 and are fifth at +900, after dropping from first to seventh in the AP poll in one week. LSU, Oregon and Ole Miss each lost between 2.5 and 3.1 points.
Further down, UCLA went from +40000 to +8400 at 5-0, and Nebraska from +60000 to +12000 at 5-1. Michigan went the other way, from +9400 to +100000 with a 3-2 record, and Louisville from +11000 to +100000 at 3-3.
The board is also shorter. Of the 106 teams priced on September 24, 37 have no price today. The two shortest of the 37 were Penn State at +5500 and Texas A&M at +6000, and both are 3-3. With fewer long shots listed the margin came down too, from 27.1 points to 21.2.
The title board by conference
| Conference | Teams priced | In the AP top 25 | Share of the title, margin removed | Shortest price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SEC | 12 | 9 | 40.4% | Georgia +490 |
| Big Ten | 12 | 6 | 28.1% | Ohio State +400 |
| Independent | 1 | 1 | 14.3% | Notre Dame +475 |
| ACC | 14 | 3 | 11.7% | Miami +680 |
| Big 12 | 15 | 5 | 4.7% | Utah +6800 |
| Pac-12 | 2 | 1 | 0.2% | Boise State +60000 |
| Mountain West | 4 | 0 | 0.2% | North Dakota State +100000 |
| American | 6 | 0 | 0.2% | Memphis +120000 |
| Sun Belt | 2 | 0 | 0.1% | James Madison +100000 |
| Conference USA | 1 | 0 | 0.0% | Liberty +300000 |
Conference is the one ESPN lists for each team this season, and the share column adds up the margin-removed chances of its teams. The SEC’s 12 priced teams hold 40.4% of the title and the Big Ten’s 12 hold 28.1%.
Notre Dame, an independent, holds 14.3% alone. That is more than the 14 ACC teams together (11.7%), and three times the 15 Big 12 teams (4.7%). The Big 12 has three unbeaten teams ranked in the top 11, Utah, Texas Tech and BYU, and its shortest price is Utah’s +6800.
The other five conferences have 15 teams on the board and 0.7% of the title between them. Boise State at +60000 is the shortest of the 15. How these teams would be seeded into the 12-team bracket today, with the prices to reach the semifinals and the final, is on our College Football Playoff odds and predictions page.
Saturday’s games for the seven shortest prices
All seven teams priced shorter than +2000 play on Saturday, October 17, and two of them meet. Ohio State is favored by 3.5 at Indiana at 12 pm ET: the favorite on this board against the seventh price, which is also last season’s champion and 6-0.
Four of the other five are favored by ten or more. Texas is -10.5 at home against Florida (Florida at Texas prediction), Georgia is -20.5 against Auburn (Auburn at Georgia prediction), and Miami is -21 against Florida State. Notre Dame is favored by 10 at BYU, which is 5-0.
Alabama has the smallest spread of the five, -8.5 at Tennessee, which is 14th in the AP poll (Alabama at Tennessee prediction). Spreads are DraftKings lines as ESPN lists them, read on October 13 at 08:08 UTC.
Past champions and their prices today
| Title game | Champion | Odds today |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Indiana | +1050 |
| 2025 | Ohio State | +400 |
| 2024 | Michigan | +100000 |
| 2023 | Georgia | +490 |
| 2022 | Georgia | +490 |
| 2021 | Alabama | +950 |
| 2020 | LSU | +3500 |
| 2019 | Clemson | +150000 |
| 2018 | Alabama | +950 |
| 2017 | Clemson | +150000 |
| 2016 | Alabama | +950 |
| 2015 | Ohio State | +400 |
The list of champions is the College Football Playoff’s own, read from its site on September 24, and the last column is each program’s price on today’s board. Twelve title games have produced seven champions. Alabama has won three, and Ohio State, Georgia and Clemson two each.
Indiana won the 2026 game and is +1050 to do it again. Four of the seven champions are among the seven shortest prices: Ohio State, Georgia, Alabama and Indiana. The other three are LSU at +3500, Michigan at +100000 and Clemson at +150000.
What the price asks of a title bet
A futures bet on the championship pays over time only if the team wins more often than its price implies. For Ohio State at +400 that means more than 20.0% of the time, for Notre Dame at +475 more than 17.4%, and for Georgia at +490 more than 16.9%. Those three add up to 54.3% before any of the other 66 teams is counted, which is the 21.2-point margin showing up at the top of the board. The stake is also tied up until January 25.
We make no title pick: a season-long bet is not something we have a tested method for. Our calls are on single games, where a spread can be checked against a result on Saturday night.
How the market works is in our national championship betting guide, and the player award is on the Heisman Trophy odds page. Game-by-game calls are on the college football predictions hub. Paid picks from other handicappers are on the PicksToday handicappers page.