College Football Rankings by Top US Sportsbooks

by Dave Schwab - 9/27/2022

The first third of the regular season of college football is in the books, as this Saturday is Oct. 1. The first three college football teams in the rankings are the Georgia Bulldogs, Alabama Crimson Tide and Ohio State Buckeyes. According to ESPN’s Power Index, those three teams have a minimum 24.2% opportunity to win the rest of their games.

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The top US sportsbooks such as FanDuel and DraftKings have their odds set to +200 for Alabama and Georgia to prevail as college football national champions. Caesars has listed Ohio State as the third-favorite at +265 to win the national title.

The contenders in the game are led by the Clemson Tigers. FanDuel and PointsBet both have Clemon at +1600 to win the national college football championship. The USC Trojans are touted has +1600 by BetMGM.

The Tennessee Volunteers and Utah Utes are the best new thing when discussing the national championship. The Oklahoma Sooners and Michigan Wolverines are old hat when the topic rolls around.

Here is quick overview for the Top 10 college football teams.

Georgia Bulldogs

As the current No. 1 team, Georgia has checked the box as one of the favorites to win the college football national title. The Bulldogs’ biggest competition is a Dec. 3 date against Alabama.

Alabama Crimson Tide

The Crimson Tide have to play four national-ranked teams to finish the regular season undefeated. If they succeed, the SEC Championship will be the first of two meetings against the Bulldogs in a battle between the No. 1 and No. 2 teams.

Ohio State Buckeyes

A road game against Penn State and a home game against Michigan are bumps in the regular season. The major test comes in a playoff game against Georgia (or Alabama). The Buckeyes are not third without a good reason.

Clemson Tigers

Clemson is earmarked as a national power in the ACC. Yet, the Tigers are underdogs in the top three teams they will face in the national playoffs. They will require two unbelievable performances to win the national championship.

USC Trojans

USC has a road game against Utah on Oct. 15 to finish to regular season undefeated. The Pac-12 Championship will not be the problem but the college football playoffs will.

Michigan Wolverines

Michigan has the road game against Ohio State to end the regular season. The Wolverines might represent of East Division in the Big Ten Conference Championship and win. However, they would come into the first round of the national playoffs as double-digits underdogs.

Utah Utes

The Utes have to be lucky as well as good against USC on Oct. 15. They also have to prevail against Oregon on the road Nov. 19. If Utah finishers out the regular season in style, the team might be favored in the Pac-12 Conference Championship.

Tennessee Volunteers

Tennessee has a home game against Alabama on Oct. 15 and a road game against Georgia on Nov. 5. If the Volunteers are still in first place in the East Division the of SEC by late November, then miracles do exist.

Penn State Nittany Lions

Penn State has a road game against Michigan on Oct. 15 and a home game against Ohio State on Oct. 29. The Nittany Lions are not lucky enough to play both of these games and win.

North Carolina State Wolfpack

A back-to-back October road game against Clemson and a home game against Florida State will show you something about North Carolina State.

Oklahoma Sooners

The writing is on the wall in Oklahoma’s lost to Kansas State. The Sooners still have games against Texas, Baylor and Oklahoma State.

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