College Football Playoff Favorites

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The College Football Playoff pairings will be unveiled Sunday, but Sporting News is putting out its best guess now as to how those final pairings will look. The wild and wacky 2020-21 college football season came to an end with the Alabama Crimson Tide being crowned the national champions. Now, we take a quick look at the 2021-22 national championship odds and once again Alabama sits in the top spot at +350. The odds to win college football’s playoff have recently been updated. The table below shows the futures odds on each team (if available) from BetOnline sportsbook. Included in our odds table is the implied win probability for each team based on the odds given. The folks over at SuperBook have released updated National Championship odds for this season. Here’s how it breaks down: New @CFBPlayoff title odds via @SuperBookSports. Bama 6/5 OhSt 9/5 Clem 6/1 UF, ND 18/1 Cincy 30/1 A&M, BYU, Ore 40/1 OU, USC 50/1 N’wern 60/1 Wis 100/1 Miami 200/1 Coastal, Marshall, UGA, Wash 300/1 Aub, Boise, Ind, Tex. The 2020-21 College Football Playoff field is set. Alabama, the No. 1 team in the country, will take on No. 4 Notre Dame at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas on New Year’s Day.

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After one more weekend of games, the College Football Playoff committee will announced Sunday which four teams will be selected for the playoff and compete for a national championship.

College Football Playoff Favorites Bracket

But if there aren’t any upsets in the conference championship games for the top-4 teams — Alabama, Notre Dame, Clemson and Ohio State — it’s likely they’ll be the playoff teams. (Earlier this week, we explained what impact those potential upsets could have on the playoff picture.)

Here’s a look at the top-10 teams’ chances to make the playoff, advance to the national championship game and win the national title as of Thursday, according to ESPN’s Playoff Predictor and FPI. If they’re playing for a conference championship this weekend, their chances of winning are also included.

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1. Alabama Crimson Tide (10-0)
Playoff: 96.9 percent

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National championship game: 74.3 percentWin championship: 54.1 percentWin conference: 88.8 percent
2. Ohio State Buckeyes (5-0)
Playoff: 85.4 percentNational championship game: 46.2 percentWin championship: 21.0 percentWin conference: 91.0 percent
3. Clemson Tigers (9-1)
Playoff: 63.4 percentNational championship game: 34.3 percentWin championship: 13.7 percentWin conference: 70.2 percent
4. Notre Dame Fighting Irish (10-0)
Playoff: 61.3 percentNational championship game: 20.8 percentWin championship: 5.6 percentWin conference: 29.8 percent
5. Texas A&M Aggies (7-1)
Playoff: 34.6 percentNational championship game: 9.5 percentWin championship: 2.1 percent
6. USC Trojans (5-0)
Playoff: 15.7 percentNational championship game: 3.7 percentWin championship: 0.7 percentWin conference: 56.7 percent
7. Cincinnati Bearcats (8-0)
Playoff: 15.1 percentNational championship game: 3.1 percentWin championship: 0.7 percentWin conference: 80.0 percent
8. Iowa State Cyclones (8-2)
Playoff: 11.8 percentNational championship game: 3.2 percentWin championship: 0.5 percentWin conference: 33.9 percent
9. Oklahoma Sooners (7-2)
Playoff: 4.3 percentNational championship game: 1.6 percentWin championship: 0.5 percentWin conference: 66.1 percent
10. Florida Gators (8-2)
Playoff: 4.1 percentNational championship game: 1.5 percentWin championship: 0.4 percentWin conference:

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11.2 percent

College Football Playoff Prediction

We’re not expecting too many upsets this weekend, so based on how we think conference championship weekend will play out, here are our predictions for the four College Football Playoff teams:

Evan’s CFP prediction: 1. Alabama, 2. Notre Dame, 3. Ohio State, 4. Texas A&M

Michelle’s CFP prediction: 1. Alabama, 2. Clemson, 3. Ohio State, 4. Notre Dame