LSU may be on the outside looking in when it comes to the College Football Playoff rankings, but oddsmakers aren’t ready to count out the Tigers. Despite checking in at No. 21 in the second CFP rankings of the season, LSU has the seventh-best odds to win the national championship at 20/1, according to BetOnline Sports & Casino. That 14-spot disparity is the largest among ranked teams, suggesting the betting market views Lane Kiffin’s Tigers as a far more dangerous contender than their current ranking indicates. Georgia remains the national championship favorite, while No. 2 Utah is just eighth in the betting odds.
Notes:
- Despite being #2 in the rankings, Utah is 8th in the odds
- SMU has the best CFP odds of unranked teams
- The biggest differences between rankings and odds:
- LSU is +14 from rankings to odds
- Ole Miss is +9 from rankings to odds
- Houston is -8 from odds to rankings
CFP title odds are updated every day of the season here: https://www.betonline.ag/sportsbook/futures-and-props/ncaaf-futures/college-football-championship.
| Team | CFP Ranking | CFP Odds Ranking | CFP Title Odds |
| Georgia | 1 | 1 | 9/4 (+240) |
| Utah | 2 | 8 | 25/1 |
| Alabama | 3 | 3 | 13/2 (+650) |
| UCLA | 4 | 9 | 33/1 |
| Notre Dame | 5 | 2 | 15/4 (+375) |
| Texas | 6 | 4 | 8/1 |
| Miami | 7 | T-5 | 9/1 |
| Tennessee | 8 | 11 | 45/1 |
| Indiana | 9 | T-5 | 9/1 |
| BYU | 10 | T-16 | 100/1 |
| Kentucky | 11 | T-16 | 100/1 |
| Texas Tech | 12 | T-16 | 100/1 |
| Wake Forest | 13 | 12 | 55/1 |
| Houston | 14 | 22 | 150/1 |
| Iowa | 15 | T-16 | 100/1 |
| Oregon | 16 | 14 | 66/1 |
| South Carolina | 17 | T-16 | 100/1 |
| USC | 18 | 13 | 50/1 |
| Ole Miss | 19 | 10 | 16/1 |
| Ohio State | 20 | 15 | 75/1 |
| LSU | 21 | 7 | 20/1 |
| Missouri | 22 | 21 | 125/1 |
| Arizona | 23 | T-24 | 300/1 |
| Boise State | 24 | 23 | 175/1 |
| Oklahoma State | 25 | T-24 | 300/1 |
| ————- | ————- | ————- | ————- |
| SMU | N/A | T-24 | 300/1 |
