The Associated Press Top 25 The preseason college football poll was released on Monday for the first time this season and was almost perfectly aligned with the season-long poll from online sportsbook BetMGM. College Football Odds.
Georgia came in at No. 1 and has the best odds to win the national championship at +300. Ohio State is in at No. 2 and is just behind on the odds list at +325.
Places 3 to 5 are occupied by Oregon (+700), Texas (+800) and Alabama (+1500).
The odds on No. 9 Michigan, the defending national champion, are +2500, which is the ninth lowest.
Weather favors Ohio State
While Georgia has the best odds, Ohio State is the more popular school at BetMGM Online sports betting.
The Buckeyes account for 20.5% of the bets and 28.2% of the money. Georgia isn’t far behind with 11.5% of the bets and 21.2% of the money.
Ohio State and Georgia together account for 49.4% of the national championship betting.
Texas is in third place with 8.8% of bets and 9.2% of money.
Check-in for Heisman Trophy betting
Oregon Ducks quarterback Dillon Gabriel has the best odds to win the Heisman Trophy at +700 and also attracts the most tickets (10.2%) and the most money (15.3%).
While Georgia quarterback Carson Beck has the next best odds to win (+750), Texas quarterback Quinn Ewers (+1000) has the second most tickets (9.4%) and the second most money (9.7%).
Beck follows closely behind with the third most tickets (9.3%) and the third highest amount of money (9%).
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This column was provided to the Associated Press by BetMGM Online sports betting.
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