2025 National Championship odds: Ohio State, Texas, and Georgia top the board

If the odds are any indication, the 2025 College Football Season should be box office.Ohio State is the betting favorite to repeat as National Champions, but the Buckeyes are just one of five teams at Bet365 Sportsbook with odds between +500 and +800, and there are a further five schools at 20/1 or shorter.One of the lessons from the first season with the expanded College Football Playoff was to brace for chaos, and the early betting board for the 2025 season feels chaotic.Arch Manning and Texas are the second favorite to win the title at +550, just ahead of Georgia (+650), Oregon (+750), and Penn State (+800).There’s a jump after the Nittany Lions to Alabama, who are 14/1 to lift the trophy in Kalen DeBoer’s second season in Tuscaloosa. Notre Dame, last year’s runner-up, is also sitting at 14/1.Tennessee (18/1), Clemson (18/1), and LSU (20/1) round out the top 10 on the betting board. A couple of teams outside the top 10 that will likely get some betting support will be South Carolina (40/1), Florida (40/1), Louisville (75/1), and Nebraska (125/1).As we saw last year, there will be plenty of long shots who will contend for a spot in the College Football Playoff. SMU, Indiana, Boise State, and Arizona State were all long shots before the season began, but provided their backers with quite the sweat before bowing out in the tournament.A couple of teams who could get support to make it that far this year could be UNLV, Navy, and Tulane.Michael Leboff is a long-suffering Islanders fan, but a long-profiting sports bettor with 10 years of experience in the gambling industry.He loves using game theory to help punters win bracket pools, find long shots, and learn how to beat the market in mainstream and niche sports....