We are exactly 80 days away from the North Carolina-South Carolina Power Five opener, which means we’re beginning to see copious amounts of 2015 previews and, in this case, wagering odds roll out.
The sportsbook CG Technology, ESPN.com reported Monday, has released its Power Five conference odds and, not surprisingly, defending College Football Playoff champion Ohio State has the best odds of any of the P5 teams to win a league title. The Buckeyes sit at 1/2 to win the Big Ten championship -- you’d have to bet $200 just to win $100 -- while Michigan State sits at 13/4. Wisconsin, which fell to OSU in last season’s title game, is next at a distant 8/1.
Florida State, winners of three straight ACC titles and four of the last five, are slight 5/2 favorites over Clemson at 3/1. In the Pac-12, meanwhile, 2014 champion Oregon is the favorite to repeat at 9/4, with USC not far behind at 11/4.
The Big 12 is relatively tightly bunched at the top, with TCU (17/10), Baylor (5/2), Oklahoma (4/1) and Oklahoma State (5/1) given relatively good odds to win the only P5 conference without a league championship game.
And then there’s the SEC.
Alabama and Auburn are far and away the biggest favorites at 5/2 and 15/4 respectively. Tennessee, the darling of 2015 preseason prognosticators, is among a group of schools that includes LSU and Ole Miss at 8/1, behind Georgia at 5/1.
Below are the complete set of CGT Power Five conference odds:
ACC
Florida St. 5/2
Clemson 3/1
Ga. Tech 4/1
Louisville 8/1
Va. Tech 8/1
Miami 10/1
NC State 12/1
Duke 12/1
Pittsburgh 15/1
North Carolina 18/1
Boston Col. 30/1
Virginia 30/1
Syracuse 75/1
W. Forest 100/1
BIG 12
TCU 17/10
Baylor 5/2
Oklahoma 4/1
Oklahoma St. 5/1
Texas 7/1
Kansas St. 10/1
W. Virginia 15/1
Texas Tech 20/1
Iowa State 25/1
Kansas 100/1
BIG TEN
Ohio State 1/2
Michigan St. 13/4
Wisconsin 8/1
Michigan 12/1
Nebraska 12/1
Penn State 15/1
Minnesota 18/1
Iowa 25/1
Rutgers 40/1
Maryland 50/1
Illinois 60/1
Indiana 60/1
Northwestern 60/1
Purdue 100/1
PAC-12
Oregon 9/4
USC 11/4
Stanford 5/1
UCLA 5/1
Arizona St. 6/1
Arizona 7/1
Utah 10/1
California 18/1
Washington 30/1
Wash. St. 40/1
Colorado 50/1
Oregon State 50/1
SEC
Alabama 5/2
Auburn 15/4
Georgia 5/1
LSU 8/1
Ole Miss 8/1
Tennessee 8/1
LSU 8/1
Ole Miss 8/1
Arkansas 10/1
Miss. St. 12/1
Missouri 12/1
Texas A&M 15/1
Florida 18/1
S. Carolina 25/1
Kentucky 75/1
Vanderbilt 100/1
UPDATED 1:49 p.m. ET: This post has been updated to reflect the conference odds for all of the Power Five football programs. ESPN.com had erred in its original report, failing to list a handful of teams, including Missouri, Maryland, UCLA, Louisville, North Carolina, Virginia, Oregon State and Purdue. A hearty thanks to CGT for reaching out to CFT with the correct information in such a timely manner.