Shortly after Alabama claimed the national championship for the 2017 season, the Crimson Tide was immediately installed as an 11/4 favorite for the 2018 title, with Clemson next up at 6/1. Almost one year to the day later, the roles have been reversed.
Coming off a dominating woodshedding of Alabama Monday night, the SuperBook at the Westgate Las Vegas, via ESPN.com, has installed Clemson as a 9/5 favorite to win the 2019 College Football Playoff championship. The Crimson Tide is the only other school in single digits as they will begin the offseason at 5/2.
The other two playoff qualifiers, Oklahoma and Notre Dame, are listed at 15-1 and 25-1, respectively. A pair of teams that just missed out on this year’s playoffs, Georgia and Ohio State, are both at 12/1, while Michigan sits at 14/1.
Texas, which whipped an (ahem) “uninterested” Georgia in the Sugar Bowl, is at 20/1, while a trio of schools joins Notre Dame at 25/1: Florida, Nebraska and Washington.
The only other school with odds lower than 50/1 is Oregon, which comes in at 30/1.
Updated @SuperBookUSA odds to win next season's @CFBPlayoff. @VSiNLive pic.twitter.com/Abi0mu7qua
— Ron Flatter (@ronflatter) January 8, 2019