College Football National Championship Predictions & Odds

• The Georgia Bulldogs have the third-best odds after they look to repeat after losing talent to the NFL Draft. 
• There hasn’t been a repeat winner since Alabama in 2011 and 2012.
• Since 2010, Alabama has won five national titles. 

As you’ll see with the betting odds, bookmakers like DraftKings Sportsbook view the race to win the National Championship as a three-horse race—Alabama, Ohio State, and Georgia.

This may not be terribly exciting, considering two of those three teams faced off last year for the championship. Still, these teams feature players that could go No. 1, 2, and 3 in the NFL Draft with Alabama quarterback Bryce Young, Ohio State quarterback C.J. Stroud, and Georgia defensive lineman Jalen Carter.

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With Cincinnati and Michigan making their way into the College Football Playoff, it was an exciting time for the sport, but it ultimately just showcased how much more powerful the Bulldogs and Crimson Tide were.

So, headed into this season, can a dark horse team come from nowhere and shock the world?

Here we’ll look at the odds and give our best bets for the National Championship winner in 2022-23.

Georgia Bulldogs

Although it’s been some time since a team has repeated a College Football Championship, and it hasn’t ever been done in the CFP era, the Georgia Bulldogs will break that cycle in 2022-23.

Looking at the betting odds, the top three teams are there for a reason.

When you look around college football, there really doesn’t appear to be any team that can even remotely compete with them.

If anything, the USC Trojans are a nice pick, but in the first year there, new head coach Lincoln Riley has work to do.

Nonetheless, the Bulldogs lost key defensive talent in the NFL Draft, but they’re still going strong with Carter and Nolan Smith along the defensive line.

On offense, quarterback Stetson Bennett will be even better in his second season starting, and he’ll continue to build rapport with wide receiver Ladd McConkey.

It’s quite likely the Bulldogs will play either Alabama or Ohio State in the semi-finals or the championship, but they should be able to take care of business thanks to a solid offense and a defense that is still going to cause problems, especially against a weakened Alabama offensive line and their lack of weapons.

The Bulldogs biggest threat isn’t Alabama; it’s Ohio State.

Ohio State Buckeyes

Unlike the Bulldogs, the Buckeyes will live and die by their offense this season.

The defense has some quality players like edge rusher Zach Harrison, but there aren’t any bonafide top talents like Alabama or Georgia.

Offensively, the Buckeyes will put up tons of points this year, with C.J. Stroud looking to build off his 44-touchdown campaign from a year ago.

He lost Chris Olave and Garrett Wilson to the NFL Draft, but he still has Jaxon Smith-Njigba as his No. 1 option, with Marvin Harrison Jr. and Emeka Egbuka working in there, too.

Out of the backfield, they also have a player in TreVeyon Henderson, who has the potential to be a top running back selected in the NFL Draft when his time comes.

In going up against Georgia or Alabama, Ohio State has the squad to go head-on and the quarterback to do so.

Still, they fall just behind Georgia for us, as Bennett will do enough as a quarterback to not put it squarely on the shoulders of the defense.

Alabama Crimson Tide

We hate to go all chalk here, but there really isn’t anywhere else to look. There are some intriguing quarterback prospects out there, like Will Levis of Kentucky, Tyler Van Dyke of Florida, Phil Jurkovec of Boston College, and Tanner McKee of Stanford, but their programs just don’t even compare to these top three.

Quarterback Bryce Young will be in contention for the Heisman Trophy once again as he figures out how to exist within an offense with really no proven receivers and a workable offensive line.

Out of the backfield, Alabama will give Jahmyr Gibbs the most run, and defensively, there are still amazing players there.

Edge rusher Will Anderson may very well be the No. 1 overall pick if neither quarterback shows out in a big way this year, and there’s also safety Jordan Battle and defensive lineman Byron Young.

The Crimson Tide rank last for us amongst these top three because they’ll live and die by Young on offense and Anderson on defense up front.

Past CFP Champions

Below is a list of all the teams that have won the National Championship under the College Football Playoff style.

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