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The first official preseason poll of the 2025 college football season was released Monday with USA Today’s Coaches’ Preseason Top 25 poll, in which even the coaches believe Texas is back as a perennial national championship contender. The Associated Press’ Top 25 preseason poll, as voted on by media, is expected to be released next […]

Jan 21, 2025; Atlanta, GA, USA; The College Football Playoff National Championship trophy at press conference at The Westin Peachtree Plaza, Savannah Ballroom. Kirby Lee-Imagn Images

In the meantime, the oddsmakers at BetMGM have shaken things up a bit with its latest 2025 National Championship odds, which tend to mostly mirror USA Today’s Preseason Top 25 poll with a few exceptions. Much like the college football coaches, BetMGM’s oddsmakers are all-in on the Longhorns to finally break through and win its first national title in 20 years. Of course, there’s still plenty of love for reigning national champion Ohio State as well as the last back-to-back champ in Georgia (2021-22) and the Big Ten team with a loaded roster that could rival last year’s Buckeyes in Penn State.

Check out BetMGM’s latest 2025 National Championship Odds below:

1. Texas Longhorns — +500

The Longhorns are the only college football team to make the last two CFP national semifinals and is the slight odds-on favorite to win it all in 2025, according to the BetMGM oddsmakers.

Certainly helping matters is the overwhelming hype surrounding new QB1 Arch Manning, who finally takes over as Texas’ new sheriff in town after two seasons playing behind Quinn Ewers. The ‘Horns also return one of the game’s most talented defenses with senior linebacker Anthony Hill and sophomore pass rusher Colin Simmons leading the way.

2. Ohio State Buckeyes — +525

The defending champion Buckeyes land just behind Texas as one of college football’s leading favorites to run it back in 2025 after sweeping College Football Playoffs’ first 12-team field in 2024.

Of course, those favorable odds take into account Ohio State’s offseason talent overhaul after a multitude of 2024 contributors graduated and/or left for the NFL — including OC Chip Kelly. But don’t discount the impact of superstar sophomore WR Jeremiah Smith and All-American junior safety Caleb Downs, even as the Buckeyes break in a new starting QB in 2025.

T-3. Georgia Bulldogs — +700

The BetMGM oddsmakers are still believers in the Bulldogs as serious national champion contenders two years removed from winning back-to-back CFP national titles in 2021-22.

Like several others on this list, Georgia will break in a new starting quarterback this season as Gunner Stockton is slated to take over for Carson Beck behind center in Athens. Despite the changeover at QB, the Bulldogs also return a mostly intact offense that received a nice boost out of the transfer portal with the WR additions of Zachariah Branch and Noah Thomas.

T-3. Penn State Nittany Lions — +700

With returning senior QB Drew Allar and two 1,000-yard RBs in Kaytron Allen and Nick Singleton, the 2025 Nittany Lions are absolutely loaded with talent this season — on both sides of the ball.

New defensive coordinator Jim Knowles, who was at Ohio State last season, will also have plenty to work with in senior pass rusher Dani Dennis-Sutton and junior linebacker Amare Campbell, as well as junior corner A.J. Harris. If veteran Penn State coach James Franklin can finally put it all together, 2025 very well could be the Nittany Lions’ season.

T-5. Oregon Ducks — +900

The Ducks certainly looked the part of a national championship contender as it rolled through the 2024 regular-season as the sport’s lone undefeated program, including winning the Big Ten in its first season.

But like many on this list, Oregon will be led by a new starting QB this season in Dante Moore, a former five-star transfer from UCLA that redshirted behind Dillon Gabriel last season. Of course, the Ducks enter Year 4 under head coach Dan Lanning, who’s improved Oregon’s record each of his first three seasons in Eugene, going from 10 wins in 2022 to a 13-1 mark in 2024. All that’s left is winning it all.

T-5. Clemson Tigers — +900

Much like the Nittany Lions, Clemson returns a majority of a roster that won the ACC last season and made its first CFP appearance since 2020.

Leading that charge is senior quarterback Cade Klubnik, who returns for his third season as the Tigers’ QB1, as well as a litany of talent on both sides of the ball. Defensively, new Clemson DC Tom Allen has plenty to work with this season, led by a pair of potential 2026 Top 5 draft picks on its DL in T.J. Parker and Peter Woods. Add in the game’s deepest WR room and the Tigers are clear title contenders.

T-7. Notre Dame Fighting Irish — +1200

BetMGM oddsmakers deliver their first big jump beyond its Top 6 leaders with the defending national champion runner-up Fighting Irish leading the second-tier of championship contenders in 2025.

Much of that hype is likely centered around a mostly veteran roster that’s led by junior RB Jeremiyah Love, who rushed for 1,125 yards and 17 touchdowns last season. Like others on this list, Notre Dame will be led by a new QB1 this season, with redshirt freshman CJ Carr as the favorite coming out of Spring. Still, Marcus Freeman’s Irish are once again loaded for another title game run in 2025.

T-7. Alabama Crimson Tide — +1200

Year 2 of the Kalen DeBoer ere is here as the man that replaced Nick Saban in Tuscaloosa continues to implement his own unique style with an absolutely loaded Crimson Tide roster in 2025.

That includes what is arguably college football’s most experienced and talented defense that returns senior LBs Deontae Lawson and Justin Jefferson as well as senior DLs Tim Keenan III and LT Overton. Add to that a talented WR room led by star sophomore Ryan Williams and senior Germie Bernard, likely new QB1 Ty Simpson will have plenty of weapons to utilize this season.

9. LSU Tigers — +1500

The Tigers enter Year 4 under head coach Brian Kelly still seeking to re-establish itself as a perennial national championship contender since its last title in 2019.

LSU’s championship hopes in 2025 are certainly boosted by the return of senior QB1 Garrett Nussmeier, a preseason Heisman Trophy favorite as the SEC’s top returning passer after throwing for 4,052 yards and 29 touchdowns to 12 interceptions in 2024. The Tigers also feature a veteran defense led by former five-star pass rusher Harold Perkins and linebacker Whit Weeks.

T-10. Michigan Wolverines — +2500

BetMGM’s national champion odds take another massive jump beyond its Top 9 with 1,000-point bump for a trio of up-and-coming contenders that are likely still a year or two away from contending.

The 2023 champions enter Year 2 under Sherrone Moore with plenty of preseason hype, much of it centered squarely around superstar freshman QB Bryce Underwood, the 2025 No. 1 overall recruit. If Underwood can live up to the hype and give Michigan what it sorely lacked last season with a true playmaker at QB, the Wolverines could certainly make a championship case this season.

T-10. Ole Miss Rebels — +2500

Like others on this list, Lane Kiffin and the Rebels will debut a talented but unproven new starting QB in redshirt sophomore Austin Simmons, who replaces Ole Miss’ all-time leading passer Jaxson Dart.

If Simmons can build upon what he did last year while playing behind Dart, the rebuilt Rebels added enough elite talent out of the NCAA Transfer Portal that they’ll once again challenge for a trip to Atlanta for the SEC championship as well as a potential Playoff appearance after barely missing out a year ago.

T-10. Florida Gators — +2500

The Gators get the final nod among BetMGM’s Top 10 — or Top 12 with ties — due in large part to the potential surrounding uber-talented sophomore QB DJ Lagway.

Lagway certainly lived up to his own hype as the 2024 No. 1 overall recruit and effectively saved the job of Florida head coach Billy Napier by leading the Gators to a 6-1 record in seven starts last season. If Lagway can stay healthy — hardly a guarantee given an injury-plagued offseason — Florida certainly has the talent to challenge some of the SEC powers ahead on this list.