2026 College Football Playoff Odds (Notre Dame Will Return to CFB Playoff)

The College Football season will be here before you know it, so it's time to take a look at some futures bets. Remember, not only do futures odds give us a chance to place a few bets that hold value in the market, but it also gives us fans an idea of how well our team is expected to perform this season.

Ohio State enters the season as the betting favorite to win the National Championship, but before any team even thinks about winning a national title, they have to make the 12-team College Football Playoff.

FanDuel Sportsbook has released odds to make the CFB Playoff, so let's take a look at who the betting market thinks will be competing in this year's postseason bracket.

Odds to Make the College Football Playoff

Notre Dame -750
Miami -320
Indiana -320
Oregon -310
Ohio State -260
Georgia -230
Texas Tech -185
Texas -185
Texas A&M +150
Alabama +150
LSU +155
Ole Miss +170

The above 12 teams lead the odds list to make the College Football Playoff, meaning this is what the bracket would look like as of today. These odds look fairly different compared to the National Championship odds due to the varying difficulty for each team to make the postseason.

Notre Dame has the best odds at -750, an implied probability of 88.24%, largely because they don't belong to a conference. Their toughest game this season is a November 7 showdown against Miami. Other than that game, the Fighting Irish will be significant favorites in every other game. If they go 12-0 or 11-1, a playoff spot will be virtually locked up.

Meanwhile, teams like Indiana, Oregon, and Ohio State, belonging to the Big Ten, and Alabama, Texas, and Texas A&M, belonging to the SEC, will have much tougher paths to a playoff berth.

Here are the next 20 teams on the odds list to make the College Football Playoff:

Oklahoma +200
USC +250
Michigan +310
BYU +340
Tennessee +350
Penn State +350
Florida +390
SMU +450
Louisville +460
Utah +500
Washington +500
Boise State +600
Missouri +700
Clemson +700
Auburn +700
Iowa +700
Kansas State +800
Houston +800
South Carolina +850
Pittsburgh +900

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