With nine weeks in the books on the 2024 college football season, the College Football Playoff picture has become slightly clearer on who will — and who won’t — make the 12-team field.
No. 3 Penn State and No. 4 Ohio State kept their unofficial ‘locks’ of making the College Football Playoff — per odds on BetMGM — intact in Week 9, as the Nittany Lions and Buckeyes staved off upsets to Wisconsin and Nebraska.
Perhaps the most notable change to CFP odds that came out of Week 9 is the drop in LSU’s odds of making the postseason. The Tigers’ upset loss to then-No. 14 Texas A&M has Brian Kelly’s squad at +225 odds of making the 12-team playoff.
The 2025 College Football Playoff will be the first time in the history of the playoff where the playing field will expand from beyond four teams.
This drastic change to the CFP will give the four highest-ranked conference champions a first-round bye and the next highest-ranked conference champion an automatic bid before filling in the remaining teams with at-larges. It will also see the first home games in playoff history, as seeds 5-8 host seeds 9-12 on campus.
Here’s the latest on who are the favorites to make the 2025 College Football Playoff:
College Football Playoff odds
Odds courtesy of BetMGM as of Sunday, Oct. 27
Oregon has the best odds on BetMGM to make the College Football Playoff, at -3000. The Ducks are followed by Georgia at -1600 and Ohio State at -1000.
Per BetMGM’s odds, the 12-team College Football Playoff would be made up of three teams from the SEC, three from the Big Ten and two from both the ACC and Big 12. Boise State would also make it, as well as Notre Dame.
Here’s who has the top 12 best odds to make the 12-team 2025 College Football Playoff:
Oregon (-3000)
Georgia (-1600)
Ohio State (-1000)
Texas (-900)
Penn State (-650)
Miami (-600)
Clemson (-185)
Notre Dame (-175)
Tennessee (-175)
Boise State (-175)
Iowa State (-140)
BYU (-125)
