2016 College Football AP Poll vs. Title Odds

2016 College Football AP Poll vs. Title Odds

The 2016 College Football AP Poll was released on Sunday morning at 10 am ET and to no surprise, Alabama, Clemson, and Oklahoma are the top 3 schools. The table below shows the preseason AP Poll compared to each team’s NCAA Title odds and playoff odds via 5Dimes:

AP Poll RankTeamTitle Odds
(5Dimes)
Odds to Make Playoff
(5Dimes)
1Alabama+665+145
2Clemson+710+155
3Oklahoma+1095+175
4Florida State+1350+315
5LSU+900+325
6Ohio State+1075+195
7Michigan+1100+240
8Stanford+2800+425
9Tennessee+1450+325
10Notre Dame+2200+450
11Ole Miss+5200+950
12Michigan State+8000+1200
13TCU+5200+850
14Washington+4500+500
15Houston+10000+1250
16UCLA+6000+750
17Iowa+9500+1400
18Georgia+6000+950
19Louisville+7500+1400
20USC+6000+800
21Oklahoma State+10000+1000
22North Carolina+13500+1500
23Baylor+6000+900
24Oregon+4800+775
25Florida+5500+1300

At first glance, Michigan State appears to be highly overrated by the AP Poll, as they sit at 80:1 to win the title by oddsmakers and are 12:1 just to make the playoffs. I took their Season Win Total Under 8.5 a couple months ago and am surprised to see them ranked so high this year.

A team that appears to be underrated by the AP Poll is Oregon, as they have better title odds at #24 than any other school ranked #15-25.

Another interesting team to watch for is Washington. They have decent title and playoff odds, and they’re receiving a good portion of money at William Hill to win the Pac-12. Personally I like UCLA from the Pac-12, but that conference appears to be open with the likes of Stanford, USC, Washington, Utah, UCLA, and Oregon all in contention.

How have preseason #1 teams finished lately? To put it simply, they’re not a good bet:

At 5Dimes, there’s been sharp money on Clemson to make the playoffs. At CRIS, there’s also been sharp money on Clemson to win the NCAA title, along with FSU, Alabama, LSU, and Ohio State. At William Hill, FSU and LSU are receiving the most money wagered to win their conference.

You can also find every team’s odds to win the NCAA Title and to make the 4-Team Playoff.

Dan McGuire

Dan McGuire is the Operations Manager and soccer specialist at Sports Insights. You can find him on Twitter (@ArsenalDMC) and he can be reached directly at dan.mcguire@actionnetwork.com.

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