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2020 college football national championship odds: Nebraska still swimming with big boys

2020 college football national championship odds: Nebraska still swimming with big boys

Nebraska's odds have lowered since the 2018-19 college football season ended three weeks ago, but the Cornhuskers are still seemingly the fish out of water among the 2019-20 title favorites.

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Nebraska's odds have lowered since the 2018-19 college football season ended three weeks ago, but the Cornhuskers are still seemingly the fish out of water among the 2019-20 title favorites. Of the 24 teams 100/1 or less to win next year's national championship (per the Westgate Las Vegas SuperBook on Monday), only three -- Nebraska, USC and Florida St. -- failed to become bowl eligible last season, and the Huskers have the shortest odds of the group for next season at 30/1. Scott Frost's first year as head coach at his alma mater wasn't an improvement on 2017, as Nebraska [finished 4-8 overall and 3-6 in the Big Ten](http://www.espn.com/college-football/team/schedule/_/id/158/season/2018) for the second straight season. But the Huskers did win four of their last six games, and their last three losses -- at Northwestern in overtime, at No. 8 Ohio State and at Iowa -- came by a combined 11 points. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRC_FVvP3Jg" class="embedly-card" data-card-width="100%" data-card-controls="0">Embedded content: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRC_FVvP3Jg</a> "I really like Scott Frost, and I know within three years Nebraska is going to be in the playoffs," said Westgate oddsmaker Ed Salmons in a text to BetChicago on Tuesday. "Plus, we wrote a ton of Nebraska future money here." Then why the move [from 25/1 to 30/1 for the Huskers](https://www.betchicago.com/2020-cfp-national-championship-odds-clemson-favorite-alabama-georgia-notre-dame)? "Have to raise numbers when lowering others," he wrote. "I know my Nebraska number was low to begin with, so I had room." Nebraska doesn't play Michigan or Michigan St. next season and plays host to Ohio St. and Wisconsin, so the schedule is a favorable one, with rising sophomore [Adrian Martinez](http://www.espn.com/college-football/player/_/id/4361182/adrian-martinez) expected to return at quarterback and [a strong recruiting class entering](https://247sports.com/Season/2019-Football/CompositeTeamRankings/). But if the Huskers' odds are regressing, who's moving up the oddsboard? One team is Texas A&M, which is down to 50/1 from 80/1, mostly due to a $1K bet on the Aggies, Salmons said. Like Nebraska, Texas A&M will be in its second season under a new head coach, Jimbo Fisher, who guided the Aggies to a 9-4 record and Gator Bowl win over N.C. State. Texas A&M also returns quarterback Kellen Mond, who had 31 touchdowns (24 passing, seven rushing) last season. Texas A&M plays host to Alabama next season, but Georgia (out of the SEC East), which returns quarterback Jake Fromm, doesn't play Alabama at all (until possibly the SEC Championship Game) and will play host to Texas A&M, Notre Dame and Florida. Because of their more favorable schedule, the Bulldogs are at 8/1 after opening 12/1. Let's check out the rest of the 2020 title odds. __MORE:__ [Jalen Hurts' Heisman odds after transfer to Oklahoma](https://www.betchicago.com/jalen-hurts-transfer-oklahoma-heisman-trophy-odds) ## 2020 college football national championship odds Alabama opened as the 3/2 favorite for next season before its 44-16 blowout loss to Clemson (its worst under Nick Saban) and Clemson was 7/2, but then the Tigers [jumped to the +180 favorite postgame](https://www.betchicago.com/2020-cfp-national-championship-odds-clemson-favorite-alabama-georgia-notre-dame) and the Tide fell to 5/2, which is where the teams remain. Alabama and Clemson have each lost only four games the last four seasons (including two to each other). Though the Tide lost [nearly all of its coaching staff](https://www.sbnation.com/college-football/2019/1/16/18186046/alabama-coaches-leaving-staff), save for Saban, Bama is still near the top of the championship odds. As for Hurts and Oklahoma, the Sooners have remained steady at 16/1 after opening 15/1. Here's the complete list of teams 100/1 and lower as of Monday, with the odds from where the teams started after the title game in parenthesis (if nothing listed, there's been no change). Clemson 9/5 (+180) Alabama 5/2 Georgia 8/1 (12/1) Ohio St. 12/1 Michigan 14/1 Oklahoma 16/1 (15/1) Texas 20/1 Nebraska 30/1 (25/1) Washington 30/1 (25/1) Florida 30/1 (25/1) Notre Dame 30/1 (25/1) Oregon 30/1 Texas A&M 50/1 (80/1) Wisconsin 60/1 (50/1) LSU 60/1 (50/1) Mississippi St. 60/1 (50/1) Auburn 60/1 (50/1) Miami 80/1 Utah 80/1 USC 80/1 Virginia Tech 100/1 Penn St. 100/1 Iowa 100/1 Florida St. 100/1
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