The Oregon Ducks face the Ohio State Buckeyes on Monday, January 12, in Arlington, Texas for the college football National Championship. Oregon is currently a 6 point favorite over Ohio State.
The graph below shows the futures odds for each team to win the National Championship prior to the start of the season and each week throughout the season.
2014/15 College Football National Championship Futures Odds
Lines courtesy of the Westgate Las Vegas Race & Sports SuperBook
Oregon opened at +500 and their odds slightly increased up to until the week 6 loss to Arizona. They jumped to +2000 after the loss but quickly came back down to under +1000. They were the favorite prior to week 11 and then were the second favorite the rest of the season behind Alabama.
Ohio State opened as the 4th favorite at +1000. News of Braxton Miller's season ending injury made their odds jump to +4000 prior to the season kicking off. They were +2000 after their week 1 win over Navy but went back to +4000 after their week 2 loss at home against Virginia Tech. Their odds steadily went down from there and were as low as +600 prior to week 13. Prior to the conference championships they were +1500 after J.T. Barrett broke his ankle in the final regular season game. They entered the playoff semifinals as the third favorite at +600.
Summary of the Favorites for the 2014 Season
- Preseason through week 4: Florida State (OT win vs Clemson in week 4)
- Week 5 & 6: Alabama (lost to Ole Miss in week 6)
- Week 7 & 8: Florida State (beat Notre Dame 31-27 in week 8)
- Week 9: Alabama & Ole Miss (Ole Miss lost to LSU in week 9)
- Week 10 & 11: Alabama
- Week 11: Oregon
- Week 12 through the playoff semifinals: Alabama
