It wasn’t that long ago when everyone was doubting if this Georgia football team could even make the College Football Playoff this season, let alone win a national championship. After UGA was blown out by Ole Miss, the Bulldogs dropped outside of the CFP picture and nobody thought Georgia could win it all.
But fast forward just two weeks and Georgia is trending in the college football world. The Bulldogs handled their business against a top 10 Tennessee team and destroyed UMass a couple days ago, and when you combine that with a bunch of upsets around the country, you get a Georgia team who is now one of the favorites to win a national championship.
Notre Dame has entered the National Championship conversation 👀🍀 pic.twitter.com/NqskNdUCyf
— Rivals (@Rivals) November 25, 2024
Georgia has the 2nd best odds to win a national championship
According to BetMGM, Georgia has the second best odds to win a national championship at +400. This is tied with Oregon, who is the last undefeated team remaining, and slightly behind Ohio State at +275.
Seeing Kirby Smart and Georgia this high up is a little surprising because they by no means have their place in the CFP clinched yet. A loss to Georgia Tech this weekend would spell serious trouble and make the SEC Championship game a must win to get in the CFP. But the Bulldogs are massive favorites against the Yellow Jackets and will be favored in the SEC Championship game as well, so it does appear that it’s more likely than not that they make it in.
Sure Georgia’s teams from the last few years seem a little better than this year’s team, but college football as a whole is very even this year. There are so many teams who could realistically win it all, but at the same time they all could flame out and lose their first game.
Georgia however is one of the teams who has the best chance to at least win a couple games in the CFP, so maybe having this good of odds to win it all isn’t as shocking as it initially seemed.