2023 College Football Playoff National Championship (2024)

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College football championship odds in 2023-24 favored the Michigan Wolverines at -225 odds from ESPN BET. Michigan won the College Football Playoff National Championship, beating Washington 34-13. The favorite to win the national championship in 2024-25 is currently the Georgia Bulldogs at +425.

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Last season, No. 1 Georgia crushed No. 3 TCU 65-7 in the 2022-23 CFP National Championship Game. The Bulldogs set the record for the most points in a BCS or CFP title game and set a record for the largest margin of victory in a BCS or CFP title game.

Speaking on ESPN, College Football Playoff committee chair Boo Corrigan said FSU was left out of the final four because of Travis' injury. “Florida State is a different team than they were through the first 11 weeks,” he said.

Michigan beats Washington 34-13 to win CFP National Championship game. The No. 1 Michigan Wolverines used a punishing rushing attack to down the No. 2 Washington Huskies 34-13 in Monday night's College Football Playoff National Championship game at NRG Stadium in Houston.

INGLEWOOD, California - The No. 1 Georgia Bulldogs defeated the No. 3 TCU Horned Frogs, 65-7, to capture the program's second straight College Football Playoff National Championship.

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2024 College Football Playoff National Championship / Champion

Georgia opened as the favorite to win next year's national title, followed by the Crimson Tide, on BetMGM. The Bulldogs are +500 (5-to-1) to win the 2025 national title. Alabama is +600 to win it all. Ohio State (+700) and freshly crowned champion Michigan (+800) are next.

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Teams. Post-game press conference with Georgia head coach Kirby Smart, quarterback Stetson Bennett (game's Offensive MVP), and defensive back Javon Bullard (game's Defensive MVP).

But the Rose Bowl between No. 1 Michigan and No. 4 Alabama became the most-watched college football game since 2018, according to Sports Media Watch, as nearly 28 million fans tuned in to watch a thrilling finish between the two teams.

The Bulldogs likely had a case for being one of the best four teams in college football, but the Playoff Committee decided that Texas and Alabama had better resumes. The committee obviously valued head-to-head results, putting Texas in third, thanks largely to the Longhorns' head-to-head win against Alabama.

FSU became the first school sanctioned by the NCAA for using Name, Image and Likeness payments as a recruiting inducement. The assistant coach involved is offensive coordinator Alex Atkins and the incident occurred in a Spring 2022 recruiting event, per Yahoo's Ross Dellinger.

The “burden of proof” in antitrust lawsuits is a complicated combination of rebuttable presumptions. Nevertheless, for Florida State to sue successfully, it would ultimately have to uncover evidence that the CFP deliberately colluded to fix the playoffs to the detriment of FSU.

Wake Forest top the latest USA TODAY Coaches Poll after making their third College World Series (CWS) appearance last year. Reigning national champions LSU are right behind, followed by TCU – a team that also made the CWS in 2023 – and Florida, last year's runners-up.

The Georgia Bulldogs are favorites to win it all (+300) as they pursue a third National Championship in four years. The Ohio State Buckeyes (+400) and Texas Longhorns (+750) represent their biggest challenges.

The San Francisco 49ers won the NFC championship in 2023/2024 by defeating the Detroit Lions by a score of 34-31. However, the Lions went on to lose to the Chiefs in the Super Bowl, who won the AFC Championship. Patrick Mahomes led Kansas City to an overtime 25-22 win in one of the best Super Bowls in recent history.