{"id":2129,"date":"2018-01-10T03:52:46","date_gmt":"2018-01-10T03:52:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/offshoresportsbooks.com\/?p=2129"},"modified":"2019-06-26T15:13:09","modified_gmt":"2019-06-26T15:13:09","slug":"2018-ncaa-college-football-national-championship-futures-outlook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.offshoresportsbooks.com\/news\/2018-ncaa-college-football-national-championship-futures-outlook\/","title":{"rendered":"2018 NCAA College Football National Championship Futures Outlook"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The <strong>2017 NCAA College Football Season<\/strong> is now over and the Alabama Crimson Tide took home another National Championship under Nick Saban. \u00a0The SEC showed once again, why they are the elite conference in the NCAA. \u00a0They put not only the Crimson Tide in the<strong> National Championship game<\/strong> but they also were in a no lose situation with the Crimson Tide\u2019s opponent being the Georgia Bulldogs. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">That leaves us looking towards next year and sort of an early pre-season look at the 2018 NCAA College Football <strong>National Championship<\/strong> picture and some future wagers that may be interesting to follow. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"alabama-returning-favorite-for-2018\"><b>Alabama Returning Favorite For 2018<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">No surprise, the <strong>Alabama Crimson Tide<\/strong> are the favorite to win next year at 5\/2. \u00a0The Crimson Tide are a young team and as we seen on Monday Night they were led by a true freshman at quarterback. \u00a0This team is loaded up with talented young prospects and should contend once again for another National Title. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">With <strong>Nick Saban<\/strong> at the head coaching spot for the Crimson Tide, this team will be there in contention each and every year. \u00a0He continues to build a legacy with each year and what started out as just a winning season several years ago, has now turned into a dynasty of championships. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"clemson-second-at-6-1\"><b>Clemson Second At 6\/1<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The<strong> Clemson Tigers<\/strong> came up short this year but lost to the eventual national champions, Alabama Crimson Tide. \u00a0<strong>Clemson<\/strong> will return a decent amount of young players and with the ACC being so weak, there is no doubt the Tigers will be back in the hunt next year. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"ohio-state-and-georgia-share-third-spot\"><b>Ohio State and Georgia Share third Spot<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The <strong>Ohio State Buckeyes<\/strong> didn\u2019t get a chance to play for the National Championship but still come in sharing the third spot at 8\/1 with the opponent of the Crimson Tide, the Georgia Bulldogs. \u00a0First off, let\u2019s take a look into the Buckeyes. \u00a0They are going to be without 5th year starting QB JT Barrett and a new era will begin with a new QB. \u00a0The job is up for grabs but most likely Dwayne Haskins will win the starting job. \u00a0Haskins played in Barrett\u2019s absence this year and actually looked good for a young prospect. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">For the <strong>Bulldogs,<\/strong> they also have some growing pains to encounter as they will lose both Sony Michel and Nick Chubb, there two top rushing threats in the backfield. \u00a0The Bulldogs shouldn\u2019t have a tough time replicating their win streak from this year, next year as they face a very laid back out of conference schedule. \u00a0They will play Austin Peay, Middle Tennessee State, UMass and of course their annual game with Georgia Tech. \u00a0The Bulldogs have an easy path but can they replace the rushing attack left behind by Michel and Chubb?<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 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<strong>Michigan Wolverines<\/strong> may be at the end of the rope for Jim Harbaugh and his days at Michigan could very well be limited if he does not at least contend next year for the playoffs. Harbaugh and the Wolverines come into the 2018 season at 10\/1 to win the National Championship and for good cause. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The <strong>Wolverines<\/strong> will have a new QB under center next year as Ole Miss transfer Shea Patterson will most likely take over the starting role from Brandon Peters, who struggled in the bowl game and was injured last season. \u00a0If Patterson, or Peters, can figure out Harbaugh\u2019s offense and their defense returns to just a fraction of how good they were in 2017, this team could seriously stir up some feathers in the College Football Playoff picture. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"usc-rebuilding-era-starts\"><b>USC Rebuilding Era Starts<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">One team that you won\u2019t find many supporters of this year for winning the National Championship is the USC Trojans. \u00a0They will lose their top QB in <strong>Sam<\/strong> <strong>Darnold<\/strong>, who will be entering the <strong>NFL<\/strong> <strong>Draft<\/strong>, as well as RB Ronald Jones and WR Deontay Burnett. USC has opened up at 40\/1 and head coach Clay Helton realizes he has a much larger chance of winning the National Championship with the large loss of players at one time. \u00a0They are in a rebuilding phase of the team and we will just have to sit tight and see what the future holds. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s time to take a look at the 2018 College Football season and picks at the National Championship.","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2132,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[458],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2129","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ncaaf"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>2018 NCAA College Football National Championship Futures Outlook - The Latest Sports Betting News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"2018 NCAA College Football National Championship Futures Outlook - 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