{"id":3071,"date":"2018-07-17T00:24:07","date_gmt":"2018-07-17T00:24:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.offshoresportsbooks.com\/?p=3071"},"modified":"2019-06-26T15:12:59","modified_gmt":"2019-06-26T15:12:59","slug":"top-5-betting-picks-to-win-2018-ncaa-football-championship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.offshoresportsbooks.com\/news\/top-5-betting-picks-to-win-2018-ncaa-football-championship\/","title":{"rendered":"Top 5 Betting Picks to win 2018 NCAA Football Championship"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The start of the<strong> 2018 NCAA Football<\/strong> season is just over a month and a half away, with games beginning the weekend of September 1st. The 2017 season was another thrilling one, with the <strong>Alabama Crimson Tide<\/strong> winning the National Championship in a thrilling game against Georgia. The oddsmakers have spoken, below are the top 5 favorites to win the 2018 NCAA Football Championship.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"alabama-12-5\">Alabama 12\/5<\/h2>\n<p><b>\u00a0<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">It comes as no surprise to see the<strong> Alabama Crimson Tide<\/strong> as the betting favorite to win the 2018 College Football Championship. The Crimson Tide are the defending champs, and <strong>Nick Saban<\/strong> has once again brought in a tremendous recruiting class. Alabama might have a quarterback controversy this season, but it could be a good thing. Saban has two stud quarterbacks on his roster with Jalen Hurts and Tua Tagovailoa. Tagovailoa led the Crimson Tide in last year\u2019s title game, and is on the short list of Heisman Trophy candidates heading into the season. Alabama will open the season with a game against a very good Louisville team, but Saban will have his team ready for the test.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3073 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/dev.offshoresportsbooks.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/07\/1-300x205.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"205\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dev.offshoresportsbooks.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/07\/1-300x205.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dev.offshoresportsbooks.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/07\/1.jpg 718w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"clemson-6-1\"><b>Clemson 6\/1<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>Clemson<\/strong> has been consistently dominant in the Atlantic Coast Conference, and they shouldn\u2019t have any trouble this season either. The Tigers have a great shot of going undefeated and meeting Alabama in the College Football playoffs for the fourth straight season. Clemson has a dominant defense that averaged 3.3 sacks per game in 2017, and is returning their top four defensive players. <a href=\"https:\/\/thetandd.com\/sports\/clemson\/football\/clemson-football-success-starts-with-dabo\/article_d30a5128-6855-5d4f-9d49-2f2093e3331b.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dabo <strong>Swinney<\/strong> is one of the best recruiters in the country, and his roster is loaded with future <strong>NFL<\/strong> stars. <\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"georgia-15-2\">Georgia 15\/2<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>Georgia<\/strong> has been the cream of the crop in the SEC East the last several years, and they are the overwhelming favorite to win the division again. Georgia will have tough tests against both South Carolina and Florida, but the Bulldogs have a ton of talent. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.redandblack.com\/sports\/football\/georgia-loses-national-championship-to-alabama---in-overtime\/article_3db76596-f4f9-11e7-8eff-8718287f36ac.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Georgia hopes to return to the National Championship game,<\/a> but finish it off differently this season. Sophomore quarterback, Jake Fromm, will be back to lead the Bulldogs, and has a shot of winning a Heisman Trophy this season. <strong>Georgia<\/strong> has a weak non conference schedule, and won\u2019t be tested until SEC play begins. <\/span><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"ohio-state-15-2\">Ohio State 15\/2<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The <strong>Ohio State Buckeyes<\/strong> will be trying to end the Big Ten\u2019s title game drought this season. The Buckeyes are the most talented team in the Big Ten, but they must navigate through a very good Big Ten East division. Urban Meyer\u2019s team has dominated the rivalry versus Michigan, and they get the Wolverines at home in 2018. If Ohio State can avoid two regular season losses, they should earn a spot into the <strong>College Football Playoff. <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"michigan-14-1\">Michigan 14\/1<\/h2>\n<p><b>\u00a0<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">It is odd seeing <strong>Michigan<\/strong> with such great odds considering they won\u2019t even be favored to reach the Big Ten Championship game. Michigan head coach, Jim Harbaugh, appears to be on the hot seat heading into the season. The Wolverines must find a way to beat the Buckeyes if they want a shot in the Playoffs. <strong>Michigan<\/strong> will improve upon their 8-5 record in 2017, but still appear as an underdog to reach the Playoffs in 2018.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Take a look at the betting odds to win the NCAA Football National Title.","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":3072,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[458],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3071","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>Top 5 Betting Picks to win 2018 NCAA Football Championship - 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=\"Top 5 Betting Picks to win 2018 NCAA Football Championship - 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