So, it should come as no surprise that ’Bama has the top odds at -300 to appear in the College Football Playoff for a fifth straight season. Since the NCAA moved to the College Football Playoff format in the 2014-15 season, there has been one common theme through the first four brackets and that is the Alabama Crimson Tide. Alabama has the best odds to return to College Football Playoff Online sportsbook Sportsbook has ’Bama at -300, followed by the Clemson Tigers at -140, the Ohio State Buckeyes at +160, the Georgia Bulldogs at +175 and the Michigan Wolverines and Washington Huskies at +300 to round out the top five best odds. As expected, the reigning champions, the Alabama Crimson Tide, have opened with the best odds to appear in the four-team playoff at -300. With NCAA football set to begin in just over a week, online sportsbooks have put out their odds on whether teams will make the College Football Playoff early next year.