SEC Football Championship Odds: Texas Fighting Through Bloodbath

The SEC championship odds have seen twists and turns no one could have prepared us for. That bloodbath leaves us with no remaining undefeated teams and a plethora of tiebreaking scenarios.

The Texas Longhorns are currently in the driver's seat but a logjam below them means plenty to play for in the season's final weeks. Read more in my college football odds update below. 

SEC championship odds

Player
Texas Longhorns	+145	+160	+140
Alabama Crimson Tide	+150	+165	+160
Georgia Bulldogs	+310	+310	+300
Texas A&M Aggies	+1,700	+1,300	+1,600

SEC championship favorite

 Texas Longhorns (+140 to +160)

The Texas Longhorns have gotten themselves back on track after getting smacked around by Georgia in Week 8 and remain the favorite to claim SEC glory in their first season.

Texas has a game against Kentucky before a critical rivalry showdown against Texas A&M at College Station, one that could decide the fate of the conference. 

SEC championship scenarios and tiebreakers

Six teams currently having two or fewer losses in SEC play means a logjam at the top of the SEC standings, and no division winners mean the two best records get to play in the SEC title game. With the potential for many of these programs to have similar records in a few weeks' time, that could get particularly tricky. 

Here's what the Top-4 teams need to have happen in order to advance to the title game: 

Texas: Advance to the title game by beating Kentucky and Texas A&M
Alabama: Advance by beating Oklahoma and Auburn
Georgia: Advance if Auburn beats Texas A&M + Texas A&M beats Texas OR Missouri loses to both Mississippi State and Arkansas OR Alabama loses to Oklahoma or Auburn
Texas A&M: Advance by beating Auburn and Texas

Here's a list of the SEC's tiebreakers: 

1) Head-to-head
2) Record against all common SEC opponents
3) Record against the highest-placed common SEC opponent
4) Cumulative winning percentage of all SEC opponents
5) Capped relative total scoring margin against SEC opponents
6) Random draw

Recent SEC conference champions

Season	SEC Champion	Runner-Up
2023	Alabama Crimson Tide	Georgia Bulldogs
2022	Georgia Bulldogs	LSU Tigers
2021	Alabama Crimson Tide	Georgia Bulldogs
2020	Alabama Crimson Tide	Florida Gators
2019	LSU Tigers	Georgia Bulldogs
2018	Alabama Crimson Tide	Georgia Bulldogs
2017	Georgia Bulldogs	Auburn Tigers
2016	Alabama Crimson Tide	Florida Gators
2015	Alabama Crimson Tide	Florida Gators

Understanding college football futures odds

Sportsbooks release college football futures odds pretty much as soon the clock hits zero in the previous season's National Championship Game. There are many ways to wager on NCAA football futures but we'll use picking the outright winner of the National Championship — definitely the most popular — as our example.

During the offseason and preseason, you'll be able to get a plus-money price on basically any team in the nation as there is so much uncertainty around what will happen next year.

NCAA football championship odds will usually look like this:

• Alabama Crimson Tide +125

This means that on a $100 bet, you'll stand to win $125 if the Crimson Tide win the national title. If it's close to the end of the regular season and there is a particularly dominant program, you might see that a team has a minus sign (-) ahead of its odds. 

• Georgia Bulldogs -145

This means that if you bet on Georgia, you would need to bet $145 to profit $100 if the Bulldogs won the championship.

Of course, futures odds are a fluid market. They can change every day based on news, injuries, suspensions, transfers, etc. In college football there generally isn't too much movement in the futures market during the offseason, but once the season begins, look for huge changes week-to-week based on wins and losses.

All the odds seen above are in American format. Should you find decimal format or fractional format easier to read, simply convert the odds with our easy-to-use odds converter tool.

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