College Football National Title Odds Movement At William Hill Sportsbook

One of the underrated events in NJ online sports betting is the market for college football futures.

William Hill NJ recently shared data of all bets placed to win the 2020 National Championship in their sportsbooks across New Jersey, Nevada, and West Virginia, and the results are quite interesting.

The data is focused on total dollars wagered and total number of tickets for the winner of the 2020 College Football Playoffs.

Top 10 College Football Future Bets by Total Dollars Bet:

College Football Team	% of Total Dollars Wagered
Georgia Bulldogs	12%
Alabama Crimson Tide	11%
Oklahoma Sooners	8%
Ohio State Buckeyes	8%
Clemson Tigers	7%
Michigan Wolverines	6%
Texas Longhorns	6%
Oregon Ducks	4%
LSU Tigers	3%
Notre Dame Fighting Irish	3%

It’s not surprising to see the class of the college football world at the top with UGA, Bama, and Oklahoma, but it is surprising to see Clemson as sixth on this list returning their Heisman-candidate QB Trevor Lawrence and their top offensive weapons in Travis Etienne, Justyn Ross and more.

Yes, it may be because they are currently 12/5, but so is Alabama and they have taken 11% of total dollars wagered.

Top 10 Future Bets by Total Tickets Bet:

College Football Team	% of Total Tickets Placed
Georgia Bulldogs	8%
Oklahoma Sooners	8%
Ohio State Buckeyes	7%
Notre Dame Fighting Irish	6%
Michigan Wolverines	6%
Alabama Crimson Tide	5%
Oregon Ducks	5%
Clemson Tigers	4%
Penn State Nittany Lions	4%
LSU Tigers	4%

The most interesting part of this entire table is actually what is not on here.

In the previous chart, you saw that the Texas Longhorns had received 6% of the total dollars wagered. They aren’t even on this list of total # of tickets placed. What does that mean? It means people are placing a larger sum of money on the Longhorns to win, rather than the number of tickets.

Texas is currently 20/1 to win the National Championship on the William Hill NJ app.

The Penn State Nittany Lions are interesting as well, as they show up on this chart of total number of tickets, but not in the total number of money wagered. That means a lot of users are placing low bets on the Lions to win it all. Given their odds of 60/1 (down from 75/1), that makes sense.

William Hill College Football National Championship Odds

College Football Team	Opening Odds	Current Odds
Clemson	2/1	12/5
Alabama	2/1	12/5
Georgia	10/1	11/2
Ohio State	12/1	14/1
Oklahoma	14/1	12/1
Texas	18/1	20/1
Michigan	18/1	10/1
LSU	30/1	25/1
Notre Dame	30/1	30/1
Florida	30/1	40/1
Washington	30/1	40/1
Oregon	40/1	30/1
Auburn	40/1	50/1
Texas A&M	60/1	35/1
Wisconsin	60/1	150/1
Nebraska	60/1	30/1
Penn State	75/1	60/1
Utah	75/1	30/1
Mississippi State	75/1	250/1
Iowa	100/1	250/1
USC	100/1	125/1
Miami	150/1	100/1
Michigan State	150/1	75/1
Virginia Tech	150/1	300/1
Florida State	150/1	200/1
Syracuse	200/1	250/1
Stanford	200/1	300/1
Washington State	200/1	125/1
Iowa State	200/1	150/1
Oklahoma State	200/1	250/1
UCLA	250/1	200/1
West Virginia	250/1	1000/1
Northwestern	250/1	1000/1
Central Florida	250/1	500/1
Virginia	300/1	500/1
Arizona State	300/1	300/1
TCU	300/1	75/1
Kansas State	300/1	1000/1
Arizona	300/1	1000/1
Baylor	300/1	250/1
Purdue	300/1	500/1
Boise State	500/1	750/1
South Carolina	500/1	750/1
Kentucky	500/1	1000/1
Tennessee	500/1	500/1
California	500/1	1000/1
Pittsburgh	750/1	1000/1
Mississippi	750/1	2000/1
Field	75/1	200/1

Notable Movement:

TCU went from 300/1 to 75/1


The Field went from 75/1 to 200/1


Michigan went from 18/1 to 10/1


Wisconsin went from 60/1 to 150/1


Mississippi State from from 750/1 to 250/1