Conference winner odds are among the easiest college football futures to follow, since every FBS program outside the independents is chasing one of these titles from Week 1 through championship weekend. Legal online sportsbooks post the markets in the offseason and keep them open until the final title game kicks off.
Conference play usually begins in September and wraps up in late November, with title games played on the first weekend of December. Those games carry extra weight under the 12-team College Football Playoff, which guarantees spots to the four Power Four champions and the top-ranked team from the Group of Six. Every upset, injury and quarterback change moves the board, so current prices matter far more than preseason numbers.
You can compare conference winner odds at sportsbooks such as DraftKings, FanDuel and BetMGM, and new customers can usually pair their first futures bet with a welcome offer. Below, we break down every FBS conference race, from the Power Four to the six leagues that make up the rest of the subdivision.
College Football Conference Championship Games
Every FBS conference crowns its champion in a title game, and most of this season’s matchups land on Friday, Dec. 4 and Saturday, Dec. 5. Here’s when and where each one will be played, along with last season’s winner.
| Conference | 2026 Title Game | Site | 2025 Champion |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🏆 ACC | Saturday, Dec. 5 | Bank of America Stadium, Charlotte, N.C. | Duke Blue Devils |
| 🏆 Big Ten | Saturday, Dec. 5 | Lucas Oil Stadium, Indianapolis | Indiana Hoosiers |
| 🏆 Big 12 | Friday, Dec. 4 | AT&T Stadium, Arlington, Texas | Texas Tech Red Raiders |
| 🏆 SEC | Saturday, Dec. 5 | Mercedes-Benz Stadium, Atlanta | Georgia Bulldogs |
| 🏈 American | Saturday, Dec. 5 | Home of the top seed | Tulane Green Wave |
| 🏈 Conference USA | Friday, Dec. 4 | Home of the top seed | Kennesaw State Owls |
| 🏈 MAC | Saturday, Dec. 5 | Ford Field, Detroit | Western Michigan Broncos |
| 🏈 Mountain West | Friday, Dec. 4 | Home of the top seed | Boise State Broncos (now in the Pac-12) |
| 🏈 Pac-12 | Friday, Dec. 4 | Home of the top seed | None (first season of the rebuilt league) |
| 🏈 Sun Belt | Friday, Dec. 4 | Home of the top seed | James Madison Dukes |
Conference winner futures settle on the result of these games, so a team that finishes first in the regular-season standings still has to win on championship weekend to cash your ticket.
Power Four Conference Winner Odds
The ACC, Big Ten, Big 12 and SEC each send their champion directly into the College Football Playoff, which makes these four races the most heavily bet conference futures on the board.
Odds to Win the ACC
The ACC fields 17 football programs, a group that stretches from Boston to the Bay Area after the arrivals of the California Golden Bears, Stanford Cardinal and SMU Mustangs. The two teams with the best conference records meet in the ACC Championship Game in Charlotte.
The Clemson Tigers, Florida State Seminoles and Miami Hurricanes have long been the names at the top of ACC futures boards, but recent seasons have shown how open the league can be. SMU reached the title game in its first ACC season, and the Duke Blue Devils won the 2025 championship. Expect ACC odds to move most in September, when non-conference results separate the contenders, and again in November as tiebreakers come into play.
Odds to Win the Big Ten
With 18 members, the Big Ten is the largest conference in the sport, and the additions of the Oregon Ducks, USC Trojans, UCLA Bruins and Washington Huskies turned it into a true coast-to-coast league. Its top two teams by conference record play for the title in Indianapolis.
The Ohio State Buckeyes, Michigan Wolverines, Penn State Nittany Lions and Oregon have typically held the shortest Big Ten prices, but the Indiana Hoosiers rewrote the script by winning the 2025 conference title and the national championship. With so many teams and no divisions, the schedule draw matters, and Big Ten futures can swing sharply after a single head-to-head matchup between contenders.
Odds to Win the Big 12
The Big 12 grew to 16 teams by adding the Arizona Wildcats, Arizona State Sun Devils, Colorado Buffaloes and Utah Utes, and its footprint now runs from the Rocky Mountains to Florida. Its championship game, matching the top two teams in the standings, is held on Friday night of championship weekend in Arlington, Texas.
No Power Four league has been harder to predict. Arizona State won the title in 2024, and the Texas Tech Red Raiders followed in 2025, while the Kansas State Wildcats, Iowa State Cyclones, BYU Cougars and Utah have all spent time as contenders. That parity usually keeps Big 12 odds bunched together, which makes line shopping especially valuable here.
Odds to Win the SEC
The SEC reached 16 members when the Oklahoma Sooners and Texas Longhorns joined, adding two more national powers to the sport’s deepest league. Like the other Power Four conferences, it sends its top two teams by league record to the SEC Championship Game in Atlanta.
The Georgia Bulldogs, who won the 2025 title, sit alongside the Alabama Crimson Tide, Texas and the LSU Tigers as the programs most often near the top of SEC odds boards. The Ole Miss Rebels, Tennessee Volunteers, Texas A&M Aggies and Oklahoma can all crash that group, and with so many strong teams, several programs usually hold realistic title odds deep into November.
Group of Six Conference Odds
With the rebuilt Pac-12 back on the field, the leagues outside the Power Four are now commonly called the Group of Six: the American, Conference USA, the MAC, the Mountain West, the Pac-12 and the Sun Belt. Their title races carry longer prices and more year-to-year turnover, since one breakout quarterback or coaching hire can reshape a conference overnight. The highest-ranked team from this group also earns a guaranteed spot in the College Football Playoff.
American Conference
The American has been a reliable source of Playoff-caliber Group of Six teams. The Tulane Green Wave won the 2025 title after the Army Black Knights took the crown in 2024, and programs like the Memphis Tigers and Navy Midshipmen keep the top tier crowded, so American odds rarely feature a runaway favorite.
Conference USA
Conference USA keeps changing shape, losing the UTEP Miners to the Mountain West and the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs to the Sun Belt this year. The Kennesaw State Owls won the 2025 title, and the race tends to produce long odds spread across a wide group of contenders, including the Jacksonville State Gamecocks, Liberty Flames and Western Kentucky Hilltoppers.
Mid-American Conference
MAC title races often come down to which team gets the best quarterback play. The Western Michigan Broncos won in 2025, and the Miami (Ohio) RedHawks, Toledo Rockets and Ohio Bobcats are frequent contenders. The league also welcomed the Sacramento State Hornets as a football-only member this season, and its championship game is played indoors at Ford Field in Detroit.
Mountain West
Realignment hit the Mountain West hardest, as the Boise State Broncos, Fresno State Bulldogs, San Diego State Aztecs, Colorado State Rams and Utah State Aggies all left for the Pac-12. The league rebuilt with UTEP, a returning full-member Hawaii Rainbow Warriors program and the football-only North Dakota State Bison, an FCS power making the jump to FBS. With last season’s champion gone, the UNLV Rebels, Air Force Falcons and San Jose State Spartans are among the teams looking to fill the gap, and the odds board is unusually wide open.
Pac-12
The new Pac-12 kicked off in 2026 with eight football programs: the Oregon State Beavers and Washington State Cougars, plus Boise State, Colorado State, Fresno State, San Diego State, Utah State and the Texas State Bobcats. Boise State arrived as the reigning Mountain West champion and a recent Playoff team, which typically puts it near the top of Pac-12 futures. The championship game is played on Friday of title weekend at the top seed’s home stadium.
Sun Belt
The Sun Belt has become one of the strongest leagues outside the Power Four, which often gives its favorites shorter odds than in other Group of Six races. The James Madison Dukes won the 2025 title, the App State Mountaineers and Marshall Thundering Herd remain consistent threats, and Louisiana Tech joined this season while Texas State left for the Pac-12.
Group of Six futures are available at most major sportsbooks, though limits are often lower and lines can differ widely between operators. Check prices at DraftKings, FanDuel and BetMGM before placing a bet.