Notre Dame Football: Caesars Has Irish at 40-to-1 to Win 2020 College Football Playoff

Caesar’s Sportsbook in Las Vegas has released its odds for every college football team, and the oddsmakers there believe the Irish are 40-to-1 favorites to win next season’s College Football Playoff.

In other words, oddsmakers believe there is about a 2.4 percent chance of the Irish winning two playoff games and leaving with the Dr. Pepper-sponsored trophy.

The Clemson Tigers and Alabama Crimson Tide have the two most favorable odds, at 2-to-1 and 5-to-2, respectively. They were also the participants in this year’s College Football Playoff championship.

The Irish were 40-to-1 odds at Westgate Sportsbook in Las Vegas on Jan. 8 last year and 35-to-1 at Southpoint Sportsbook on Jan. 11.

Here are the odds for all of Notre Dame’s opponents to win the playoff, according to Caesar’s:

• Louisville Cardinals: 1000-to-1; implied odds: 0.1 percent
• New Mexico Lobos: 10000-to-1; implied odds: 0 percent
• Georgia Bulldogs: 6-to-1; implied odds: 14.3 percent
• Virginia Cavaliers: 1000-to-1
• Bowling Green Falcons: 10000-to-1
• USC Trojans: 50-to-1; implied odds: 2 percent
• Michigan Wolverines: 20-to-1; implied odds: 4.8 percent
• Virginia Tech Hokies: 200-to-1; implied odds: 0.5 percent
• Duke Blue Devils: 1000-to-1
• Navy Midshipmen: 1000-to-1
• Boston College Eagles: 300-to-1; implied odds: 0.3 percent
• Stanford Cardinal: 200-to-1

If I put the over/under of Notre Dame regular season wins at 9 1/2 for the 2019 season, which side of that action do you take?