Notre Dame Football: National Championship and Heisman odds show the Irish as real contenders

It’s the first week of April and the Notre Dame Fighting Irish are just halfway through spring ball, but I can’t help but look ahead to the 2023 season — like — really looking into her eyes as if I was Jack sinking to the bottom of the cold ocean and the college football season was Rose just sitting on a massive wooden door that could hold an entire drywall crew.

That’s pretty intense.

Some of the odds for next season have been out for a while now, but just out of common decency, I’ve tried to ignore them as we cruised along a midwest winter. So now that we’re here, let’s take a look. Odd via DraftKings Sportsbook.

NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP ODDS

Georgia Bulldogs +240
Alabama Crimson Tide +500
Ohio State Buckeyes +750
Michigan Wolverines +1000
USC Trojans +1400
LSU Tigers +1400
Clemson Tigers +1600
Florida State Seminoles +2000
Texas Longhorns +2200
Tennessee Volunteers +2200
Penn State Nittany Lions +2500
NOTRE DAME +2800
Oregon Ducks +3500
Washington Huskies +4000

Most of the early preseason polls have Notre Dame ranked between #10 and #12, so the odds match (or the rankings match the odds if you want to be honest about it).

HEISMAN

QB Caleb Williams / USC Trojans +500
QB Jordan Travis / Florida State Seminoles +1000
QB Drake Maye / North Carolina Tar Heels +1200
QB Bo Nix / Oregon Ducks +1400
QB Michael Penix / Washington Huskies +1400
QB Sam Hartman / NOTRE DAME +1500
QB Joe Milton / Tennessee Volunteers +1800
QB Jayden Daniels / LSU Tigers +2000
QB Quinn Ewers / Texas Longhorns +2000
QB Drew Allar / Penn State Nittany Lions +2200

Other ND players with odds:

QB Tyler Buchner +10000
RB Audric Estime +20000

Just for kicks... which ND player would you like to see win the Heisman this season (if that was even possible)?