2020 college football championship futures odds, ranked in order of value
From a strictly schedule perspective, you might as well light money on fire before betting on the Trojans to win the title. Opening with Alabama, and also having to play Notre Dame and at Oregon is brutal.
The optimist in me says that QB Kedon Slovis was so impressive as a freshman, he’s a sneaky Heisman dark horse. Nine defensive starters are back. Yes, the defense was bad last year (78th in scoring defense), but it was young! Clay Helton knows he’s toast if he can’t win 10+ games and be a legit contender.
So… if you’re sprinkling pizza money around on a couple longshots, eat Ramen one night and think about USC shocking the world next season. It’s fun to dream.