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(By comparison, there was one team that fit the bill before last season: Alabama at +260.) With 131 teams at the Division I level, it’s startling - and historic - to see only three of them devour so much of the preseason championship odds. According to the Action Network, the Crimson Tide, Bulldogs and Buckeyes each have consensus championship odds of +400 or shorter, which equates to an implied probability of at least 18 percent apiece after adjusting for the vigorish. But this trio has never been quite so highly regarded by sportsbooks around the country going into a season. Yes, Alabama, Georgia and Ohio State have combined to win five national championships in the eight-season era of the College Football Playoff, including UGA’s victory over Bama in the national championship game seven months ago. Three teams (the Alabama Crimson Tide, Georgia Bulldogs and Ohio State Buckeyes) are dominating most national title conversations - and while that particular three-horse race isn’t terribly surprising, the degree to which it’s expected to dominate is. PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY DAN DAO / GETTY IMAGESĮven by its own lather-rinse-repeat standards, the air of inevitability is particularly strong as we near kickoff for the 2022 college football season.