2026 College Football Win Totals Odds: Can Notre Dame Reach 12 Wins?

Robert Criscola - Betting Analyst at Covers.com
Robert Criscola • Betting Analyst 11+ years betting experience
Updated: Aug 17, 2026 , 02:05 PM ET • 4 min read

NCAAF win total markets for 2026 are here, with the highest total belonging to Notre Dame.

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Photo By - Reuters Connect. Notre Dame Fighting Irish quarterback CJ Carr.

College football win totals are available at Kalshi, one of our best prediction market sites, for the top programs in the country with Week 0 on the horizon.

Notre Dame is expected by many to flirt with a perfect regular season, with the "Yes" option for 12+ wins trading at 35 cents in the college football odds.

Reigning national champions Indiana and runners-up Miami are both essentially at coin-flip odds to win 11+ games.

Here's a look at the latest college football win totals for 2026.

College football win totals and odds for 2026

Team Total Yes No
Crimson Tide Alabama 9+ 54% 49%
Bulldogs Georgia 11+ 42% 63%
Hoosiers Indiana 11+ 49% 55%
Tigers LSU 9+ 56% 45%
Hurricanes Miami 11+ 54% 48%
Fighting Irish Notre Dame 12+ 34% 70%
Buckeyes Ohio State 10+ 65% 38%
Ducks Oregon 11+ 45% 57%
Longhorns Texas 10+ 47% 55%
Red Raiders Texas Tech 11+ 65% 38%

Odds courtesy of Kalshi as of 8-17.

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Early college football win totals analysis

Expectations are sky-high once again in South Bend, with the Notre Dame Fighting Irish expected to approach 12 wins. 

Notre Dame quarterback CJ Carr is seen as a Heisman Trophy odds frontrunner behind a solid offensive line. 

There are five teams tied for the next-highest win total of 11+, and they are Georgia, Indiana, Miami, Oregon, and Texas Tech.

College football win totals predictions

Covers expert Brad Powers has been making college football win total predictions all offseason long! Here's why he's backing Ohio State to reach double-digit wins:

"My power ratings are currently projecting 10.1 wins. and I see the Ohio State Buckeyes favored in all 12 games.

The Buckeyes do play five teams ranked in my Top 15 (at Texas, at Indiana, at USC, Oregon, and Michigan) and it is arguably the toughest regular season schedule in Ohio State's history. However, the Buckeyes welcome back eight starters on offense, led by the best player in the country in WR Jeremiah Smith.

They also return starting QB Julian Sayin and welcome in four transfers who were starters at other FBS programs last year.

I think it’s safe to assume the Buckeyes will easily have one of the best offenses in the country. They also have eight players on defense who were full-time starters at the FBS level last year.

Similar to Georgia, Ohio State is a remarkably consistent program. With the exception of 2011 (then head coach Jim Tressel was fired in May, and their Top 5 players were suspended), Ohio State has not lost three games in a regular season since 2004. That's 20 straight seasons of cashing this total.

Yes, you’re paying some heavy juice with this bet, but remember a 0.5-win is worth around 70 cents in college football (50 cents in NFL). I would argue at the top (win totals of 9.5 or more) or at the bottom (win totals of 3.5 or less), each 0.5-win is worth even more than 70 cents as there are not as many games in question."

Pick: Ohio State 10+ wins (64.03% at Kalshi)

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Robert M. Criscola’s road to becoming a Covers publishing editor began with an internship at Metro New York, which eventually turned into a freelance job at MetroBet covering many sports from a wagering angle, including horse racing. He continued to focus on “The Sport of Kings” by writing for shapperdacapper.com, danonymousracing.com, and informer.fanxt.com before joining the team at the TwinSpires Edge in 2019 as a regular contributor and weekend editor. “Crisco” began writing game previews for Covers in 2022 and joined the editing team in 2023.

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