College Football Odds 2026: Georgia's New No. 1, Three Confirmed Lines
College football odds 2026: Georgia is -20.5 over Auburn on bet365 as the AP's new No. 1, with Ohio State-Indiana and Alabama-Tennessee also on tap Oct. 17.
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Georgia is the AP's new No. 1 team in college football, taking 66 first-place votes in the poll released Oct. 11, and the market agrees with the voters: Georgia is a -20.5 favorite over Auburn, per bet365, for Saturday, Oct. 17. That is the single biggest number on the Week 7 board, in a week that separately features six true ranked-versus-ranked games and a poll that just reshuffled at the top.
Texas, the AP's No. 1 team a week ago, fell six spots to No. 7 after losing to unranked Oklahoma. UCLA made the poll's biggest jump, rising nine spots to No. 12 after beating then-No. 13 Oregon, which fell out of the rankings entirely after a second loss.
College Football Odds 2026: AP Top 25 Shakeup
Both favorites' qualifying argument, an unbeaten record against a schedule the voters respect, is still intact for Georgia and essentially intact for Notre Dame. But the poll's top ten reshuffled meaningfully this week, and the market's Week 7 lines are already reacting to part of that movement.
Per the AP's poll released Oct. 11:
| Rank | Team | Record | Movement | |-|-|-|-| | 1 | Georgia | 6-0 | Up 1 | | 2 | Notre Dame | 6-0 | Up 1 | | 3 | Miami (FL) | 5-0 | Up 1 | | 4 | Ohio State | 5-1 | Up 1 | | 5 | Indiana | 6-0 | Up 2 | | 6 | Alabama | 5-1 | No change | | 7 | Texas | 4-1 | Down 6 | | 8 | BYU | 5-0 | No change | | 9 | Ole Miss | 4-1 | No change | | 10 | Texas Tech | 5-0 | Up 1 |
Kentucky (15th), Wake Forest (21st) and Northwestern (25th) are new entries this week. LSU dropped 12 spots to No. 22 after losing to Kentucky, the single biggest fall in this week's poll, and a reminder of how fast a one-loss team outside the top 15 can tumble against a ranked-upset result.
Week 7 Odds: The Three Confirmed Lines
Three of Saturday's games already carry a confirmed line from a named book, each on a different book's board (per book, Oct. 14). Only two of them are true ranked-versus-ranked games; Georgia's is a ranked favorite against an unranked opponent, which is exactly why its number dwarfs the other two.
| Matchup | Line (per book below, Oct. 14) | Book | |-|-|-| | No. 1 Georgia vs. Auburn (unranked) | Georgia -20.5 | bet365 | | No. 4 Ohio State at No. 5 Indiana | Ohio State -3.5 | Caesars | | No. 6 Alabama at No. 14 Tennessee | Alabama -8.5 | Caesars |
Georgia's number is the widest spread of the three by a large margin, which tracks with a unanimous-adjacent No. 1 team hosting an unranked Auburn squad. Ohio State-Indiana is the tightest line on the board, and it is also one of the week's six genuine ranked-versus-ranked games: a 3.5-point spread between the Nos. 4 and 5 teams in the country is as close to a true toss-up as the AP Top 25 produces this week. Alabama's -8.5 at Tennessee, the other ranked-versus-ranked game with a confirmed price, sits in between, a clear-favorite number but not a blowout line for a top-10 team playing on the road.
The Rest of the Ranked Slate
Four more ranked-versus-ranked pairings round out the week's six total without a confirmed named-book price yet as of this writing: No. 2 Notre Dame at No. 8 BYU, No. 13 Missouri at No. 9 Ole Miss, No. 16 Mississippi State at No. 22 LSU, and No. 18 Oklahoma State at No. 20 Houston.
Notre Dame-BYU is the headline of that group: both teams are unbeaten, Notre Dame at 6-0 and BYU at 5-0, and a Fighting Irish win keeps them in the No. 2 conversation behind Georgia. The Missouri-Ole Miss game is the sleeper behind it, with Ole Miss at 4-1 hosting a one-loss Missouri team that could crack the top ten with a road win. Mississippi State travels to a freshly-dropped LSU squad still reeling from the Kentucky loss that cost them 12 spots, and Oklahoma State at Houston rounds out the group between two bottom-half-ranked teams each building a case to climb before November.
Betting Impact: The Ohio State-Indiana Number Is the One to Watch
A 3.5-point line between two one-loss top-five teams is the kind of number that moves on injury news through the week, and it is the sharpest disagreement the market has with the poll: the AP has Ohio State fourth and Indiana fifth, essentially neighbors, and Caesars' number, per the book's Oct. 14 posting, says the road team is still the right side on paper. Georgia's -20.5 is priced more like a formality than a true betting market, which is standard for an unbeaten unanimous-type favorite at home against an unranked opponent.
Alabama's -8.5 at Tennessee is the number with the most room to move either direction. Tennessee is unranked relative to Alabama by eight spots but plays a current top-15 team at home, and a line settling under 9 says the market is not fully buying the Crimson Tide's margin advantage on the road. If Alabama's number drifts closer to double digits by kickoff, that is the market increasingly discounting Tennessee's home-field edge; if it holds or tightens, that is a signal the road number has already priced in as much Crimson Tide as it is going to.
The four unpriced ranked-versus-ranked games are worth checking again closer to kickoff once a named book posts a line, since each involves a team coming off either a big win or a damaging loss that can move a number meaningfully before Saturday.
What to Watch Next
The three confirmed lines, plus the four unconfirmed-price ranked games, all kick off Saturday, Oct. 17. A Georgia win keeps the Bulldogs' No. 1 hold clean into Week 8; a loss by any of Ohio State, Indiana, Alabama or Tennessee reshuffles the top six again heading into the thick of November rivalry season, and an upset in Notre Dame-BYU would do the same to the No. 2 spot. For bracket-level context once results are in, see StatSniper's College Football Playoff odds board.
For nightly reads through the rest of the season, see StatSniper's daily picks hub and the AI sports picks page. Chad AI tracks line moves on every ranked matchup inside the StatSniper app.
FAQ
Who is No. 1 in the AP college football poll as of Oct. 11, 2026? Georgia, which took 66 first-place votes after beating quality opponents and moving up one spot from the previous week's poll.
What is the spread for Georgia vs. Auburn? Georgia is a -20.5 favorite, per bet365, as of Oct. 14, 2026, for the Oct. 17 game. Auburn is unranked, so this is not one of the week's six ranked-versus-ranked matchups, just the biggest number on the board.
Why did Texas fall out of the top five? Texas lost to unranked Oklahoma and dropped six spots, from No. 1 to No. 7, in the poll released Oct. 11.
What is the closest line on the Week 7 board? Ohio State's -3.5 line at Indiana, per Caesars' Oct. 14 posting, is the tightest spread among this week's three confirmed lines, and it is also one of the six true ranked-versus-ranked games.
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