College football 2023: TCU vs Georgia in national championship game, unlikely rise of Horned Frogs, 200-1 title odds, how did TCU make it

Georgia is the defending national champion. TCU started the season at 200/1 to win it all. The team with the longest preseason odds to ever win a national championship was Auburn at 50/2 in the 2010 season. TCU dominated the Big 12 and made the playoff. They are the first school from the conference to make the playoffs. Georgia has won 16 straight games and 30 of its last 31. Texas is a two-time defending champion, but hasn't won the national title since 1938. Florida won in 1996. College football hasn’t had a true first-year champion since 1996, when Florida broke through.