CFP National Championship Betting - Miami vs. Indiana Lines

CFP National Championship Betting Online

The Indiana Hoosiers will face the Miami Hurricanes in the 2025-2026 College Football National Championship Game on Monday, January 19, 2026 on ESPN. The Hoosiers are unbeaten and listed as an 8.5-point favorite with a total of 49.

No. 1 Indiana punched its ticket with a commanding Peach Bowl win over No. 5 Oregon, while No. 10 Miami survived a thriller in the Fiesta Bowl to earn its first shot at a national title since the 2002-03 season. The two will meet Monday, Jan. 19 in Miami, where the Hurricanes will play for a championship on their home field at Hard Rock Stadium.

Indiana enters the matchup as the unquestioned top seed, strengthened by a second win over Oregon and a resume that now includes five victories against teams ranked in the top 10 at the time of the game. Add in wins over last year's Big Ten champion and last year's national champion, and the Hoosiers have built one of the most impressive bodies of work in the country. Their rise has been rapid, steady, and earned one week at a time. One more win would elevate this season from remarkable to immortal.

Miami arrives with momentum of a different kind. The Hurricanes outlasted Ole Miss in a Fiesta Bowl classic that featured five lead changes, including three in a wild fourth quarter. Carson Beck's 3-yard touchdown run with 18 seconds remaining sealed the win and delivered the moment that signaled Miami's return to the national spotlight. It was the kind of finish that reminded the sport why the Hurricanes' brand still resonates.

Although Miami is officially the lower seed and designated road team, the championship setting could not be more favorable. Hard Rock Stadium becomes the first venue in the BCS or CFP era to host a title game featuring a team playing on its home turf. For Miami, it also ends a long stretch away from home, as the Hurricanes have gone 5-0 in road and neutral-site games since their home finale on Nov. 15.

The series history between these programs is minimal. Indiana and Miami have met only twice, both in the 1960s. The Hoosiers won the first matchup 28-14 in 1964, and the Hurricanes answered with a 14-7 win in 1966. With no modern history to draw from, anticipation centers on what a national championship would mean for each side: Indiana chasing its first title in school history, and Miami seeking to reclaim the glory that once defined The U.

College Football Same Game Parlay Lines

College Football Playoff National Championship Game (Jan. 19)

Monday, January 19

Miami Hurricanes vs. Indiana Hoosiers - Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Fla. | 7:30 PM | ESPN, WatchESPN (Indiana -8.5, 49)

CFP National Championship Past Results

The first 12-team College Football Playoff in history made history and ended with (“The Best Team Money Can Buy) as its winner. The Ohio State Buckeyes defeated the Notre Dame Fighting Irish 34-23 in the national championship game that took place at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia on January 20, 2025. It was the culmination of the 2024 regular season.

For Ohio State, head coach Ryan Day, and quarterback Will Howard, it was as close to complete redemption as possible after a stunning 13-10 home loss to the Michigan Wolverines on November 30. The loss ripped its soul out and had fans of the Scarlet and Gray calling for Day's head. But the Buckeyes rallied to win all four College Football games convincingly to emerge as an unimpeachable champion.

After Notre Dame took an early 7-0 lead, Ohio State exploded to score 31 unanswered points to take control of the game. To its credit, Notre Dame closed to within 31-23 with 4:15 remaining, but it was too little too late.

Howard was 17/21 for 231 yards and two touchdowns. Quinshon Jenkins ran for 11 yards on 11 carries for two TDs. Jeremiah Smith led Ohio State receivers with five catches for 88 yards and a TD.

Ohio State outgained Notre Dame 445-308 en route to its first national championship since 2014. Notre Dame’s last national championship was in 1988, and this was the closest it came to ending that futility.

In 2024, the SEC failed to make the College Football Playoff National Championship Game for the second consecutive season after a decade of dominance.

The Wolverines broke the stranglehold that the SEC had in the title game, as an SEC team had won the College Football Playoff National Championship Game for four straight seasons until Michigan broke that trend, winning the game in 2024, which was the culmination of the 2023 season. LSU was the most dominant team we’ve seen in years during the 2019 campaign, and Alabama smashed Ohio State at the conclusion of the 2020 season. Georgia toppled Alabama in 2021 after a heartbreaking loss to the Crimson Tide at the end of the 2017 season in Atlanta, and the Bulldogs completely dominated TCU from start to finish to win to wrap up the 2022 season. Michigan controlled Washington to take the national championship for the 2023 regular season.

CFP National Championship By Team

Four programs have stood above the rest when it comes to college football in the CFP era. Alabama, Georgia, Ohio State, and Clemson have clearly been the elite programs in the nation. These three schools have combined to win seven of the last eight national championships.

Georgia initially emerged as the new team to beat in the current era. The Bulldogs became the first team in the CFP era to win consecutive titles in 2022, and they nearly knocked off Alabama in overtime of the 2017 National Championship Game. Kirby Smart built the premier SEC team in Athens, and the Bulldogs still look to be a serious contender for the foreseeable future.

Since its inception, two teams have been constant fixtures in the College Football Playoff. Alabama made it to the CFP eight times and has played in the CFP National Championship Game six times. The Crimson Tide are 3-3 in the national championship, with two of their losses coming to the other power in this era.

From 2015 to 2020, Clemson went to the CFP for six straight seasons. The Tigers lost twice in the national semifinals, but they made it to the title game four times. They bested Alabama twice, thanks to standout performances from Trevor Lawrence and Deshaun Watson.

Until now, it was assumed that it might be Georgia’s turn to dominate. The Bulldogs secured the biggest blowout in national championship history with a 65-7 throttling of TCU at the end of the 2022 season to win their second straight national championship. They were the first team to repeat as national champions in the CFP era. The Bulldogs did not get a chance to three-peat, as they were left out of the 2023 College Football Playoff.

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