2024-25 NCAA Men's Basketball National Championship Odds

The UConn Huskies have dominated college basketball for the past two seasons. After winning their second consecutive National Title, most sportsbooks have them as a slight favorite over Kansas and Duke to win their third straight championship.

We are officially one month away from the start of the 2024-25 college basketball season, and we’ll track the updated odds from now until another champion is crowned.

2024-25 NCAA Men's Basketball National Championship Odds

*odds as of October 4, 2024

Current Favorites

UConn Huskies: Dan Hurley has lifted the National Championship Trophy over his head the past two seasons, but doing it for a third time will not be easy. The Huskies will lose Donovan Clingan, Stephon Castle, Cam Spencer, and Tristen Newton to the NBA Draft.

Losing all of that production will be incredibly difficult for the Huskies to overcome, but they do have a promising recruiting and transfer class coming in. Not only did the Huskies get a late commitment from five-star Liam McKneeley, but they also received a transfer commitment from star point guard Aidan Mahaney.

Kansas Jayhawks: In the age of the transfer portal, rosters change by the second, but as the great CBB Twitter personality Trilly Donovan would say, “Sometimes the best gets are the ones you already have.” That is the case for the Kansas Jayhawks entering next season, as they will get Hunter Dickinson back for one more year.

Dickinson's veteran presence only adds to the fact that the Jayhawks have also been able to add AJ Storr, Zeke Mayo, and Ryland Griffin through the portal. Sure, the Jayhawks are losing a few guys to the NBA Draft, but they are also adding two talented freshmen, including five-star center Flory Bidunga. With their current roster construction, it is no surprise that most oddsmakers view the Jayhawks as the slight favorites.

Duke Blue Devils: There is one person every college basketball fan is excited to see next season, and that person is Cooper Flagg. The number-one recruit in his class has received a ton of hype and is considered the expected number-one pick in the 2025 Draft.

Flagg will also be joined by three other five-star recruits, two four-star recruits, and three big-name transfers, including Maliq Brown from Syracuse. While the Blue Devils lost their fair share of players to the draft and portal, their current roster could be one of the best they’ve had in years.

Past Winners