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Win-Total Value: CFB Teams the Model Calls Mispriced

Win-total value in college football title markets sits with Alabama and Oklahoma, the only contracts trading at or below the model's de-vigged fair value.

By The Model Desk · 2026-08-08
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Key takeaways
  • Alabama is the clearest value on the board: a 2c best price on Polymarket against a 2.5% model fair value.
  • Oklahoma also trades under model, with a 2c best price versus a 2.1% fair value.
  • Notre Dame carries the widest premium among contenders, priced 13c on Polymarket against an 11.2% fair value.
  • Every top-eight title contract prices above the model's fair value, the signature of market overround.
  • Indiana and Oregon show the smallest premiums of the favorites, near 0.6 to 0.7 points over fair value.

Win-total value on the current college football board sits with Alabama and Oklahoma. They are the only two title contracts trading at or below the model's fair value: Alabama at a 2c best price on Polymarket against a 2.5% fair value, and Oklahoma at 2c against 2.1%. Every other tracked contender prices at a premium to the model.

How the model flags a mispriced win-total contract

The read is simple. The model builds a de-vigged consensus fair value from Kalshi and Polymarket, then compares it to the cheapest live price on either venue. When the best price in cents undercuts the fair value in percent, the contract is cheap relative to the model. When price tops fair value, the buyer is paying the overround.

Title equity is the cleanest proxy available for full-season win-total strength: a team the market rates highly to win it all is, by construction, a team it expects to stack wins. Reading the title board this way surfaces where price and projected win equity diverge.

On an eight-team slate of favorites, only Alabama and Oklahoma clear that bar. Both carry 2c prices while the model assigns them 2.5% and 2.1% respectively, small edges in absolute terms but rare on a board where premiums are the norm.

Where the model sees value: Alabama and Oklahoma

Alabama is the sharpest example. A 2c contract implies roughly 2%, yet the model's fair value is 2.5%, so the price sits below the estimated probability. That is the profile of an underpriced longshot rather than a fade.

Oklahoma is thinner but points the same direction: 2c against a 2.1% fair value. The margin is fractional, and at this end of the board a single cent is the difference between value and vig, so execution matters more than it does on the favorites.

Neither edge is large, and both prices can be wrong. The point is directional: these are the only two names the model does not ask buyers to overpay for.

Where price tops fair value on the favorites

At the top, the premiums are consistent. Ohio State prices 13c against an 11.4% fair value, Notre Dame 13c against 11.2%, and Texas 11c against 9.6%. Notre Dame carries the widest gap of the group at roughly 1.8 points over model.

Georgia (10c vs 9.1%), Miami (8c vs 6.8%) and LSU (6c vs 5%) all show the same pattern of price sitting a point or so over fair value. Indiana (9c vs 8.4%) and Oregon (11c vs 10.3%) run the tightest premiums among the favorites, near 0.6 to 0.7 points.

None of that makes the favorites wrong. It reflects overround: raw prices across the board sum past 100%, so the market must charge a premium somewhere, and it lands on the names with the most demand.

Reading the board: fair value versus price

The two charts below frame the same contracts from both sides. The first ranks model fair value, the read of underlying strength. The second ranks the best price in cents, what the market actually charges. Alabama and Oklahoma are the only names where the second number does not exceed the first.

For execution, the cheapest venue varies by team: Kalshi holds the best price on Ohio State, Oregon, Georgia and Indiana, while Polymarket leads on Notre Dame, Texas, Miami, LSU, Alabama and Oklahoma. New Polymarket accounts can use code TGSWC (deposit $20, get a $50 trading bonus); Kalshi's code is FADE (trade $25, get up to $500).

Model fair value, title board
Ohio State11.4%
Notre Dame11.2%
Oregon10.3%
Georgia9.1%
Alabama2.5%
Oklahoma2.1%

The value names versus the field, in cents

Priced in cents, the spread is stark. The favorites cluster from 8c to 13c while Alabama and Oklahoma anchor the board at 2c. That distance is exactly why the small model edges on the two longshots stand out: there is room for price to sit under fair value only where the numbers are low.

Prices move on news, liquidity and roster changes, and the model can be wrong; none of this is financial advice. But as the board reads today, the win-total value is concentrated in two names the market has left cheap.

Best price by team
Ohio State13c
Notre Dame13c
Oregon11c
Miami8c
Alabama2c
Oklahoma2c
TeamsAlabamaOklahomaNotre DameOhio StIndianaOregon
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Frequently asked questions

Which college football team is the best win-total value right now?

Alabama is the standout on the current board. Its best price of 2c on Polymarket sits below the model's 2.5% fair value, making it the only clear discount among tracked title contracts.

What does it mean for a contract to trade below fair value?

It means the market price is cheaper than the model's estimate of the true probability. On this board, Alabama (2c vs 2.5%) and Oklahoma (2c vs 2.1%) are the only contracts priced at or under fair value.

Why do most title contracts price above the model's fair value?

The gap reflects the market's overround, or vig. Summing every contract's raw price exceeds 100%, so most favorites carry a small premium over their de-vigged fair value.

Which favorite is the most expensive relative to the model?

Notre Dame. Its 13c best price on Polymarket runs about 1.8 points over its 11.2% fair value, the widest premium among the top contenders.

Where do these prices come from?

The figures are consensus values built from Kalshi and Polymarket, de-vigged into a fair value and paired with the cheapest available venue for each team.

About the author
The Model Desk

The Redshirt Analytics modeling team prices every college football futures contract and tracks the gaps between fair value and live market prices on Kalshi, Polymarket and ProphetX.