Auburn 50-1 to repeat BCS win

They looked good in beating Oregon in the BCS Championship game Monday but oddsmakers are making Auburn a huge 50/1 longshot to defend that title in 2011.

The Tigers, fresh off a 22-19 victory at the Fiesta Bowl, will likely lose Heisman Trophy winning QB Cam Newton to the draft, but that is just the start of the problems.

"They lose four seniors from their offensive line, which will be harder to replace than even a stud QB like Newton," said Mike Pickett. "Nick Fairley is also gone."

If not Auburn, then who is pegged as the early college football championship favorite? Bovada has opened Oklahoma as 7/2 favorites in BCS futures, followed closely at 15/2 by last year's champion, Alabama.

This year's BCS game loser is 14/1 odds, tops in the Pac 10 and ahead of resurgent Stanford at 25/1. With Andrew Luck allegedly returning to the Cardinal, the opportunity for those odds to change is significant.

Two other SEC school fall in the Top 10 list of early BCS odds, with LSU at 12/1 and Florida at 15/1. Both schools have also won BCS titles in the past five years as the SEC has reeled off five straight wins.

On the longshot list, Kansas State, UCLA and Boston College are the longest odds at 150/1, according to Bovada.

Odds to win the 2011-2012 BCS National Championship - odds courtesy of Bovada :

Oklahoma                     7/2
Alabama                       15/2
Florida State                  10/1
Boise State                   12/1
LSU                              12/1
Oregon                          14/1
Florida                          15/1
Nebraska                      18/1
Penn State                    20/1
TCU                              20/1
Ohio State                     20/1
Texas                           20/1
Stanford                        25/1
Virginia Tech                 28/1
Wisconsin                     28/1
Notre Dame                   30/1
Oklahoma State             30/1
West Virginia                 30/1
Arkansas                      30/1
Texas A&M                   35/1
Michigan State              40/1
Auburn                          50/1
Miami                           50/1
Mississippi                    50/1
Mississippi State           50/1
South Carolina               50/1
Georgia                         50/1
Iowa                              60/1
Missouri                        60/1
Cincinnati                      75/1
Michigan                       75/1
North Carolina                75/1
California                       100/1
Clemson                       100/1
Pittsburgh                     100/1
South Florida                 100/1
Tennessee                    100/1
Utah                             100/1
Arizona                         100/1
BYU                             125/1
Oregon State                 125/1
Texas Tech                   125/1
Washington                   125/1
Arizona State                125/1
Georgia Tech                 125/1
Kansas State                150/1
Boston College              150/1
UCLA                            150/1
Field                             10/1