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Head coach Dan Hurley of the UConn Huskies. Getty Images

The 2026-27 college basketball season tips off this Sunday in Rome, Italy, when Notre Dame and Villanova clash in Southern Europe. The next day, the rest of the field joins the fun, with season openers starting as early as 3 a.m. and running until midnight.

As expected, the top four teams in the AP preseason top 25 lead the odds board for national title winner on BetMGM .

No. 2 Duke (+600), No. 1 Florida (+600), No. 4 Connecticut (11/1), and No. 3 Illinois (12/1) start the season as the quartet of teams to beat in college basketball.

Though the Big Dance remains months out, plenty of hoops junkies are tired of mindless box-score graphics cluttering their feeds and overblown hot takes reacting to warm-up exhibitions.

Now, let’s dive into the top 10 teams’ odds to cut down the nets in the Motor City come April, and pick three worthy teams to wager on now or as the season progresses.

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