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Mark Ingram names surprising early favorite to win national championship

Ethan Stone

By Ethan Stone

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Mark Ingram II was announced to the Big Noon Kickoff roster in early July and has a surprising take out of the gate.

The former Alabama and NFL running back named Michigan as his favorite to win the National Championship in 2023-24.

On paper, Ingram is not far off. The Wolverines are going to be strong in 2023 and have made the CFP the past 2 seasons. It wouldn’t be surprising just about any other season if not for the elephant in the room: Georgia.

The Bulldogs have been the dominant force in college football the past 2 seasons. Some across college football would look at you crazy if you said any team in the country besides Georgia will win the final game of the season in 2023-24. And truly, the Bulldogs seem to be playing a different game entirely.

Ingram thinks otherwise. He pointed to Michigan’s 14 returning starters, including the “double-headed monster” of Blake Corum and Donovan Edwards in the backfield behind returner J.J. McCarthy to put them over the top.

While Ingram is favoring the Wolverines, Vegas does not agree. Georgia remains the favorite to win another national title according to BetMGM with Alabama and Ohio State also checking in ahead of Michigan. The Wolverines have the 4th-best odds to win the national title at +850.

There are few teams that can catch up to what Kirby Smart has done in Athens, but Michigan (as well as Ohio State out of the B1G) has as good a chance as anyone in the country.

Let’s see if the Wolverines can shock us.

(Featured image courtesy of @YahooSports on Twitter)

Ethan Stone

Ethan Stone was an editor for his student newspaper at the University of Tennessee and is now a News Manager for Saturday Tradition.