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The Alabama Crimson Tide<\/a> had no issues running up the score on Eastern Illinois<\/a> in Week 13 of the 2025 college football<\/a> season but this team’s true tests are yet to come. Alabama heads to The Plains to face Auburn<\/a> in the always intriguing Iron Bowl before potentially playing in the SEC title game in Atlanta and the College Football Playoff. All those contests can elevate Ty Simpson’s<\/a> chances to be the No. 1 overall pick in the 2026 NFL Draft<\/a> but Indiana’s<\/a> Fernando Mendoza<\/a> will have something to say as well. Mendoza should get a shot at winning the Big Ten title against Ohio State<\/a> and the Hoosiers are also likely to be in the playoff, so the battle to be the top pick could come down to a potential CFP game between Alabama and Indiana.<\/p>\n Here’s a look at the latest odds to be the No. 1 pick in the upcoming NFL draft.<\/p>\n No. 1 pick odds for 2026 NFL Draft (via DraftKings<\/a>)Ty Simpson, Alabama +180 (was +230)Fernando Mendoza, Indiana +250 (was +250)Reuben Bain Jr., Miami<\/a> +450 (was +600)Arvell Reese<\/a>, Ohio State +750 (was +600)Dante Moore<\/a>, Oregon<\/a> +750 (was +750)LaNorris Sellers<\/a>, South Carolina<\/a> +2000 (was +1500)Jayden Maiava<\/a>, USC<\/a> +2500 (was +2500)Garrett Nussmeier<\/a>, LSU<\/a> +4000 (was +4000)Arch Manning<\/a>, Texas<\/a> +4000 (was +4000)Keldric Faulk<\/a>, Auburn +4500 (was +4500)<\/p>\n Simpson did get a slight boost despite throwing two interceptions and no touchdowns, likely because the schedule coming up for him has a slightly higher profile than Mendoza’s. It’s surprising to see Bain Jr. continue rising as the Hurricanes defensive end hasn’t been putting up big numbers after a great start to the season. Bain Jr. has just six tackles and one sack over his last five games.<\/p>\n One name to watch outside the top three is Moore. The Oregon quarterback isn’t going to have a shot at the Big Ten title barring some Week 14 chaos, but the Ducks should make the playoff and will have a chance to make a run at a national championship. If Moore makes big plays in the biggest moments, he could overtake Simpson or Mendoza, especially if Oregon meets Alabama or gets a rematch with Indiana in the playoff.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Imagn Images The Alabama Crimson Tide had no issues running up the score on Eastern Illinois in Week…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":304185,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[436],"tags":[1989,2599,96186,96185,94509,2202,6359,49,48,546,85971,136489,85969,96180,96182,96183,96181,5913,6442,96191,23261,516,5924,23263,514,96177,136488,96178,2600,4581,23264,5923,82,2601,96179,5930,6446],"class_list":["post-304184","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-alabama-crimson-tide","tag-arch-manning","tag-arch-manning-draft","tag-arch-manning-odds","tag-arvell-reese","tag-auburn-tigers","tag-betting","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-college-football","tag-dante-moore","tag-eastern-illinois-panthers","tag-fernando-mendoza","tag-first-overall-pick-odds","tag-first-pick-nfl-draft","tag-first-pick-nfl-draft-odds","tag-first-pick-nfl-odds","tag-garrett-nussmeier","tag-indiana-hoosiers","tag-jayden-maiava","tag-keldric-faulk","tag-lanorris-sellers","tag-lsu-tigers","tag-miami-fla-hurricanes","tag-nfl","tag-nfl-draft-odds","tag-nfl-draft-prediction","tag-no-1-pick-odds","tag-ohio-state-buckeyes","tag-oregon-ducks","tag-rueben-bain-jr","tag-south-carolina-gamecocks","tag-sports","tag-texas-longhorns","tag-top-pick-odds","tag-ty-simpson","tag-usc-trojans"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/304184","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=304184"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/304184\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/304185"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=304184"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=304184"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=304184"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}