In this article, we check out the EFL Championship Outright Title Winner, Promotion and Relegation odds for the 2025/26 season.
Preparations for the division’s 24 teams are in full swing, just a few more pre-season friendlies to play out, new shirts being revealed and fresh signings being brought in.
Birmingham City, Wrexham and Charlton Athletic were promoted from League One, replacing Luton Town, Plymouth Argyle and Cardiff City who were relegated to the third tier.
Leeds United, Burnley and Sunderland were promoted to the Premier League. Leicester City, Ipswich Town and Southampton were relegated from the Premier League.
The 2025–26 EFL Championship, sponsored by Sky Bet, is the 10th season under its current name and the 34th in its current format.
It runs from August 8, 2025, to May 2, 2026, with 33 weekend rounds, 9 midweek rounds, and 4 bank holiday rounds.
Right then, time to take a look at the Championship outright title winner, promotion, top six and relegation odds, now that it’s revealed for the 2025/26 season…
Championship Winner 25/26 odds (via Sky Bet) – 3rd August ’25
Ipswich – 3/1
Southampton – 5/1
Birmingham – 7/1
Sheff Utd – 8/1
Coventry – 10/1
Leicester – 11/1
Norwich – 14/1
West Brom – 18/1
Middlesbrough – 22/1
Wrexham – 22/1
Watford – 28/1
Stoke – 28/1
Swansea – 28/1
Bristol City – 28/1
Millwall – 28/1
Derby – 33/1
Hull – 40/1
Blackburn – 40/1
QPR – 50/1
Portsmouth – 50/1
Preston – 50/1
Charlton – 66/1
Oxford Utd – 100/1
Sheff Wed – 150/1
Championship Promotion 25/26 odds (via Sky Bet) – 3rd August ’25
Ipswich – 6/5
Southampton – 6/4
Birmingham – 15/8
Sheff Utd – 15/8
Coventry – 7/2
Leicester – 4/1
Middlesbrough – 9/2
Norwich – 5/1
Wrexham – 5/1
West Brom – 11/2
Bristol City – 7/1
Watford – 8/1
Stoke – 9/1
Millwall – 9/1
Swansea – 9/1
Derby – 9/1
Hull – 12/1
Blackburn – 12/1
QPR – 16/1
Portsmouth – 20/1
Preston – 20/1
Charlton – 20/1
Sheff Wed – 28/1
Oxford Utd – 28/1
Championship Top Six 25/26 odds (via Sky Bet) – 3rd August ’25
Ipswich – 3/10
Southampton – 1/2
Birmingham – 8/15
Sheff Utd – 8/13
Coventry – 10/11
Leicester – 6/4
Middlesbrough – 13/8
Norwich – 13/8
West Brom – 15/8
Wrexham – 3/1
Bristol City – 4/1
Derby – 9/2
Millwall – 5/1
Stoke – 11/2
Watford – 11/2
Swansea – 6/1
Blackburn – 13/2
Hull – 13/2
QPR – 15/2
Portsmouth – 15/2
Preston – 9/1
Charlton – 11/1
Oxford Utd – 12/1
Sheff Wed – 14/1
Championship Relegation 25/26 odds (via Sky Bet) – 3rd August ’25
Sheff Wed – 1/4
Oxford Utd – 5/2
Charlton – 11/4
Hull – 11/4
QPR – 10/3
Portsmouth- 9/2
Preston – 9/2
Blackburn – 5/1
Derby – 5/1
Stoke – 6/1
Swansea – 6/1
Watford – 13/2
Leicester – 7/1
Millwall – 7/1
Bristol City – 10/1
Wrexham – 11/1
Norwich – 14/1
Middlesbrough – 18/1
West Brom – 18/1
Birmingham – 33/1
Sheff Utd – 33/1
Coventry – 33/1
Southampton – 50/1
Ipswich – 66/1
UPCOMING CHAMPIONSHIP FIXTURES:
Friday 8th August 2025
8pm Birmingham City v Ipswich Town
Saturday 9th August 2025
12.30pm Charlton Athletic v Watford
12.30pm Coventry City v Hull City
3pm Middlesbrough v Swansea City
3pm Norwich City v Millwall
3pm Oxford United v Portsmouth
3pm Queens Park Rangers v Preston North End
5.30pm Sheffield United v Bristol City
12.30pm Southampton v Wrexham
3pm Stoke City v Derby County
3pm West Bromwich Albion v Blackburn Rovers
Sunday 10th August 2025
4.30pm Leicester City v Sheffield Wednesday
Saturday 16th August 2025
3pm Blackburn Rovers v Birmingham City
3pm Bristol City v Charlton Athletic
12.30pm Derby County v Coventry City
3pm Millwall v Middlesbrough
12.30pm Portsmouth v Norwich City
3pm Preston North End v Leicester City
3pm Sheffield Wednesday v Stoke City
3pm Swansea City v Sheffield United
3pm Watford v Queens Park Rangers
12.30pm Wrexham v West Bromwich Albion
Sunday 17th August 2025
3pm Hull City v Oxford United
12pm Ipswich Town v Southampton
Friday 22nd August 2025
8pm Derby County v Bristol City
Saturday 23rd August 2025
3pm Birmingham City v Oxford United
12.30pm Charlton Athletic v Leicester City
3pm Coventry City v Queens Park Rangers
12.30pm Hull City v Blackburn Rovers
3pm Norwich City v Middlesbrough
3pm Preston North End v Ipswich Town
3pm Sheffield United v Millwall
3pm Southampton v Stoke City
12.30pm Swansea City v Watford
3pm West Bromwich Albion v Portsmouth
3pm Wrexham v Sheffield Wednesday
Friday 29th August 2025
8pm Leicester City v Birmingham City
Saturday 30th August 2025
3pm Blackburn Rovers v Norwich City
3pm Bristol City v Hull City
3pm Ipswich Town v Derby County
12.30pm Middlesbrough v Sheffield United
3pm Millwall v Wrexham
3pm Oxford United v Coventry City
3pm Portsmouth v Preston North End
12.30pm Queens Park Rangers v Charlton Athletic
3pm Sheffield Wednesday v Swansea City
12.30pm Stoke City v West Bromwich Albion
3pm Watford v Southampton
Here’s what fans said back a few months back amid the EFL Championship Outright Title Winner, Promotion, and Relegation odds being revealed…
@Tristan24_K:
Championship
Champions 🏆: Ipswich
Other team(s) to be promoted : Southampton & Coventry
Relegated teams ⬇️: Wednesday, Hull, Oxford
Biggest surprise (good or bad): Derby
Top scorer ⚽️: Archer
Top assister 🅰️: Mavididi
Team with most clean sheets: Coventry
@H4W93: Derby and Oxford relegated, Wrexham won’t make the play-offs. Portsmouth to be the Surprise team this season.
@GiallorossiBlue:
My Championship 1-24 and predictions:
Champions: Ipswich
2nd automatic spot: Southampton
Playoff winners: Coventry
Relegated: Preston, Hull, and Sheffield Wednesday
Top scorer: Sammie Szmodics
POTS: Jade Philogen
Most importantly, I have Rovers in 6th
@Rumbugger1: There’s a lot picking Preston to be relegated. Bad second half to last season but we’ll be a stronger team this coming season.
@jboyms: Leicester City and Sheffield United top two, Hull City, Sheffield Wednesday and Stoke City bottom three. If SWFC escape a big points deduction for financial irregularities, then they should escape the bottom three and Charlton could be one of the three.
@fishingnotwork: A lot of Leicester top 2 predictions. They’re likely to have a substantial points deduction, manager issues, financial issues, fans protesting against the board. That’d be some turnaround
@chris_paget: Derby will be nowhere near a relegation battle. Top 6 manager and squad will improve from last season (assuming no investment), with rumoured impending investment….who knows what we could do. Definitely looking up as a club again
@MarkWatkins210: I think Sheffield Utd will fall away considerably after the disappointment of last season’s p/offs. I also think Wrexham’s luck will run out (relegation) but Birmingham City will finish Top 6. I fancy Southampton to go up & Bristol C, Norwich mid-table / lower.
@theburnxngwolf:
Automatic promotion:
1. Birmingham 2. Bristol City
Playoffs:
3. Sheffield United 4. Coventry 5. Southampton 6. West Brom
Winners: West Brom
Relegation:
22. Ipswich 23. Hull 24. Sheffield Wednesday
@TheTIGriff:
1st Ipswich
2nd Coventry
Boro win play offs (cov and Boro joined at the hip)
Playoffs
Southampton
Leicester
Sheffield United
Relegated
Wrexham
Stoke
Charlton
@AlfieRatcliffe2:
1) Southampton
2) Leicester (but if they get a points deduction Ipswich)
Playoffs – Coventry
22) Oxford
23) Derby
24) Stoke
Charlton & Hull will scrape survival
@blra1973:
TOP 2: Ipswich, Southampton
PLAYOFFS: Birmingham, Sheff Utd, Norwich, Leicester
RELEGATION: Hull, Blackburn, Oxford
@JSG_1875:
Southampton & Ipswich autos
Cov, sheff Utd, West Brom blues play offs
Watford, sheff Wednesday Oxford down
@JamesPNEFC1:
Leicester and Ipswich (Southampton win play offs)
Hull, Watford, Oxford Utd
@M28Wood: Thing with Saints is, it’s kind of impossible to tell, with transfers still up in the air. Keep Ramsdale, Harwood-Bellis, Fernandes, Dibling, and that’s a title winning team. Lose all four throughout August, then it’s probably a play-off push only. Got lots of deadwood still too.
@Vince_Marcs: Southampton with Will Still in charge and the lack of debt will win it, Ipswich a close second 🙌🏽
@Culletonfox: Ipswich, Sheffield united, Leicester – play off win against Cov. Charlton, Portsmouth, Sheffield Wednesday
@NobbyTubb:
Middlesborough to get promoted
Birmingham Play Offs
Charlton to finish 8th
Sheffield Utd and Ipswich to be 16th or below
Preston / Hull / Oxford to be relegated
@RyanEvans29:
Promotion Ipswich and Sheffield United
Relegation – Hull City, Oxford United, Stoke City
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