Gambling On The Games: NCAA Conference Championship Odds

Its hard to hit a proposition bet on a NCAA National Championship.

So perhaps take a stab at a conference championship winner.

Sure the odds are shorter but your shot at winning better. And its abet you can enjoy all season long unless you take a long shot like Syracuse at +4000 and they immediately lose their first three Big East games badly.

A note the +250 or say +500 means  is the return on your bet for every 100 dollars yoy wager. A 200 dollar wager on a + 250 team wins you 500 bucks. A 200 dollar wager on Syracuse winning the Big East at +4000 returns one a whooping 8000 grand if the Orange roll.

Which I highly doubt.

So here goes the ACC.

BOSTON COLLEGE	+2000
CLEMSON	+225
DUKE	+7500
FLORIDA STATE	+400
GEORGIA TECH	+1000
MARYLAND	+1200
MIAMI	+350
NORTH CAROLINA	+800
NORTH CAROLINA STATE	+5000
VIRGINIA	+5000
VIRGINIA TECH	+250
WAKE FOREST	+700

Chuck the chalk. To get some value on your wager try a stab at a semi long shot.

Well maybe not Duke. Don't go that far off the reservation.

The ACC odds are pretty short on all the favs.

Is Wake resurgent?

The Big Twelve blast off.

BAYLOR	+5000
COLORADO	+1000
IOWA STATE	+6000
KANSAS	+700
KANSAS STATE	+4000
MISSOURI	+300
NEBRASKA	+1000
OKLAHOMA	+150
OKLAHOMA STATE	+2500
TEXAS	+200
TEXAS A&M	+2000
TEXAS TECH	+700

The usual suspects Oklahoma and Texas are the lead dogs. Maybe Missouri has turned the corner for good but the Okies are loaded.

When will the Cornhuskers come back?

The Big East Feast

CINCINNATI	+800
CONNECTICUT	+1000
LOUISVILLE	+1500
PITTSBURGH	+500
RUTGERS	+500
SOUTH FLORIDA	+180
SYRACUSE	+4000
WEST VIRGINIA	+110

Conference with the fewest teams and a short favorite. A chalk to be chucked just for the potential of a bit of new coach chaos.

Syracuse has really fallen. Maybe Louisville will be long shot lucky with an NFL quality QB.

Louisville lost a lot but +1500 is loose slot payoff.

PAC Ten Paradise

ARIZONA	+2000
ARIZONA STATE	+400
CALIFORNIA	+800
OREGON	+700
OREGON STATE	+4000
STANFORD	+3000
SOUTHERN CAL	-350
UCLA	+800
WASHINGTON	+2000
WASHINGTON STATE	+4000

Well if ya like USC, really, really, like USC then you must lay 350 bucks for every 100 you want to win.

But I don't recommend it.

Lots of nice money returns in the PAC 10 if you think someone can sack the Trojan King.

Seek your Trojan Horse

The sultry SEC.

ALABAMA	+500
ARKANSAS	+4800
AUBURN	+200
FLORIDA	+200
GEORGIA	+180
KENTUCKY	+3800
LSU	+380
OLE MISS	+5800
MISSISSIPPI STATE	+2800
SOUTH CAROLINA	+1100
TENNESSEE	+600
VANDERBILT	+4800

The SEC has the number one team in Georgia but also has high power parity.

The top teams can always knock off another favorite and they will be looking to neuter the Bulldogs.

LSU with the quality of athletes its has been producing has to draw interest at +380.

The Big Ten battle features five teams in the top 25.

ILLINOIS	+380
INDIANA	+2800
IOWA	+800
MICHIGAN	+500
MICHIGAN STATE	+1100
MINNESOTA	+4800
NORTHWESTERN	+1800
OHIO STATE	-250
PENN STATE	+400
PURDUE	+1100
WISCONSIN	+280

Ohio State is again stocked with NFL talent.

But again chuck the chalk.

Though its tough to do when the Buckeyes have both barrel's loaded.

Does Paterno, finally with an exceptional offensive line, have a last chance to win the Big Ten?

Likely not.

Michigan, changing offenses, will be in flux.

Wisconsin always seems to lose a Conference game it shouldn't.

Hard to beat Ohio State.

Pass.

But you don't have to.

Go luck and happy hunting.

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