Vikings Last Undefeated, Remain Long Shots
Every team in the NFL has a loss except one. The Minnesota Vikings are the last remaining undefeated team. They have a great defense, a middling offense and haven’t wowed the oddsmakers … yet.
The Vikings are +1800 in Super Bowl odds to win it all. In the NFC North, that makes them no better than equal with the Chicago Bears to capture the Super Bowl. The Green Bay Packers are +3500 and the Detroit Lions are +2000. It doesn’t feel like the sportsbook expects the NFC North to produce the champion this season.
The same can go for the NFC East and South. The New York Giants lead the East but in Super Bowl lines they are no better than +10000. John Harbaugh will likely have his players believe they can win it all but the BetUS sportsbook has them as long shots.
The Dallas Cowboys are +3300. That could be more due to their popularity than expectations. The Philadelphia Eagles are battered and have collapsed. They are +30000 and the Washington Commanders are +12500.
In the South, the defending champion Carolina Panthers are +6500 despite coming off a 30-point loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers (+10000). The Atlanta Falcons are +6500 and the New Orleans Saints sit at +20000.
The power in the NFC resides in the West. Super Bowl bet has the San Francisco 49ers at +600, the Los Angeles Rams at +1100 and the Seattle Seahawks also at +1100. The Arizona Cardinals are also-rans at +80000.
AFC Favorite Remains the Buffalo Bills
Super Bowl odds in the AFC have the Buffalo Bills at +650. This is a team that always seems to have the goods to win it all but has never done so. They didn’t win the East last year, the New England Patriots did. The Patriots lost in the Super Bowl and are now +2200 to win it all.
The AFC North has every team over .500. The Baltimore Ravens are +1100, Cincinnati Bengals +1400, Pittsburgh Steelers +7000, and Cleveland Browns at +12500. It will be interesting to follow the NFL odds of the Ravens as they play the Bills this week. Will Lamar Jackson return or are they still going to try and win without their star quarterback.
The West has the power in the AFC, too. The Kansas City Chiefs are +900. The Denver Broncos are +1800. The Las Vegas Raiders have slumped after a fast start and sit at +12500. The LA Chargers are winless and hopeless at +60000.
If you are looking for an AFC South team on Super Bowl lines, the Jacksonville Jaguars sit at +1400 and the Houston Texans, who are on a bye this week, are +3500. The Indianapolis Colts and Tennessee Titans are long forgotten in the playoff picture.
How Super Bowl Futures Odds Work
A Super Bowl future is a season-long wager on which team will win the championship. Every team in the league is priced, and the price reflects how likely the market considers that team to be. Shorter prices belong to contenders and return less; longer prices belong to outsiders and return more.
Any price can be converted into an implied probability. For a plus-number future, divide 100 by the price plus 100. A team priced at +900 works out to 100 ÷ 1000, or a 10% chance. Running that conversion across the board is the quickest way to see whether a team’s price matches your own view of their chances.
Futures are settled only after the Super Bowl is played, so a ticket bought in September stays open for roughly five months.
When to Bet Super Bowl Futures
Prices are at their longest before the season begins, when nothing has been decided, and the market is working from projections alone. They shorten as a team wins and lengthen after losses, injuries and trades.
The price you take is the price you keep. If you back a team in September and they improve through the season, your ticket still pays at the number you locked in, not the shorter price available later. That is the argument for betting early. The argument against it is information: a September bet is made with no results on the board, and a team’s outlook can change entirely on one injury.
Many bettors split the difference by taking a position early on a team they believe in and adding to the board later once the picture is clearer.
What Moves Super Bowl Odds During the Season
Four things move futures prices more than anything else:
- Quarterback health. No single injury moves a team’s championship price further. A backup taking over a contender can double the number overnight.
- Win streaks and losing runs. Sustained form shifts a team’s projected seeding, which shifts their path through the bracket.
- The trade deadline. A contender adding a difference-maker, or a fading team selling, gets repriced immediately.
- Seeding and the bye. Only the top seed in each conference skips the wild card round. A team moving in or out of that position sees a meaningful price change, because one fewer game is one fewer chance to lose.
Reading the AFC and NFC Picture
Seven teams from each conference reach the playoffs: four division winners and three wild cards. That structure shapes futures pricing as much as raw team quality does. A strong team in a weak division has an easier route to a home game than an equally strong team fighting three contenders for the same seed.
It is worth looking at both conferences separately. A conference where several teams sit at similar prices is one the market considers genuinely open, and spreading stakes across two or three of those teams can still return a profit if any of them comes through. A conference with one clear standout offers less room to do that.
BetUS also posts conference winner and division winner markets, which let you back a team’s route without needing them to win the title outright.
How Super Bowl Futures Are Graded at BetUS
All wagers on the Super Bowl LXI winner market have action once placed. Your price is locked at the moment of the bet and later movement does not change the payout. The market settles after the Super Bowl is played, and winning tickets are graded at the price taken.
Super Bowl LXI
Super Bowl LXI is scheduled for Sunday, February 14, 2027, at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California, the shared home of the Los Angeles Rams and Los Angeles Chargers.
