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Big Ten football title odds released by Bovada

By Patrick Schmidt

Nov 28, 2015; Ann Arbor, MI, USA; Ohio State Buckeyes head coach Urban Meyer and Michigan Wolverines head coach Jim Harbaugh prior to the game at Michigan Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Tim Fuller-USA TODAY Sports
Nov 28, 2015; Ann Arbor, MI, USA; Ohio State Buckeyes head coach Urban Meyer and Michigan Wolverines head coach Jim Harbaugh prior to the game at Michigan Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Tim Fuller-USA TODAY Sports /
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Big Ten football title odds have been released by Bovada and to the surprise of no one, the Ohio State Buckeyes and Michigan Wolverines are at the top.

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The start of the college football season must be getting close because Vagas is updating their division title odds. When betting season heats up, the real action, can’t be too far behind.

Bovada released their updated division and conference title odds on Wednesday and it’s the usual suspects at the top with Urban Meyer’s Ohio State and Jim Harbaugh’s Michigan receiving identical 7/4 odds to win the Big Ten.

However, it’s the Buckeyes who are the betting favorites to win the Big Ten East with 1/1 odds while the Wolverines are getting 5/4 odds. Defending champion, the Michigan State Spartans, are third with 6/1 odds with the Penn State Nittany Lions getting 10/1 odds.

In the Big Ten West, the defending champion Iowa Hawkeyes are getting 1/1 odds with the Nebraska Cornhuskers next with 2/1 odds, the Wisconsin Badgers are third with 4/1 odds and the Northwestern Wildcats are getting 9/1 odds.

Bovada doesn’t think too highly of Minnesota, Illinois, Purdue, Indiana, Maryland or Rutgers.

I’ll be stunned if anyone other than Ohio State, Michigan or Michigan State wins the East so those odds are totally cool with me, but I don’t think Iowa will have the cakewalk to the division title that they experienced last year and think any of the top four teams in the West can take the division.

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But when it comes to winning the Big Ten Championship Game and earning a likely berth in the College Football Playoff, I think it’s either Ohio State or Michigan with Michigan State having an outside chance, because you can never discount a Mark Dantonio-coached team.

Who do you think will win the Big Ten East, West and the Big Ten this year?

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