- Arizona State had +10000 odds to win the Big 12 Championship.
- Preseason rankings had Arizona State finishing last.
- Arizona State went 10-2 against the spread this season.
TEMPE, Ariz. – Arizona State has climbed the tallest mountain that there is and has gone from having little to no expectation at all in their first season in the Big 12 to now contending for a conference championship.
To put things into perspective why there was zero expectation for the Sun Devils, they are coming off of two straight 3-9 seasons in their final two Pac-12 seasons.
Fast track to this season, college football prop betting sites gave them massive +10000 odds to win the conference and the media polls had them finishing last in the conference in their first year in the Big 12.
Anything Is Possible
Arizona State is proof that anything really is possible especially when betting on college football. They took their massive underdog odds from college football sportsbooks and their last place preseason ranking and turned it into their first 10-win season in 10 years and a top-5 offense (32.1 ppg) and defense (21.5 papg) this year.
Breaking down their betting season, they were never favored by more than 8 points this season and were also an underdog five times as well. They went a nationwide best 10-2 against the spread, boasting a +10 point cover margin and a 10.6-point winning margin on the season by average.
In the five games that they were underdogs, they won three of them and won with +125, +200, and +255 moneyline odds. In total, bettors that wagered $100 on every single one of Arizona State’s games this season would be up $757.22 in total profit even after accounting for $200 in losses in their two losses.
Also, bettors that wagered $100 on their preseason +10000 odds to win the Big 12 have a chance at a massive $10,000 payout. Putting into perspective just how much their Big 12 Championship odds have shifted, that same $100 bet on them to win before clinching a spot in the conference championship game would’ve paid only $145 in profit.
