After closing out their regular season schedule with six straight SU and ATS wins, the Seattle Seahawks enter the postseason as 12/5 favorites to defend their title on the latest Super Bowl odds at the sportsbooks.
The Seahawks’ current stretch of nine SU wins in their last 10 enabled them to overcome the Arizona Cardinals’ three-game lead in the NFC West, and claim the top seed in the NFC and home-field advantage throughout the playoffs.
Not surprisingly, the 12-4 Seahawks are also pegged as heavy 5/6 favorites at Bovada to emerge as NFC champions in Super Bowl betting at the sportsbooks.
The New England Patriots dropped a 17-9 decision to the Buffalo Bills as 4.5-point favorites last weekend, but the Pats’ recent struggle to produce offense has done little to impact their Super Bowl odds which hold steady at 3/1.
The 12-4 Patriots clinched their 12th AFC East title in the last 14 years, and enter the postseason as the AFC’s top seed and a heavy 10/13 bet to represent the conference at Super Bowl XLIX.
However, the Pats have been an historically bad postseason bet, going 3-10 ATS in their last 13 playoff games and are 0-2 SU and ATS in their last two AFC Championship Game appearances.
The 12-4 Green Bay Packers continued their strong play in Week 17, topping the division-rival Detroit Lions 30-20 to claim the NFC North title. But despite the win the Pack’s Super Bowl odds slipped slightly for a second straight week, entering the postseason at 6/1.
While the Packers are a solid 7-1 SU in their last eight, fans and futures bettors held their breath after Green Bay quarterback Aaron Rodgers needed to be carted off the field following an injury last Sunday.
Although Rodgers returned to action, he was clearly roughed up by the Lions in the Pack’s Week 17 win. But with Green Bay enjoying a bye on Wild Card Weekend, Rodgers will have plenty of time to recover prior to the Packers’ home date in the Divisional Round, buoying the squad’s odds to win the NFC at 3/1.
The 12-4 Denver Broncos also enjoy a bye on Wild Card Weekend after capping a perfect 8-0 home record with a 47-14 win over Oakland last weekend, and enter the postseason holding steady with odds of 13/2 in Super Bowl betting.
The Broncos are trailed by the NFC East champion Dallas Cowboys, whose Super Bowl odds have improved slightly to 15/2. But the Cowboys’ home-field advantage in their Wild Card matchup with the Detroit Lions might prove to be a mixed blessing as Dallas posted a middling 4-4 SU record at home this season while going 3-5 ATS.
The AFC North champion Pittsburgh Steelers have seen the biggest jump in Super Bowl odds, vaulting from 50/1 to 14/1 in the last four weeks after closing their regular season with four straight SU victories.
The Indianapolis Colts have fallen off the pace to 28/1, followed by the dark horse Carolina Panthers who have jumped to 33/1. The Lions join the Cincinnati Bengals and Baltimore Ravens as 40/1 Super Bowl bets, while the injury-plagued Arizona Cardinals sit as 66/1 longshots in online Super Bowl 2015 betting.