Football betting odds: Patriots and Colts favorite for most season wins

With regular football season inching closer every day, the sportsbooks are gearing up for a busy betting season, as well. Some of the online sportsbooks are already posting betting odds on the NFL teams and players - a great time for the wise bettor to join in on the action and take advantage of the uncertainty. Currently the NFL team prop bets are the most popular item on the betting sheets, most noticeably the number of wins a NFL team will achieve during the 08-09 season.

As the bookmakers have mostly the last football season to judge he performance of the NFL teams, there is little surprise that at the online sportsbook Bodog the New England Patriots and the Indianapolis Colts are the two teams favored to stack up most wins. With the bookie the Patriots are currently -125 favorite to win more than 12.5 games in the upcoming football season, while the Indianapolis Colts wins are listed at 11 games, although they are favored by the sportsbook to achieve under this number with odds -140. A noticeable NFL team is the San Diego Chargers, who are favored to win more than 10.5 games with odds -170. On the other side of the table are, of course, the Atlanta Falcons, who are favored to win just over 4.5 games this season, followed by the Miami Dolphins with even odds on winning more than 5.5 games. Visit Bodog for the full list of betting odds on the NFL teams' wins.

Published on 08/22/2008