2013 BCS Odds: In spite of their lopsided 21-0 loss to the Alabama Crimson Tide in the 2012 BCS Championship Game Monday night, the LSU Tigers are listed favorites at 4-to-1 (+400) odds on the College Football Odds futures board at online sports-book Bovada.lv (formerly Bodog) to win the 2013 BCS Championship. Alabama is getting 5-to-1 (+500) odds as runner up.
The likelyhood Alabama repeats as BCS champs in 2013 are less, considering the Crimson Tide are expected to lose a large group of juniors and seniors to the 2012 NFL Draft this April. LSU loses it’s starting QB Jordan Jefferson but has a couple of top freshman red-shirts ready to step in. Word on the street is that Jerrard Randall, of Hollywood, Florida, Mirimar High School is the best QB prospect to come along in a long time. The majority of this years LSU squad also return’s next season.
Expectations for Southern California winning the 2013 BCS will be very high installed at 9-to-1 odds. Florida State, Georgia, Oklahoma and Oregon are all getting 12-to-1 followed by Arkansas and Notre Dame at 18-to-1. Michigan backers are getting 20-to-1 odds to win the 2013 BCS while Virginia Tech is getting 25-to-1.
Florida, South Carolina, and West Virginia are installed at 30-to-1 odds with Kansas State and Nebraska getting 35-to-1.
Oddsmakers install futures odds like these based on a combination of things but a big factor is public’s perception. Probably the biggest myth in this board is USC getting 9/1 odds to win the championship. This is a team that’s been hit hard with scholarship restrictions that will begin to show soon. While the Trojans have a good quarterback, is that enough to project them in the top-3? Notre Dame is another school overrated because of perception. Some folks just don’t get it; that the Irish are not what they once were.
2013 BCS College Footall Odds (Bovada.lv)
LSU 4/1
Alabama 5/1
USC 9/1
Oklahoma 12/1
Florida State 12/1
Oregon 12/1
Georgia 14/1
Arkansas 18/1
Notre Dame 18/1
Michigan 22/1
Clemson 25/1
Texas 25/1
Virginia Tech 25/1
Florida 30/1
South Carolina 30/1
West Virginia 30/1
Kansas State 35/1
Nebraska 35/1
Wisconsin 40/1
Auburn 50/1
Boise State 50/1
TCU 50/1
Cincinnati 65/1
Washington 65/1
Arizona 75/1
Iowa 75/1
Michigan State 75/1
Oklahoma State 75/1
Stanford 75/1
Missouri 85/1
Penn State 100/1
Pittsburgh 100/1
Tennessee 100/1
Texas A&M 100/1
BYU 125/1
Cal 125/1
Miami (Fla) 125/1
North Carolina 125/1
Boston College 150/1
Georgia Tech 150/1
South Florida 150/1
UCLA 150/1
Oregon State 200/1
