Bovada has issued their odds for teams to win the 2014 Big Ten Football Championships, and if you have $100 a ridiculous amount of confidence it can pay off for you:
NCAA Football 2014-2015 Season - Odds to win the Big Ten Championship
Ohio State 10/11
Michigan State 15/4
Wisconsin
Nebraska
Michigan
Iowa 14/1
Northwestern 40/1
Minnesota
Indiana 100/1
Maryland
Illinois 200/1
Rutgers
Purdue 300/1
Purdue officially has the 13th best odds out of the 14 Big Ten teams. Penn State can suck it, as they are in year three of their four-year wasteland thanks to the scandal which shall not be named and have no odds since htey are ineligible for the title.
Just how bad are Purdue's odds?
- Kansas, with one conference win int he last two years, has 100/1 odds to win the Big 12.
- Illinois, who has lost 21 of 22 Big Ten games, is 200/1 to win the B1G.
- Indiana is only 100/1.
- California, also 1-11 last year, is only 200/1 to win the Pac-12.
- Kentucky, perennial doormat in the SEC, is only 200/1 to win the SEC.
So yes, Purdue officially has the worst odds of any major conference team to win its conference.