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Ranking Big 12 Programs On Overall Betting Experience
We’re officially two weeks into the 2024 college football season, with a handful of teams emerging as legitimate CFP threats across Arizona sports betting, while countless others fall by the sport’s wayside.
In the newly expanded 16-team Big 12 world, upstarts like the Arizona Wildcats, Kansas Jayhawks, Kansas State Wildcats, ASU Sun Devils, Utah Utes and Oklahoma State Cowboys all have staked claim to early season wins with an eye towards bigger prizes down the line.
Right now, oddsmakers from Bet365 Arizona have the Utes of Utah as their Big 12 betting favorite, at +275, with the Wildcats of K-State (+400), Cowboys of Oklahoma State (+650) and three teams (UCF, Iowa State and Kansas) coming in at +900.
Heading into Week Two of the college football season, BetArizona.com wanted to see which Big 12 team offers the best betting experience. We factored in 2023 record, the status of legal betting on college football in the state, strength of schedule for this season and AP polls for the week.
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Top Big 12 Teams: Betting Experience
Rank | Team | Total Score |
1 | Arizona Wildcats | 75 |
T2 | Kansas Jayhawks | 69 |
T2 | West Virginia Mountaineers | 69 |
4 | Kansas State Wildcats | 68 |
5 | Iowa State Cyclones | 52 |
6 | Cincinnati Bearcats | 44 |
7 | UCF Knights | 41 |
8 | Oklahoma State Cowboys | 40 |
9 | Colorado Buffaloes | 37 |
10 | Arizona State Sun Devils | 35 |
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Which Big 12 Member Has The Best Betting Experience
Based on the qualifying metrics, it looks like the Wildcats of Arizona are the top pick when it comes to betting, with a total score of 75 points, beating out the Jayhawks and West Virginia Mountaineers, who scored 69 points each.
Throw in Big 12 stalwarts like Kansas State (68 points), Iowa State (52 score), newcomers like Cincinnati (44 points) and UCF (41 points), Oklahoma State (40 points), Colorado (37 points) and ASU (35 points) and you have the full list of the 10 best schools for betting experience in 2024.
On the gridirons of the conference itself, Colorado’s Travis Hunter has the best Heisman Trophy odds of any player in the Big 12, at +2500, while Utah QB Cam Rising (+3000), Colorado QB Shedeur Sanders (+3000), Arizona QB Noah Fifita (+4000) and his teammate at wide receiver Tetairoa McMillan (+6000) are the next closest, per the team at FanDuel Sportsbook Arizona.
(Check out our Tetairoa McMillan Heisman Trophy, Biletnikoff Award Odds page while you're at it).
Still, while the Arizona Wildcats might have long odds of winning the Big 12 itself in the year ahead (+1100 on Bet365 and +1300 on FanDuel Sportsbook), it looks like fans of the Tucson-based institution have something to cheer for when it comes to the team’s gameday betting experience.
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