College Football Championship Odds Big Ten Hit Hard On Second Saturday

How quickly things can change. After a rough weekend, several of the Big Ten’s name brand programs fell on the Westgate Las Vegas SuperBook’s odds board.

Braxton Miller’s season-ending shoulder injury threw a wrench into the Buckeye’s plans well before Saturday’s home loss to Virginia Tech doubled their championship odds from 20-to-1 to 40-to-1. Misery loves company though, and Ohio State was not alone.

To say Michigan State was hanging with Oregon (6-to-1) would be an understatement, because the Spartans (40-to-1) were leading the Ducks 27-18 in the second half before Marcus Mariota and Co. ripped off 28 unanswered points en route to a 46-27 comeback win – and cover (-14). The loss stretched MSU’s number from 25-to-1 to 40-to-1.

Michigan, if not considered a real threat to crash college football’s first playoff party, certainly looks to be out of the mix after a 31-0 drubbing at the hands of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish. At 100-to-1, the Wolverines weren’t among the favorites heading into Saturday, but at 300-to-1, it appears a minor miracle is necessary for Big Blue to even return to the conversation.

The Nebraska Cornhuskers didn’t lose on Saturday, but they weren’t convincing in their 31-24 win over McNeese State, a game that was locked at 24 apiece with 35 seconds remaining in the fourth quarter before Ameer Abdullah took a short pass 58 yards to the house. Their price increased from 75-to-1 to 100-to-1 despite the victory.

Michigan State and Ohio State still hold the shortest odds (40-to-1) of any Big Ten program. They’re followed by the Wisconsin Badgers, who bounced back from last week’s 28-24 loss to LSU with an easy 37-3 win over FCS Western Illinois.

ODDS TO WIN 2014 COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYOFF, WESTGATE LV SUPERBOOK (last week’s odds in parentheses if changed)

FLORIDA ST 4-1 (3-1) OREGON 6-1 (7-1) ALABAMA 7-1 OKLAHOMA 8-1 AUBURN 10-1 GEORGIA 10-1 USC 12-1 (20-1) LSU 15-1 TEXAS A&M 15-1 (20-1) UCLA 15-1 (12-1) BAYLOR 20-1 NOTRE DAME 30-1 (60-1) FLORIDA 40-1 (50-1) VIRGINIA TECH 50-1 (200-1) OLE MISS 40-1 OHIO ST 40-1 (20-1) MICHIGAN ST 40-1 (25-1) WISCONSIN 60-1 BYU 60-1 (300-1) KANSAS ST 75-1 IOWA 75-1 STANFORD 75-1 (50-1) SOUTH CAROLINA 75-1 (60-1) WASHINGTON 75-1 NEBRASKA 100-1 (75-1) MISSISSIPPI ST 100-1 ARIZONA ST 100-1 MISSOURI 100-1 CLEMSON 100-1 ARIZONA 100-1 (200-1) TCU 100-1 LOUISVILLE 100-1 NORTH CAROLINA 200-1 MIAMI FL 200-1 TENNESSEE 200-1 TEXAS 200-1 (75-1) OKLAHOMA ST 200-1 MICHIGAN 300-1 (100-1) PITTSBURGH 300-1 (500-1) TEXAS TECH 500-1 (300-1) GEORGIA TECH 500-1 OREGON ST 500-1 UTAH 1000-1 DUKE 1000-1 BOISE ST 5000-1 UTAH ST 9999-1 WASHINGTON ST 9999-1 NORTHWESTERN 9999-1 (500-1) VANDERBILT 9999-1 (5000-1) FIELD 125-1 (75-1)