What do Kansas, NC State, Boston College, Wake Forest, Iowa State, Indiana, Maryland, Purdue and Illinois all have in common?
Sure, they’re colleges whose basketball programs have carried the torch for the entire athletic department during recent years. But that’s not it. All of those programs — and a few others — are facing triple-digit odds to win their conferences during the upcoming football season.
Kansas, which has won just three Big 12 Conference games in the past five seasons, is tied with Iowa State at 100-to-1 to win the Big 12.
Those other programs are 100-to-1, 200-to-1 or even 300-to-1 depending on the overall strength of the teams at the top of their conferences.
Obviously, this is not news. Everyone knows that the Jayhawks are in the middle of a rebuilding process with the football program, one that puts its priority on finding a way to win *A COUPLE* of conference games before worrying about winning the whole thing.
Still, in case there are some of you out there who buy into the phrase “misery loves company,” I figured it wouldn’t hurt you to see that there are other college football programs facing the same uphill climb as Kansas.
Here’s a look at the rest of the odds — from Bovada.lv — for the power conferences heading into the 2014 college football season.
**NCAA Football 2014-2015 Season – Odds to win the ACC Championship**
Florida State 4/11
Clemson 10/1
Louisville 10/1
North Carolina 10/1
Miami 12/1
Virginia Tech 12/1
Duke 20/1
Georgia Tech 25/1
Pittsburgh 40/1
Syracuse 66/1
Virginia 66/1
NC State 100/1
Boston College 200/1
Wake Forest 200/1
**NCAA Football 2014-2015 Season – Odds to win the ACC Atlantic Division**
Florida State 1/6
Clemson 13/2
Louisville 13/2
Boston College 33/1
Syracuse 33/1
NC State 40/1
Wake Forest 100/1
**NCAA Football 2014-2015 Season – Odds to win the ACC Coastal Division**
North Carolina 8/5
Miami 3/1
Virginia Tech 3/1
Duke 7/1
Georgia Tech 8/1
Pittsburgh 25/1
Virginia 25/1
**NCAA Football 2014-2015 Season – Odds to win the Big 12 Championship**
Oklahoma 2/3
Baylor 11/4
Texas 7/1
Kansas State 10/1
Oklahoma State 10/1
TCU 14/1
Texas Tech 28/1
West Virginia 66/1
Iowa State 100/1
Kansas 100/1
**NCAA Football 2014-2015 Season – Odds to win the Big Ten Championship**
Ohio State 10/11
Michigan State 15/4
Wisconsin 9/2
Nebraska 11/2
Michigan 9/1
Iowa 14/1
Northwestern 40/1
Minnesota 66/1
Indiana 100/1
Maryland 100/1
Illinois 200/1
Rutgers 200/1
Purdue 300/1
**NCAA Football 2014-2015 Season – Odds to win the Big Ten East Division**
Ohio State 2/5
Michigan State 13/5
Michigan 5/1
Indiana 33/1
Maryland 50/1
Rutgers 100/1
**NCAA Football 2014-2015 Season – Odds to win the Big Ten West Division**
Wisconsin 6/5
Nebraska 3/2
Iowa 5/1
Minnesota 12/1
Northwestern 18/1
Illinois 33/1
Purdue 100/1
**NCAA Football 2014-2015 Season – Odds to win the Pac 12 Championship**
Oregon 11/10
UCLA 11/4
USC 5/1
Stanford 6/1
Arizona State 12/1
Washington 14/1
Arizona 25/1
Oregon State 33/1
Washington State 50/1
Utah 66/1
California 200/1
Colorado 200/1
**NCAA Football 2014-2015 Season – Odds to win the Pac 12 North Division**
Oregon 1/2
Stanford 13/4
Washington 6/1
Washington State 12/1
Oregon State 14/1
California 50/1
**NCAA Football 2014-2015 Season – Odds to win the Pac 12 South Division**
UCLA 5/4
USC 7/4
Arizona State 3/1
Arizona 10/1
Utah 33/1
Colorado 50/1
**NCAA Football 2014-2015 Season – Odds to win the SEC Championship**
Alabama 7/5
Auburn 5/1
South Carolina 5/1
Georgia 6/1
LSU 13/2
Florida 12/1
Ole Miss 14/1
Texas A&M 25/1
Mississippi State 40/1
Missouri 40/1
Tennessee 50/1
Arkansas 100/1
Kentucky 200/1
Vanderbilt 200/1
**NCAA Football 2014-2015 Season – Odds to win the SEC East Division**
Georgia 8/5
South Carolina 8/5
Florida 13/4
Missouri 10/1
Tennessee 14/1
Kentucky 50/1
Vanderbilt 50/1
**NCAA Football 2014-2015 Season – Odds to win the SEC West Division**
Alabama 5/7
Auburn 4/1
LSU 5/1
Ole Miss 9/1
Texas A&M 14/1
Mississippi State 16/1
Arkansas 33/1
