Oddsmakers Apparently Don't Like Oklahoma's Chances to Win the SEC
Oddsmakers don’t think much of Oklahoma’s chances in the SEC.
OU formally joins the SEC on July 1, but the Sooners have been preparing for life in college football’s preeminent conference for going on three years now.
Still, according to betting odds released Monday by BetOnline.ag, OU’s maiden voyage in the Southeastern Conference will be a rough go in 2024.
The Sooners have the ninth-best odds to win the SEC Championship, tied with Auburn at 50/1.
That’s behind Georgia (2/1), Texas (5/2), Ole Miss (13/2), Alabama (9/1), Tennessee (9/1), LSU (10/1), Missouri (11/1), and Texas A&M (22/1).
The fact that Oklahoma — owner of more conference championships than any other program with 50 — sits significantly behind programs that haven’t won a conference title since 1963 (Ole Miss), 1969 (Missouri) and 1998 (Texas A&M) simply does not bode well for the Sooners in Brent Venables’ third season.
The rest of the SEC shapes up as such: Kentucky (80/1), South Carolina (90/1), Florida (100/1), Arkansas (125/1), Mississippi State (200/1) and Vanderbilt (250/1).
Other Power 4 Conferences show Clemson and Florida State with the best odds (5/2) to win the ACC, just ahead of Miami (5/1) and Louisville (11/2); Ohio State (5/4), Oregon (9/4), defending national champ Michigan (9/2) and Penn State atop the new Big Ten, and Kansas State (3/1), Utah (7/2) and Kansas (13/2) leading the reformed Big 12.
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