2025 Big 12 Championship odds: Kansas State, Arizona State co-favorites

Before the 2024 season, the Big 12 was picked to be the most chaotic of the Power 4 conferences. With Texas and Oklahoma out of the picture, and Utah, Arizona, Arizona State, and Colorado joining it, the Big 12 went from top-heavy to wide-open with the swoop of a pen.Arizona State would eventually win the conference as a 100/1 long shot, defeating Iowa State in the championship game. The surprises didn’t end there.Preseason favorites Utah finished 2-7, as did the trendy dark horse, UCF, and Oklahoma State went 0-9 in conference play in 2024.Bookmakers are clearly expecting more carnage in 2025, as there are seven teams priced between +550 and +900 at bet365 sportsbook.Kansas State and Arizona State are the nominal co-favorites with +550 odds, but you could also lump Texas Tech in there with them.The Red Raiders are +600, just ahead of Baylor (+700) and BYU (+750).Kansas (+800) and Utah (+900) are the other two teams with single-digit odds, with the Utes’ price coming down a ways already in the early betting.The market is clearly expecting a bounce-back season in Salt Lake City.Iowa State will look to build on an 11-3 campaign, but the bookies have the Cyclones as an 11/1 outsider as we hurl towards the summer months.Deion Sanders and Colorado are staring down a transition year, but they’re still getting respect at 12/1.The sportsbooks clearly don’t want to get burned by another 100/1 long shot in this conference, so they’ve installed Arizona as the biggest price at 60/1.Michael Leboff is a long-suffering Islanders fan, but a long-profiting sports bettor with 10 years of experience in the gambling industry.

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