07-23-2019, 03:45 PM
JJJ, I think you are referring to odds to win the Pac-12 championship game:
UW, UO and Utah are +300
WSU and USC are +800
UCLA is +1400
Stanford is +1800
UA and ASU are +3000
Cal is +5000
Odds to make the CFP:
UW, UO and Utah are 12/1
WSU is 25/1
USC and Stanford are 50/1
UCLA is 75/1
Stanford is +1800
UA, ASU and Cal are 250/1
These are betting lines, not predictions. There are professionals who set the "true" odds, and then the house makes adjustments based on betting trends so that the house can make money. Of course, I present these odds for purely entertainment purposes!
UW, UO and Utah are +300
WSU and USC are +800
UCLA is +1400
Stanford is +1800
UA and ASU are +3000
Cal is +5000
Odds to make the CFP:
UW, UO and Utah are 12/1
WSU is 25/1
USC and Stanford are 50/1
UCLA is 75/1
Stanford is +1800
UA, ASU and Cal are 250/1
These are betting lines, not predictions. There are professionals who set the "true" odds, and then the house makes adjustments based on betting trends so that the house can make money. Of course, I present these odds for purely entertainment purposes!
If there's one thing people have learned in Berkeley, it's that you can't put "Cal football" and "Rose Bowl" in the same sentence. The words just don't fit. You'd be better off linking "covered wagons" with "Mars travel." (Bruce Jenkins, Cal '70, SF Chronicle, Nov. 11, 2017)