If there is one thing to be said about Penn State going into the 2022 season, it is that the Nittany Lions have the potential to have a really good season. If all falls into place, Penn State could be right back in the thick of the Big Ten championship hunt, but a familiar foe is still considered the betting favorite for this upcoming college football season according to Big Ten championship odds from Tipico Sportsbook.
Despite not coming out on top of the conference last season, Ohio State will be entering the 2022 season as the favorite to win the Big Ten this fall. That should hardly surprise anyone considering the Buckeyes are among the betting favorites to win the national championship in 2022. Ohio State has the third-best national title odds from Tipico behind only Alabama and defending national champion Georgia. And Ohio State’s national title odds (+450) are far better than the next team on the board, Clemson (+1,200) while Alabama is the favorite (+190) and Georgia (+330) is nestled between Alabama and Ohio State.
But back to the Big Ten, where Penn State has the third-best odds on the board to take home the Big Ten championship trophy. Penn State is listed with +900 odds to win the conference. Ohio State is the favorite (-220) and defending Big Ten champ Michigan (+750) is the only other team ahead of the Nittany Lions at this time. The three top teams from Tipico all hailing from the Big Ten East is actually slightly against the grain compared to previous years. This may be a sign that the top of the Big Ten East is viewed much more favorably collectively than the top of the Big Ten West Division.
In some recent years, a handful of Big Ten West teams would receive better Big Ten odds than Penn State and Michigan just because Ohio State was such an overwhelming favorite. It made sense for a Big Ten West team to have better odds as Ohio State was the favorite to come out of the East Division. you can’t win the conference if you don’t qualify for the conference championship game, after all.
But with Ohio State, Michigan, and Penn State all coming in with solid odds for the Big Ten title, it may be safe to say the conference will be going through the East Division champion once again in 2022. The division has a perfect record in the Big Ten championship game since the Big Ten adopted an East-West format.
One team perhaps being disrespected by the odds could be Michigan State. It’s possible the Spartans take a step back from their success last season, but being given the same odds as Minnesota and worse odds than Nebraska (and Wisconsin and Iowa) may actually make the Spartans a good value pick if you trust Michigan State to have another strong season.
Here are the full Big Ten championship odds provided by Tipico as of June 20, 2022;
- Ohio State -220
- Michigan +750
- Penn State +900
- Nebraska +1,300
- Wisconsin +1,300
- Iowa +1,500
- Minnesota +2,000
- Michigan State +2,000
- Purdue +3,000
- Indiana +4,000
- Maryland +9,000
- Northwestern +10,000
- Illinois +20,000
- Rutgers +20,000
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