Oddsmakers high on U of L football, low on UK

Oddsmakers have warmed up a bit to Louisville football in recent weeks, and the Bovada sportsbook's odds posting on Tuesday morning continued that trend.

Bovada gives Louisville 10-to-1 odds to win the Atlantic Coast Conference title this season, tying the Cardinals with Clemson and North Carolina for the second-highest odds in the league. Reigning national champion Florida State is the heavy favorite to again win the league title with 4-to-11 odds.

In the SEC, Bovada doesn't see Kentucky doing much better than it did last season, handing the Wildcats 200-to-1 odds to win the Southeastern Conference. Those odds tie Vanderbilt for last place in the SEC. Alabama, at 7-to-5 odds, is the Vegas favorite to win the league championship.

More and more betting odds have come out in the past month or so, with Vegas Insider on Monday naming U of L a 2.5-point favorite in its season opener against Miami on Labor Day. The odds for Kentucky's opener against Tennessee-Martin weren't posted as of Tuesday morning.

Both U of L and UK are in leagues where oddsmakers have a clear favorite, with Alabama and FSU also standing as the most commonly picked national title game among college football experts and oddsmakers alike.

In the Atlantic Division of the ACC, U of L's half of the league, FSU is ahead of Clemson and Louisville as favorites to win. Louisville has 13-to-2 odds to win that division, tied with Clemson and ahead of Boston College and Syracuse.

Kentucky isn't in the same SEC division as Alabama, but Georgia and South Carolina, with 8-to-5 odds, are the co-favorites to win the SEC East. UK is again tied with Vanderbilt, this time facing 50-to-1 odds in the division. Tennessee is fifth in the projections with 14-to-1 odds to win the division.

Bovada's ACC championship odds
​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

Bovada odds for 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

Bovada odds for 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

Bovada 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

Bovada 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

Bovada 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

Other Bovada conference favorites:

Big 12: Oklahoma

Big Ten: Ohio State

Pac-12: Oregon