At 5 - 2, they are now just one win away from going over their season
win total of 5.5.
That's very valuable for analyzing
win total for the upcoming season.
Best future bets,
season win total bets, teams to bet on and against — it's all here in Chalk's 2016 pro football betting guide.
Would be interesting to compare against 2014 projected
win totals at the start of last season?
The ACC has the third -
highest win total of the five major conferences, but bettors need to consider the size of each conference.
In fact, this was the highest opening
win total in several years.
The first half was a crazy one and plenty of the
preseason win totals have essentially already been decided.
Using these spreads, we were able to uncover which teams were offering the most value for
win total bets.
We'll get to the point spreads — every week, actually — and we'll hit
on win totals, conference odds, and individual league previews eventually.
In contrast, the Warriors and Spurs
updated win total is 12 and 10 games higher, respectively.
We will continue to update this table as other sportsbooks begin to post their
own win totals and free agents begin to sign.
In 2017, the most popular public
win totals went just 1 - 6, so blindly fading those plays would have been very profitable.
With two sets of numbers to compare, I wanted to determine
which win totals are offering value for the upcoming season.
Keep in mind these are
win totals only and not total points (which would include overtime losses).
That said, their
lofty win totals are largely based on the weak strength of schedule in the ACC.
That makes them a favorite in just two to three games and gives them a likely
win total around four.
Although they won't be releasing their season
win totals until this weekend, we wanted to make our own valuations based on these lines.
This filter allows you to select teams with
specific win totals or ranges from the previous season.
The table below compares the 2015 - 16
win totals for every team along with their record from last season and the discrepancy between the two.
There was also a fair amount of disappointment during week 17, with many teams waiting until the last week to settle their
season win totals.
Based on these
updated win totals, we're able to look ahead and project the playoff picture for both conferences.
If you haven't done so already, it is probably the time to put some money down
win total bets on a few teams you feel good (or bad) about.
Now that we have these two sets of numbers to compare, we wanted to determine
which win totals were offering bettors value for the upcoming season.
The table below compares last season's NBA
win totals from the Westgate with Kevin Pelton's projections.
Most sportsbooks will not
post win totals for College Basketball, while prop bets like «Player of the Year» typically aren't released until much later in the season.
In the subsequent weeks, many offshore sportsbooks have posted their own
NFL win totals including the market - setting Bookmaker.eu.
Two teams that are locks to go over their season
win total include the Warriors and Grizzlies, both of whom could win just 30 % of their remaining games and still pay out bettors who took the over.
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Because of West Virginia's ridiculously high current rating, this qualifies as a toss - up game, and the winner will have the best projected conference
win total by a significant margin.
Almost two weeks later, the Westgate Las Vegas Superbook posted their own MLB
win totals with a few notable differences like the Royals and Athletics.
Before the start of the season, sportsbooks posted
NBA win totals for all 30 teams and, to nobody's surprise, oddsmakers were particularly bullish about the Golden State Warriors and Cleveland Cavaliers.
Westgate just
released win totals of their own and there are a handful of differences from the South Point numbers of two weeks ago.
To locate the most valuable futures and props, we compared the point projections from USA Today to the
current win totals at BetOnline and total points over / unders at Bookmaker, one of the sharpest books on the market.
More sportsbooks will start posting their
MLB win totals in the coming weeks, but make sure to bookmark our free MLB odds page for the latest lines, betting trends, injuries, futures and more.
The Bruins will be getting their star quarterback Josh Rosen back from injury, but have the toughest schedule in the conference, which is likely the reason for that
low win total of 6.5.
According to LV SuperBook, the Wolverines are tied (with Alabama, Boise State, Clemson, Oklahoma and Florida State) with an over /
under win total of 10 next season.
Although Romo is not expected to miss the entire season, the Cowboys
win total dropped from 9 (Over -140) to 8 (Over -125) at the Westgate Superbook in Las Vegas.
Earlier today, South Point Casino in Las Vegas released their NFL
win total over / unders for the upcoming season.
Last season, their
opening win total at CG Technology was 4.5 with the juice on the over.
By converting these updated Brady-less point spreads into a winning percentage for every game on the schedule, we were able to determine what the
Patriots win total valuation based on any potential suspension.
Though the Browns were expected to be at the cellar of the league this year, with a league - low preseason
win total set at five at BetOnline, the notion of a rejuvenated Robert Griffin III gave some Browns fans at least a glimmer of hope.