Sports betting on ACC college football teams will be interesting to follow in 2009. Last year it was Virginia Tech winning the conference and they are the +150 favorite in online sportsbetting lines to win the title this year.Sportsbetting at the online sportsbook don’t favor Virginia Tech to win the national title but they are a contender. Online sports betting odds have them listed at 15-1 to win it all in 2009. Sports betting statistics show that the ACC sent an NCAA record 10 teams to bowl games last season. The conference also got a huge sports betting win in the Orange Bowl as Virginia Tech defeated Cincinnati. Could 2009 be the season the conference gets an online sportsbetting win in the national title game?
“People (used to) say our league is a weak conference, but there’s no way you can feel that way when you have the Virginia Techs, the Miami’s, Florida State,” Clemson running back C.J. Spiller said. “I really think our conference is the best in the country.”
While Spiller may believe his conference is the best, the online betting reality is somewhat different. Virginia Tech is the only team in the conference that has a legitimate sports betting chance to win the national title. They are listed at 15-1 in sportsbetting odds. Florida State, the second choice in ACC online sports betting is a distant 35-1 in sportsbetting lines to win the national title.
The last time an ACC team won a national title was 10 years ago when Florida State defeated Virginia Tech in sports betting odds. The next season Florida State played for the title again but lost to Oklahoma in sportsbetting. The ACC has not had a team in the title game since. That could chance in 2009 sportsbetting. “If you really step back and take a look at the conferences, a year ago, top to bottom, we may well have been the deepest conference in the country,” ACC commissioner John Swofford said. “What we didn’t have is a team or two involved in the national championship race down the stretch, and I think that has a lot to do with how a conference is perceived competitively — maybe more than it should.”
The chances of the ACC in sports betting to win the title this season will be determined early as Virginia Tech opens up the college football sportsbetting season with Alabama.