Wisconsin, Illinois Open Big 10 Season: Analyzing B10 Futures

• Wisconsin has -1100 odds to beat Illinois in the opening game of Big 10 football.
• Ohio State is favored to win both the Big 10 Championship with -400 odds and Big 10 East division with -450 odds.
• Wisconsin has +150 odds to win the Big 10 West division.

MADISON, Wisc. – As Big 10 football is set to make its return on Friday, the college football season will now be fully underway with the exception of the Pac 12.

Kicking off the Big 10 football season will be the number 15 ranked the University of Wisconsin taking on Illinois on Friday night.

Online sportsbooks have Wisconsin favored to take down Illinois. There are also odds on who will win the Big 10 as a whole as well as who will win each Big 10 division.

Wisconsin is ranked 15 in the country while Illinois is unranked which certainly played a role when setting the college football odds. Not to mention, Wisconsin’s recruiting class coming into the game is fifth in the Big 10 while Illinois is sitting down as the 14 ranked recruiting class.

Wisconsin simply just overpowers Illinois across the board in this one.

As for the game total, some might think that the total is set too high, but when these two played in 2019, the over was missed by just four points.

The Badgers proved to be a very lethal scoring team in 2019 with 35 or more points scored in nine of their 13 games, including a 61-point outing.

As for the spread, 19.5 just seems to be too wide considering how close this game was in 2019. It is also the first game of the season for both of these teams, indicating this should be a close game.

Breaking Down The Big Futures

With the Big 10 now starting, there comes different futures odds for the conference which includes who will win the conference as a whole as well as who will win each division in the Big 10.

Starting with the Conference as a whole, it is only right that Ohio State is heavily favored to win the conference.

The Buckeyes are heavy favorites as they seem to have all the right pieces to make a strong run for the conference title as they have the top recruiting class in the conference as well as the second strongest class in the nation which includes three, five-star players.

They have also won the past three conference championships.

Being that they are heavily favored to win the conference, it only seems right that they are just as favored to win the East division as well.

As for their competition, Michigan and Penn State, they could possibly give them a run for their money as Penn State is ranked 8 and Michigan is sitting at 18.

Wisconsin is favored to come out of the Big 10 West as they currently opened up as the highest-ranked team in the division.

They could be met by Minnesota, however, as they are not far behind as they are ranked 21 or eve be upset by Iowa who is sitting just outside the top-25 with receiving votes.