New England Patriots, Carolina Panthers perfect season odds updated
By Chase Ruttig
UK sportsbooks are offering odds on the New England Patriots and Carolina Panthers having a perfect season in 2015.
Week 11 saw the New England Patriots and the Carolina Panthers pass another roadblock in their quests for an undefeated season. Both teams moving to 10-0 and six games away from perfect regular seasons along with first round byes in their respected playoff brackets in the AFC/NFC.
With the anticipation of both teams potentially running the table in the regular season, sportsbooks are continuing to offer odds on the potential of one team going undefeated or even 19-0 to end 2015 to topple the Miami Dolphins record. A feat that the Patriots fell just one game short of in their last attempt at an undefeated season.
UK sportsbook Bet365 have the odds of a team going 16-0 this season listed at +163, short odds considering that either the Patriots or the Panthers would need to go 6-0 the rest of the way to close out regular season perfection.
Bet365 have the Patriots as the overwhelming favorites to go 19-0, listed at +550 odds. The Panthers are heavy underdogs to go 19-0 in the minds of the oddsmakers, as bettors can get Carolina at +2500 to finish 19-0 and win the Super Bowl.
Expect betting action on an undefeated season to pick up going into December as sports bettors will be trying to get in on the action and excitement of the quest for a 16-0 or a 19-0 season in the final weeks of 2015. Both the Patriots and the Panthers building the anticipation of a run to the record books the longer the season goes.