NFL, CFB Weekend Betting Recap: 'It’s Crazy What a Few Upsets Will do for the Book'

There’s one sure way to tell if bookmakers are having a good Sunday: When they don’t care who wins the Sunday night game.

That was the case with NFL Week 9 odds, after a pair of huge upsets in Sunday’s early window. The Lions stunningly lost at home to the Vikings; ditto for the Packers against the Panthers.

Said BetMGM senior trader Tristan Davis, when asked if the book had a need on Seahawks-Commanders:

"After today? Nah. Whatever happens, it’s been a good day."

More on the weekend that was, as oddsmakers at sportsbooks across the country recap NFL and college football betting.

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Bounce-Back Week

In Week 8, favorites went 11-2 straight up (SU) and against the spread (ATS). That’s a recipe for success with the public betting masses, especially since the favorites that lost weren’t that popular — the Falcons and Bengals.

But the pendulum swung in Week 9. 

Week in and week out, the Lions and Packers are two of the most-bet teams in the NFL, particularly Detroit, which has been covering point spreads at a ridiculous rate since the middle of the 2022 season, at 40-14-1 ATS entering Week 9.

Minnesota had other ideas Sunday as a 9.5-point road underdog, as the Vikings hung on for a 27-24 victory that was widely celebrated behind the counter.

"That was a great result for us. A lot of parlays/moneyline parlays were with Detroit," said John Murray, vice president of The SuperBook in Las Vegas. "I would think that was a welcome result all over town."

All over the country is more like it. 

Carolina’s 16-13 shocker at Green Bay cemented a