It's college football national championship time and we've got you covered on the largest wagers and bets for this big game.
The most notable future swimming around legal sportsbooks is a $50,000 ticket on Michigan to win the national championship at +850, which the bettor placed before Week 2, VegasInsider’s Patrick Everson reported.
At the time, Michigan was coming off a blowout win against East Carolina — a bad, non-conference opponent — but with coach Jim Harbaugh serving a three-game suspension imposed by the university.
The $50,000 wager would net the bettor $425,000.
At DraftKings, the most notable single bet on the game is a $29,000 wager on Michigan at odds of -185. The bet would win roughly $15,600.
On the flip side, one bettor placed $11,000 on Washington at +4.5. That bet at a vig of -110 would win $10,000.
Due to online betting limits, even games of this magnitude typically don’t have six-figures on them anymore, unless you’re an established, massive money bettor.
At PointsBet, for instance (a book notorious for its low and trigger happy limits), the biggest wager is $10,000 on Washington at a moneyline price of +165.
That wager would pay out $16,500 if Washington pulls off the upset.
In fact, two of The Action Network’s talent are riding the Huskies at crazy-plus money.
The Action Network's Michael Calabrese has a parlay on Lamar Jackson to win the NFL MVP and Washington to win the national championship at odds of +76400. Jackson closed as long as -20000 to win the NFL MVP — that market is now down.
And Washington is one win away from winning Calabrese over $16,000 on a $21 wager.
The cash out offer is up to $5.1K for @EastBreese after Washington's CFP semifinal win 👀
Are you hedging, cashing out or letting it ride if you have this ticket? 🤔 https://t.co/PGHyJjymYlpic.twitter.com/EUDh7p6SHL
— Action Network (@ActionNetworkHQ) January 2, 2024
Another one of our colleagues, Collin Wilson, has a preseason ticket on Washington at a price of +10000. The $500 wager would net him $50,000 with a Huskies victory.
With a @UW_Football 100/1 ticket in my back pocket, I’m ready to write a 7K word unbiased national title preview pic.twitter.com/vxZGOZaVAL
— Collin Wilson (@_Collin1) January 2, 2024