NFL Conference Championship Odds – NFC & AFC Futures Betting

The NFC and AFC both have their share of talented teams, but only one team can win each conference en route to the Super Bowl. Here, we take a look at the conference championship odds in each conference this NFL season and we take an early look at the contenders to win each conference. As these NFL conference championship odds can change throughout the season, be sure to check back regularly to get the latest odds before doing your NFL betting.

NFL Conference Championship Futures

• NFC Conference Odds
• AFC Conference Odds

NFC Conference Championship Futures Odds

The NFC champion this past season was the San Francisco 49ers, who beat two NFC North teams in the playoffs to get to the Super Bowl. But this year, the Niners are out of the playoffs, having fallen short in the regular season and finishing at the bottom of the NFC West. As a result, we will have a new NFC champion.

The favorites to win the NFC this season are the Detroit Lions, who earned the top seed in the conference with a record of 15-2. Their toughest competition is expected to be the Philadelphia Eagles, who appear to be back on track offensively after struggling down the stretch a season ago. But the conference is wide open this year as there isn’t a ton of Super Bowl experience in this bunch outside of Philadelphia.

Elsewhere, bettors should not count out the Washington Commanders or Los Angeles Rams in the race to win the NFC title. Washington has an incredible rookie quarterback in Jayden Daniels and an aggressive head coach in Dan Quinn, which has made them an explosive football team offensively. As for the Rams, their defense has stepped up when needed, with presumptive Defensive Rookie of the Year Jared Verse helping them improve on that side of the ball over the season has progressed.

AFC Conference Championship Futures Odds

In the AFC, the Kansas City Chiefs won the AFC once again this past season, taking down the top-seeded Baltimore Ravens in the AFC Championship Game. The Chiefs have a huge experience advantage over the other top teams in this conference and have used that to their advantage in the postseason. Expect the Chiefs to once again be one of the last teams standing in the AFC during the 2024 season, though they will once again face some competition from the elite teams in their conference.

Among the top contenders set to give the Chiefs a run for the AFC title are the Baltimore Ravens and Buffalo Bills. Buffalo has a win over Kansas City during this regular season, while the Ravens nearly came back to beat the Chiefs in the opening week of the regular season themselves. The AFC is wide open between these teams at this point in the season, something the betting odds reflect.

The remaining longshot in the AFC championship race is the Houston Texans. Houston had a strong enough season to win the AFC South this year, but they were clearly thought to be the weakest of the four division championships in this conference. Houston would need to pull two upsets over fellow division winners to win the conference championship, which is unlikely, though not impossible.

ATS NFL Odds Explanation: Understanding Odds to Win the Conference

Betting on the NFL Conference winner in the AFC or NFC means betting on the team that will win either the AFC Championship Game or the NFC Championship Game, depending which conference the team plays in.

This is different than making Super Bowl picks, which require bettors to accurately predict which team will win the upcoming Super Bowl. As betting on a conference champion requires one fewer win than betting on a Super Bowl champion, the payouts for this market can be a little smaller than betting on a team to lift the Lombardi Trophy.

How The Playoff Format Works

Beginning in 2020, the NFL introduced a new playoff format. Seven teams from each conference make the playoffs and only the #1 seed in each conference gets a bye in the first round. This is a big change from the previous long running format that saw two teams from each conference get a first round bye, with only six total teams from each conference making the playoffs.

The six non-bye teams play on Wild Card Weekend, or what the the league has rebranded as Super Wild Card Weekend. The winners advance to play in the Divisional Round and the team that had a bye will be in action for the first time at that point. The winners in that round advance to the Conference Championship Round.

Those Conference Championship Games are where these specific wagers will be decided. It is important to note that conference winner odds are posted long before the playoff teams are known. As a general rule, the teams that appeared in the playoffs the previous year are usually among the favorites to win the conference.

Reading NFL Conference Championship Odds

Here at ATS, we make it very easy for you to see which teams have the best theoretical chance of winning their conference. We give you the opportunity to compare odds at different US sportsbooks across the industry to see which ones have the best odds. The higher the price, the higher your potential winnings are going to be, so you always want to select the sportsbook that has the biggest plus figure offered and bet with them.

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In-Season Conference Odds Movement

All 16 teams from the AFC and the NFC are going to be listed with odds to win their respective conferences until they are mathematically eliminated from doing so, no matter how ludicrous it seems that they can win. The conference champion odds are always changing based on offseason transactions, betting action, or wins and losses in the regular season, so keep it tuned right here at ATS to see the latest odds updates.