In the months leading up to the 2025-26 NFL season, there were a variety of teams that bettors were wagering on to win Super Bowl LX — the New England Patriots and Seattle Seahawks weren’t very high among them.
The Seahawks entered Week 1 of this season with 60-1 odds to win Super Bowl LX at BetMGM — longer odds than every NFC West team, including the Arizona Cardinals at 50-1 — and the Patriots had 80-1 odds.
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And there weren’t a lot of believers, either, as Seattle had the ninth-fewest wagers to win Super Bowl LX (0.9%) at BetMGM and the Patriots (1.3%) had the 11th-fewest.
The two teams making in the Super Bowl makes it the most unlikely Super Bowl matchup by preseason odds in at least 50 years, per Sports Odds History. Never before have two teams with preseason Super Bowl odds of more than 50-1 met in the Super Bowl in that time span.
The closest approximation was all the way back in 1982 when the San Francisco 49ers (50-1 preseason odds) and the Cincinnati Bengals (60-1) met in Super Bowl XVI. The 49ers closed as 1-point favorites and won the game 26-21.
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The St. Louis Rams (150-1) are the NFL team to win the Super Bowl with the longest preseason odds, accomplishing the feat back in 1999 en route in a 23-16 win over the Tennessee Titans in Super Bowl XXXIV.
One notable bettor at BetMGM did have quite a bit of faith in Seattle as it turns out, placing $150,000 worth of futures bets back in late August on the Seahawks.
He wagered:
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$50,000 on the Seahawks to win Super Bowl 60 at 60-1 odds to win $3 million
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$50,000 on the Seahawks to win NFC at 28-1 odds to win $1.4 million
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$50,000 on the Seahawks to make playoffs at +185 odds to win $92,500
He has already won $1.492 million and now will will roughly that amount again no matter the winner of Super Bowl LX after wagering another $725,000 on the Patriots money line at +195 odds at BetMGM.
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Yahoo Sports also reported that Circa Sports in Nevada took two large wagers on the Seahawks to win Super Bowl LX, each with “seven-figure liability” in late August from a new customer as well — likely the same bettor, though it can’t be officially confirmed. Seattle is the sportsbook’s worst futures outcome as a result.
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The Seahawks are currently 4.5-point favorites in Super Bowl LX against the Patriots.
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