Duke football remains a long shot to win the ACC in 2025, per the betting markets
Duke football remains a long shot to win the ACC in 2025, per the betting markets
The Duke Blue Devils football team came within striking distance of an 11-win season last fall.
Head coach Manny Diaz finished with a 9-4 record, but the Blue Devils built a two-score lead over the Miami Hurricanes and took the College Football Playoff-bound SMU Mustangs to overtime. Duke lost its starting quarterback, leading rusher, and two leading receivers to either the transfer portal or NFL draft, but the Blue Devils pulled in commitments from Tulane quarterback Darian Mensah, Oklahoma Sooners wide receiver Andrel Anthony, Harvard wideout Cooper Barkate, and Sam Houston State defensive back Caleb Weaver in an effort to reload for 2025.
And yet, according to the oddsmakers at BetMGM, the Blue Devils aren't even one of the top seven favorites to win the conference title in 2025.
The Clemson Tigers, last year's champions after a remarkable 34-31 victory over the Mustangs in the title game, will start the season as heavy favorites with +120 odds. The Blue Devils sit all the way down at +3000, eighth in the conference with an implied 3.2% chance to capture the ACC crown.
2025 ACC Championship Winner:
All college football odds via BetMGM
Team Odds Clemson Tigers +120 Miami Hurricanes +350 Louisville Cardinals +700 SMU Mustangs +750 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets +1300 North Carolina Tar Heels +2000 Florida State Seminoles +2200 Duke Blue Devils +3000
The Hurricanes lost quarterback Cam Ward, a Heisman Trophy finalist and the No. 1 overall pick in the NFL draft, but Diaz's former school will start as the second-leading ACC favorites after securing former Georgia Bulldogs quarterback Carson Beck in the transfer portal. The North Carolina Tar Heels will start the 2025 season with better odds to win the ACC than the Blue Devils after hiring six-time Super Bowl champion Bill Belichick, and even the Florida State Seminoles open with lower odds despite their 2-10 record last fall.
Duke gets its next football season underway against Elon on August 28.
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