What Are the Early Odds for WVU Football to Win the Big 12 Title?

Rich Rodriguez has made it clear he truly believes WVU can win a Big 12 title in 2025, but what do oddsmakers think of his bold confidence?

At least according to FanDuel, the odds of West Virginia going from being in the middle of the pack for years to lifting the trophy aren’t great. The Mountaineers are now +5000, which is in contrast to Texas Tech as the current betting favorite at +600.

As of early May with the entire summer to go, there’s only one program viewed as less likely than WVU to win the 2025 Big 12 championship. Arizona currently has the lowest odds at +6500. Oklahoma State and UCF share the +5000 odds with West Virginia.

“I think our staff has done a good job. I think we have one or two spots left open, but in this ever-changing world of college athletics, it’s been really crazy. But I’ve said this many times. The goal post will move, we gotta move with it,” Rodriguez told WV Sports Now’s Mike Asti directly about having to make tough decisions on who to cut and who to bring in.

“We gotta do everything we can to try to improve our roster every day, not every month but every day.”

While Rodriguez brought West Virginia conference titles and major bowl wins during his first tenure, the Mountaineers are coming off the program’s worst six-year stretch since before Don Nehlen arrived in 1980.

West Virginia failed to even achieve one single ranking in the Associated Press under Neal Brown – they did finish the 2023 season ranked No. 25 in the Coaches Poll.

Despite a complete overhaul of the roster and having to implement a new culture, Rodriguez believes West Virginia can compete for a national championship. In fact, Rodriguez admitted he wouldn’t have accepted the job without being sold on WVU’s plan to succeed at the highest level.

“I think if the rev share comes in and the so-called salary cap comes in, it’ll give some sense of fairness across the board.”

However, no matter what happens, Rodriguez just simply believes it can happen, even if some think he’s crazy.

“I believe in our state. I believe in our university. I believe in our coaches. And I believe in our program. You look at Arizona State that went from worst to first in the Big 12. We could do the same thing.”

For a related story, WV Sports Now caught up with Rich Rodriguez at the WVU Coaches Caravan stop in Pittsburgh.