Elite Eight Set in Run-up to Super Bowl 57
The NFL postseason field has been trimmed from 14 in the Wild Card Round to eight in the Divisional Round, and we know one thing for sure: no NFC North team will win Super Bowl 57. NFL betting fans were stunned when the sole NFC North representative the third-seeded Minnesota Vikings were upset in their Wild Card game against the No. 6 New York Giants.
Minnesota had been playing with fire all season, winning a league-record 11 games by one score – including a walk-off victory against the Giants in Week 16. The NFC North has spawned the eventual Super Bowl champion five times, with four of those coming from the Green Bay Packers and one by the Chicago Bears.
Online sports betting fans will know that the Detroit Lions are the lone NFC team to never reach a Super Bowl. The Vikings are 0-4 all-time in the big game and haven’t been there since following the 1976 season.
The NFC South has produced the Super Bowl winner three times. That statistic won’t change this year after the Tampa Bay Buccaneers lost at home to the Dallas Cowboys in the Wild Card Round, perhaps ending Tom Brady’s career with the Bucs. The Bucs remain the most recent NFC South Super Bowl champions after winning the 2020 title in Brady’s first season in Tampa Bay.
With the NFC North and South divisions out of the running, every other division still has at least one team remaining. Let’s break down the latest sports betting odds for each NFL division to win Super Bowl 57.