2024 Big 12 Football Championship Odds: Utah Utes favored

The Big 12 lost its two premier programs this offseason, but the change means the conference is just about anyone's to win.

The Texas Longhorns and Oklahoma Sooners left for the Big Ten, but the Big 12 brought in former Pac-12 teams Arizona, Arizona State, Colorado and Utah to fill its ranks.

Will one of the new teams win the conference this year, or will a member of the old guard - such as Kansas State, Oklahoma State or Central Florida - take the trophy?

2024 Big 12 Football Championship Odds

Utah	+300
Kansas State	+350
Oklahoma State	+700
Central Florida	+900
Kansas	+900
Arizona	+1000
Iowa State	+1000
Texas Tech	+1200
TCU	+1600
West Virginia	+1800
Colorado	+2800

The Utah Utes, led by a healthy Cam Rising at quarterback, enter the 2024 college football season as the favorites to win the Big 12.

Utah boosted its receiving corps and defense ahead of its move to the Big 12. Rising, who threw for 26 touchdowns and 3,034 yards while leading Utah to a 10-4 record in 2022, will be a huge difference-maker.

Second in the market are the Kansas State Wildcats. They lost experienced QB Will Howard, who transferred to Ohio State, but second-year signal caller Avery Johnson is expected to start in Week 1 and has been highly touted.

In his first career start in the Pop Tarts Bowl last season, Johnson posted 178 pass yards, 71 rush yards and three TDs against NC State to earn the game's MVP honor.

The Oklahoma State Cowboys are third in the odds, and they will be led by seventh-year QB Alan Bowman who will look to improve upon his 15-14 TD-INT ratio over 14 games last season. They also have star running back Ollie Gordon, who posted 1,732 rushing yards and 22 rushing TDs on 285 carries last season.

Central Florida is fourth in the Big 12 outright market. They brought in 27 transfers, including two 6-foot-3 receivers, two QBs, and three linebackers. Transfer QB KJ Jefferson is likely to take the starting job, and he spent three seasons as the starter at Arkansas.

Kansas has the same odds as Central Florida to win the Big 12. The Jayhawks improved in the trenches on either side of the ball through the transfer portal this offseason, and they enter the season with the knowledge that they've improved upon their previous season's record in each of the past three campaigns.

Arizona and Iowa State have the joint-sixth shortest odds.

Arizona returns QB Noah Fifita, who posted a 25-6 TD-INT ratio while completing 72.4 percent of is passes last season. And, like other former Pac-12 teams making the move to the Big 12, the Wildcats improved their defense through the transfer portal.

The Iowa State Cyclones return starting QB Rocco Becht - 62.9 completion percentage, 3,120 pass yards, 23-8 TD-INT ratio in 13 games last season - and they brought in a pair of WRs and a pair of offensive linemen through the portal.

Texas Tech, TCU and West Virginia are the teams longer than 10/1 but shorter than 20/1 to win the conference.

Further back at +2800 are Coach Prime's Colorado Buffaloes. Led by coach Deion Sanders and his son, QB Shedeur Sanders, the Buffaloes went 4-8 last season after beginning with an upset win over TCU, who were College Football Playoff finalists the season before.

Just like last offseason, the Buffs had plenty of roster turnover. A total of 42 players joined the program while 41 left, but key players Sanders and WR/CB Travis Hunter are back and healthy.

The teams with the longest odds at 60/1 or longer are the Baylor Bears, Cincinnati Bearcats, Arizona State Sun Devils, BYU Cougars and Houston Cougars.

Odds displayed within this article were correct at the time of writing and are subject to change.