New York Rangers to win the Metropolitan Division

Vancouver Canucks to win the Pacific Division

Those were followed by a trio of favorable boxing outcomes. On April 21, Ryan Garcia — a +440 underdog — scored a majority-decision upset of WBC super lightweight champ Devin Haney.

In a May 12 IBF lightweight title fight, Vasyl Lomachenko earned a TKO against George Kambosos Jr. And on May 18, Oleksandr Usyk won a split decision vs. Tyson Fury in a battle for the undisputed heavyweight title.

That’s a rematch of a thrilling regular-season game. The Ducks were 3.5-point home underdogs and squeaked out a 32-31 win in Week 7.

If Ohio State wins the rematch as a 2.5-point favorite, Texas could be waiting in the semis at the Cotton Bowl. At the moment, Caesars Sports has Texas as the +270 favorite to win the National Championship, followed by the Buckeyes at +360 and Oregon at +375.

Then comes Penn State at +500 and Notre Dame and Georgia, both +550. Any of those three teams could await Ohio State in the championship game. 

The original owner of that bet figured it was best to get out early. But the 14-leg parlay lives on for the person who made a $16,750 investment, hoping it turns into $147,507.44 on Jan. 20.