For the second time in franchise history, the Seattle Seahawks are Super Bowl champions, after a stifling 29-13 win over the New England Patriots.With the 2025 NFL season officially in the books, the early prognosticators are already at work sorting the field for the 2026 season and who will be hoisting the Lombardi Trophy on Valentine’s Day, 2027.After a third-straight year without a playoff appearance, the Cincinnati Bengals find themselves in the middle of the pack of next year’s Super Bowl odds.DraftKings has the Bengals at +2500, or 25-to-1, odds at winning their first Super Bowl title, tied with the Chicago Bears, for the 15th-best odds of the 32-team league.BetMGM has the Bengals with the 16th-best odds, at +3000, behind the Bears (+2500) and tied with the Dallas Cowboys (+3000).Cincinnati opens in the same spot on FanDuel, tied for the 16th-best odds with the Cowboys at +3000.If the Bengals are hoping for a good omen ahead of next season, they don’t need to look further than the newly-crowned champions.Seattle opened last season with 60-1 odds to win the Super Bowl, making them the fourth-most-unlikely champion of the four major sports.New England, who lost to Seattle Sunday, opened the season with even longer odds, at +8000, making this year’s Super Bowl matchup one of the most implausible in Super Bowl history.Both teams defied expectations, with each winning their conference after posting 14-3 records in the regular season.Next year’s Super Bowl will be played on Feb. 14, 2027. Super Bowl LXI will be held at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California.The last time SoFi Stadium hosted a Super Bowl was in 2022, when the Bengals fell to the Los Angeles Rams in Super Bowl LVI.

CINCINNATI —

For the second time in franchise history, the Seattle Seahawks are Super Bowl champions, after a stifling 29-13 win over the New England Patriots.

With the 2025 NFL season officially in the books, the early prognosticators are already at work sorting the field for the 2026 season and who will be hoisting the Lombardi Trophy on Valentine’s Day, 2027.

After a third-straight year without a playoff appearance, the Cincinnati Bengals find themselves in the middle of the pack of next year’s Super Bowl odds.

DraftKings has the Bengals at +2500, or 25-to-1, odds at winning their first Super Bowl title, tied with the Chicago Bears, for the 15th-best odds of the 32-team league.

BetMGM has the Bengals with the 16th-best odds, at +3000, behind the Bears (+2500) and tied with the Dallas Cowboys (+3000).

Cincinnati opens in the same spot on FanDuel, tied for the 16th-best odds with the Cowboys at +3000.

If the Bengals are hoping for a good omen ahead of next season, they don’t need to look further than the newly-crowned champions.

Seattle opened last season with 60-1 odds to win the Super Bowl, making them the fourth-most-unlikely champion of the four major sports.

New England, who lost to Seattle Sunday, opened the season with even longer odds, at +8000, making this year’s Super Bowl matchup one of the most implausible in Super Bowl history.

Both teams defied expectations, with each winning their conference after posting 14-3 records in the regular season.

Next year’s Super Bowl will be played on Feb. 14, 2027. Super Bowl LXI will be held at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California.

The last time SoFi Stadium hosted a Super Bowl was in 2022, when the Bengals fell to the Los Angeles Rams in Super Bowl LVI.