{"id":690965,"date":"2026-01-20T10:53:32","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T10:53:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/690965\/"},"modified":"2026-01-20T10:53:32","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T10:53:32","slug":"sports-betting-roundup-all-four-favorites-win-in-divisional-round-of-nfl-playoffs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/690965\/","title":{"rendered":"Sports betting roundup: All four favorites win in divisional round of NFL Playoffs"},"content":{"rendered":"

Just like last week, it was another super round of NFL playoff games.<\/a><\/p>\n

The divisional round delivered some thrilling games, including two that went to overtime. The Broncos<\/a> will host the Patriots in the AFC Championship, while the Seahawks<\/a> will host the Rams in the NFC Championship.<\/p>\n

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Here\u2019s a look at how things played out from a sports betting perspective:<\/p>\n

Trends of the Week<\/p>\n

All four NFL favorites won, and three of the four covered the spread. The only team that did not cover the spread was the Rams, who were 3.5-point favorites against the Bears and won 20-17 in overtime<\/a>. Los Angeles took in 43% of the bets and 41% of the money.<\/p>\n

In terms of over\/under, three of the four games went over. The only game that went under was the Rams-Bears, short of the total set at 49.<\/p>\n

In the first divisional round game Saturday afternoon, the Broncos beat the Bills 33-30<\/a> in overtime, covering the spread as 1.5-point favorites. Denver only took in 43% of the bets and 31% of the money. Josh Allen<\/a> is now 0-7 in overtime games.<\/p>\n

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The Patriots took down the Texans 28-16<\/a> at home Sunday afternoon. New England was a 3-point favorite and took in 62% of the bets and 70% of the money.<\/p>\n

Upset of the Week<\/p>\n

The most bet player to score a touchdown on Sunday was Rams wide receiver Puka Nacua (-125). He had scored at least one touchdown in four straight games, but did not find the end zone against the Bears. He finished with five catches for 56 yards.<\/p>\n

Coming Up<\/p>\n

The college football national championship game<\/a> between Indiana<\/a> and Miami<\/a> is set for Monday night in Miami.<\/p>\n

As of Monday morning, the Hoosiers are 7.5-point favorites, and the line hasn\u2019t moved since it opened.<\/p>\n

Indiana is drawing 76% of the bets and 79% of the money.<\/p>\n

___<\/p>\n

This column was provided to The Associated Press by BetMGM online sportsbook.<\/p>\n

___<\/p>\n

AP sports: https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/sports<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Just like last week, it was another super round of NFL playoff games. The divisional round delivered some…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":690966,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[77],"tags":[114,231,422,7,872,1014,216,1167,112,6,1797,84,208,1088,424,5433,3394,10891,100819],"class_list":["post-690965","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl-playoffs","tag-afc-championship","tag-denver","tag-divisional-round","tag-football","tag-josh-allen","tag-los-angeles","tag-miami","tag-new-england","tag-nfc-championship","tag-nfl","tag-nfl-playoff-games","tag-nfl-playoffs","tag-patriots","tag-puka-nacua","tag-rams","tag-sports-betting","tag-the-bears","tag-the-broncos","tag-thrilling-games"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115927056716389723","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/690965","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=690965"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/690965\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/690966"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=690965"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=690965"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=690965"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}