Super Bowl Betting: Colts vs Saints NFL Odds Total

The highest total ever in Super Bowl betting history is on the board in NFL odds for Super Bowl XLIV as the New Orleans Saints face the Indianapolis Colts on Sunday with a start time of 6:00pm EST on CBS. The previous record for the highest betting total was two years ago when the total on the game between the New York Giants and New England Patriots was 55. It should be noted that game went way UNDER the Super Bowl odds with the Giants winning 17-14. Recent Super Bowl betting history total points lean toward the game going UNDER.

In fact, four of the last five games have gone UNDER the Super Bowl odds total. If not for a late Pittsburgh touchdown last year, it would be five straight unders. Many people are looking at the offenses for the Colts vs Saints and predicting a high scoring game. The Saints led the NFL with 31.9-points per game while the Colts were 7th at 26-points per game. Now you can see where the Super Bowl betting odds makers got their total of 56.5 from. The Colts have the defensive edge as they were 8th in points allowed this season while the Saints were 20th.

When people bet the Super Bowl odds totals, they don’t want to bet the UNDER. They want to see points scored so they bet the OVER. That could be why that four of the last five Super Bowl betting totals have gone under. It used to be that betting the OVER was the way to go in Super Bowl betting since before that streak of four straight UNDERS, 14 of the previous 20 Super Bowls had gone OVER. When you see a high total in NFL odds total in Super Bowl betting, the first thing you should consider is taking the UNDER. In the regular season when the total is 50 or higher, about 75% of the time the game goes UNDER. Bet the Super Bowl total of 57 for Sunday’s game with a start time of 6:00pm EST on CBS.

For example, the Saints were the highest scoring team in the NFL this season. They had nine of their games that had a betting total of 50 or more and six of those nine games went UNDER. The Colts had one of their games with a total of 50 or higher and it went UNDER. Keep in mind though that both of the Saints playoff games had totals of over 50 and went OVER. In Super Bowl betting history, there have been six games that had a total of 50 or more and the over/under was 3-3. It is not going to be easy to take Super Bowl XLIV betting total UNDER the NFL odds with these offenses but that could be where the real value is.