Seven months of waiting are over, and the Green Bay Packers finally get to play games that count when they open the 2026 season Sunday afternoon on the road against the rival Minnesota Vikings.
That also means it’s time for the oddsmakers to reset the board, and Green Bay’s Super Bowl 61 position has taken a noticeable hit. For the first time in any of the offseason looks at these numbers, the Packers are no longer sitting in the top 10 overall. They’re tied for 13th at +2000 and tied with the Denver Broncos, while ranking sixth among NFC teams.
The NFC race ahead of them is crowded. Green Bay trails the Los Angeles Rams, the defending champion Seattle Seahawks, the Philadelphia Eagles, the Detroit Lions, and the San Francisco 49ers in conference odds. Super Bowl 61 is set for February 14, 2027, at SoFi Stadium, home of the Los Angeles Rams and Los Angeles Chargers.
Here’s how the board stacks up for all teams to win the title and, separately, to reach the game as their conference representative:
Team
Super Bowl 61
AFC
NFC
Los Angeles Rams
+500
+290
Buffalo Bills
+1000
+500
Baltimore Ravens
+1000
+520
Seattle Seahawks
+1200
+600
Kansas City Chiefs
+1600
+780
Philadelphia Eagles
+1700
+850
Los Angeles Chargers
+1700
+830
Cincinnati Bengals
+1800
+850
New England Patriots
+1800
+870
Houston Texans
+1800
+870
Detroit Lions
+1900
+930
San Francisco 49ers
+1900
+950
Green Bay Packers
+2000
+1050
Denver Broncos
+2000
+970
Chicago Bears
+2400
+1250
Dallas Cowboys
+2500
+1250
Jacksonville Jaguars
+3000
+1500
Pittsburgh Steelers
+5000
+2400
Minnesota Vikings
+5000
+2400
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
+5500
+2200
Washington Commanders
+6000
+3000
Indianapolis Colts
+6000
+3000
New York Giants
+7000
+3500
New Orleans Saints
+9000
+4000
Carolina Panthers
+9000
+4000
Tennessee Titans
+13000
+5500
Atlanta Falcons
+13000
+5200
Las Vegas Raiders
+15000
+6600
New York Jets
+20000
+9000
Cleveland Browns
+20000
+9000
Miami Dolphins
+35000
+16000
Arizona Cardinals
+50000
+20000
The Packers’ drop is easy to trace. Micah Parsons is set to miss at least the first four games after starting the season on the PUP list, and Green Bay enters Week 1 coming off a stretch that changed the feel of its 2025 season.
The team had looked like a real Lombardi Trophy threat for much of the year, then dropped four straight to finish the regular season, with that skid beginning the day Parsons suffered his season-ending ACL injury. That slide sent the Packers down to the seventh and final NFC playoff spot.
Even then, Green Bay had a chance to get rolling in the postseason. The Packers led the rival Chicago Bears 21-6 going into the fourth quarter of their playoff opener, but they let 25 points get away in the final frame and lost 31-27.
This latest number is a far cry from where Green Bay sat in the previous offseason snapshots. Right after Seattle won Super Bowl 60 over the New England Patriots, the Packers were tied with the Detroit Lions for seventh overall and tied for fourth in the NFC at +1400.
In mid-March, after the first wave of free agency, they slipped slightly to +1500 but climbed to a tie for fifth overall and third in the conference. By late April, after the draft, they moved to +1600, which still left them tied for sixth overall and tied for third in the NFC.
Now, though, they’re outside the top 10 entirely and sitting behind a bigger group of NFC contenders than before.
The numbers may not carry much weight once the season starts rolling, but there is one constant worth noting for Green Bay fans: every time these Super Bowl 61 odds have been checked, the Packers have been ahead of the Chicago Bears.
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