29% Expect Colts to Win Super Bowl
Sunday, December 20, 2009
Prior to this weekend, there were two undefeated teams in the NFL, and most football fans expected that one of them would emerge as the Super Bowl champion at the end of the season.
The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey of football fans finds that 29% expect the Indianapolis Colts to win it all while 26% say the New Orleans Saints will win their first title. But that was before the Saints lost 24-17 to the Dallas Cowboys on Saturday night.
While the Colts and Saints are the favorites, 14% think the Brett Favre and the Minnesota Vikings will win the title. Earlier this season , 17% picked the Vikings to win it all. At the time, that was enough to make them the favorites. In that October survey, 12% thought the Saints would win and 9% picked the Colts.
The Saints are the fan favorite, though. Twenty-one percent (21%) of football fans are rooting for the Saints to win it all. The Colts and Vikings each have backing from 15%.
Colts fans are a bit cockier than the others. Sixty-six percent (66%) of those rooting for Peyton Manning and his team expect them to win the Super Bowl. Sixty-one percent (61%) of Saints fans think that Drew Brees will lead his team to victory. Fifty-six percent (56%) of Vikings fans believe their team will win.
Twenty-two percent (22%) say it's Very Likely that either the Colts or the Saints will survive the season undefeated. Another 46% say it's Somewhat Likely that one of the teams will have a perfect season this year. But now there's only one undefeated team left.
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