Star quarterback Peyton Manning and the Denver Broncos have been installed as $6.50 favourites by online bookmaker sportsbet to win Super Bowl XLVIII with the NFL season getting underway from this Friday.

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Last season’s runners-up San Francisco are on the second line of betting at $8.00 and are followed by the Seattle Seahawks ($9.00), who have Aussie Jesse ‘The Monster’ Williams on their roster but who’s set to miss the entire season through injury, Tom Brady and the New England Patriots ($10), Green Bay Packers ($11) and Houston Texans ($13).

Last year’s Super Bowl champs Baltimore have been opened at $19. The Broncos and 49ers have been opened at $3.10 and $4.33 to respectively win the AFC and NFC Championships.

In the all-important MVP race, 37-year-old Manning heads the betting at $7.00, from Green Bay QB Aaron Rodgers ($10), Brady and reigning MVP Adrian Peterson (both $11). Despite being cut by the Patriots on the eve of the season, Tim Tebow is a $326 shot.

Sportsbet.com.au has hundreds of markets open on the upcoming NFL season, including the opening round matches which is highlighted by the Broncos ($1.26) clash against Baltimore ($4.05) and the 49ers ($1.44) showdown with Green Bay ($2.88).

Markets courtesy of sportsbet.com.au

Super Bowl XLVIII

$6.50 Denver Broncos

$8.00 San Francisco 49ers

$9.00 Seattle Seahawks

$10 New England Patriots

$11 Green Bay Packers

$13 Houston Texans

$15 Atlanta Falcons

$19 Pittsburgh Steelers, Baltimore Ravens, New Orleans Saints

$21 New York Giants

$26 Miami Dolphins, Cincinnati Bengals

$34 Chicago Bears, Dallas Cowboys, Indianapolis Colts, Detroit Lions, Washington Redskins

$41 Philadelphia Eagles, San Diego Chargers, Minnesota Vikings, Tampa Bay Buccaneers

$51 Buffalo Bills, Kansas City Chiefs, Carolina Panthers

$67 New York Jets, St. Louis Rams

$101 Oakland Raiders, Tennessee Titans, Arizona Cardinals, Cleveland Browns

$201 Jacksonville Jaguars

NFC Championship

$4.33 San Francisco 49ers

$4.50 Seattle Seahawks

$6.00 Green Bay Packers

$8.50 Atlanta Falcons

$11 New Orleans Saints

Others quoted

AFC Championship

$3.10 Denver Broncos

$4.00 New England Patriots

$6.00 Houston Texans

$9.00 Baltimore Ravens

$9.50 Pittsburgh Steelers

Others quoted

NFL MVP

$7.00 Peyton Manning

$10 Aaron Rodgers

$11 Tom Brady, Adrian Peterson

$13 Drew Brees

$15 Colin Kaepernick

$21 Russell Wilson, Matt Ryan

$26 Calvin Johnson, Robert Griffin III, Tony Romo, Matthew Stafford

$31 Chris Johnson, Eli Manning, Andrew Luck, Ben Roethlisberger, Marshawn Lynch, Arian Foster

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$326 Tim Tebow