2025 NFC North Division NFL Betting
In 2024, the Detroit Lions won the NFC North for the second consecutive year. They had not won it since 1993. Prior to that, the Green Bay Packers were the dominant team in the division eight times from 2011 through 2021, with the Minnesota Vikings winning it three times and the Bears on time in that span. Although the Lions have never played in a Super Bowl, they have never looked this close to a trip to Super Sunday as they do now. Hence, for 2025, the future markets show the Lions as the favorite to repeat, with the Packers as a second choice.
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Detroit head coach Dan Campbell is a classic case of being the right man at the right time. His rough-edged personality fits perfectly in the Motor City. Detroit fans and players love Campbell as the coach. He is seen as the one who can finally lead the Lions to the Super Bowl for the first time. For Lion fans, that has been an impossible dream.
Another Detroit success story is Rams castoff quarterback Jared Goff. In the year Goff was traded to Detroit for Matt Stafford, the Rams won the Super Bowl. But in the 2023 NFC Playoffs, Goff got some revenge with a win over his old team. In 2024, he had the best season of his career.
Two years ago, the Green Bay Packers were written off for dead towards the end of the campaign. But head coach Matt LaFleur and first-year starting QB Jordan Love rallied the Pack to a playoff berth. However, Green Bay flopped in the 2024 wild card round after making the 2023 divisional round.
The NFC North is a division rich with generational and regional rivalries and legacy franchises. These franchises have shared this division, once known as the NFC Central, since 1961, when the Minnesota Vikings were a newborn expansion franchise that joined the stalwart Green Bay Packers, Detroit Lions, and Chicago Bears.
Some of the most historic figures in pro football made their names in the NFC North. First and foremost was the Papa Bear, NFL, and Chicago Bears founder George Halas. The Green Bay Packers have the greatest coach in history, Vince Lombardi, headlining their proud history. The Lombardi Trophy goes to the Super Bowl champion each year. The Minnesota Vikings were led to glory by Hall of Fame coach Bud Grant, who took them to four Super Bowls. The lineage of legendary players from the NFC North would take several pages.
List of Division Champions (2000)
| TEAM |
WINNER |
RECORD |
| 2024 |
Detroit Lions |
15-2 |
| 2023 |
Detroit Lions |
12-5 |
| 2022 |
Minnesota Vikings |
13-4 |
| 2021 |
Green Bay Packers |
13-4 |
| 2020 |
Green Bay Packers |
13-3 |
| 2019 |
Green Bay Packers |
13-3 |
| 2018 |
Chicago Bears |
12-4 |
| 2017 |
Minnesota Vikings |
13–3 |
| 2016 |
Green Bay Packers |
10–6 |
| 2015 |
Minnesota Vikings |
11–5 |
| 2014 |
Green Bay Packers |
12–4 |
| 2013 |
Green Bay Packers |
8–7–1 |
| 2012 |
Green Bay Packers |
11–5 |
| 2011 |
Green Bay Packers |
15–1 |
| 2010 |
Chicago Bears |
11-5 |
| 2009 |
Minnesota Vikings |
12–4 |
| 2008 |
Minnesota Vikings |
10–6 |
| 2007 |
Green Bay Packers |
13–3 |
| 2006 |
Chicago Bears |
13-3 |
| 2005 |
Chicago Bears |
11-5 |
| 2004 |
Green Bay Packers |
10–6 |
| 2003 |
Green Bay Packers |
10–6 |
| 2002 |
Green Bay Packers |
12–4 |
| 2001 |
Chicago Bears |
13–3 |
| 2000 |
Minnesota Vikings |
11–5 |
It had been 30 years since the Detroit Lions last won a division title. But Detroit ended its futility impressively for 2023. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers had won the NFC Central more recently than the Lions have won this current division, underscoring just how futile this franchise had been in the Super Bowl era.
NFC North Division Titles
| TEAM |
TITLES |
PLAYOFF BERTHS |
| Minnesota Vikings |
21 |
32 |
| Green Bay Packers |
17 |
27 |
| Chicago Bears |
11 |
15 |
| Detroit Lions |
5 |
14 |
The NFC North evolved out of the NFC Central, which in its glory years was known as the "Black and Blue Division." This division has three of the oldest franchises in the NFL: the Chicago Bears, Green Bay Packers, and Detroit Lions. They are entrenched as the most-played rivalries in the league. Given their status as relative newcomers, it has been impressive to see Minnesota win this many division titles, even though the Vikings have yet to win a Super Bowl.
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