Bolton Wanderers are at the top end of the League One table after seven games but the bookies still don't back them to be up there come May.
Ian Evatt's men have won three, drawn three and lost one so far in the third tier.
They thumped Ipswich Town 5-2 last time out, away from home, with the only defeat of the league season coming at Cambridge United.
Bolton lost 1-0 there but have beaten Oxford and Lincoln as well as Ipswich, while drawing against AFC Wimbledon, Burton Albion and MK Dons.
Sunderland and Wanderers' rivals Wigan Athletic are the two favourites to go up and those two clubs indeed occupy spots one and two in the table currently.
Here are the latest promotion odds, courtesy of Sky Bet as of 13:00 on September 15, 2021.
League One promotion odds
Sunderland 5/6
Wigan 2/1
Sheffield Wednesday 5/2
Rotherham 11/4
Portsmouth 3/1
Wycombe 3/1
Oxford 4/1
MK Dons 5/1
Ipswich 11/2
Bolton Wanderers 7/1
AFC Wimbledon 9/1
Charlton 9/1
Cheltenham 10/1
Lincoln 10/1
Accrington Stanley 14/1
Burton 14/1
Plymouth 16/1
Fleetwood 22/1
Gillingham 33/1
Crewe 40/1
Morecambe 66/1
Shrewsbury 66/1
Cambridge 80/1
Doncaster 100/1
