The phrase "as second favorites" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing preferences or rankings, particularly in contexts like sports, competitions, or polls.
Example: "In the upcoming championship, the team is considered as second favorites to win after the reigning champions."
Alternatives: "as the runners-up" or "as the next best choice".
Woods has been made a 5-1 favorine in the legal betting shops, with Phil Mickelson and Padriag Harrington as second favorites at 16-1.
The odds continued to drop, then dropped yet again, as Vegas did unexpectedly well -- even delivering excellent ratings numbers in the playoffs for NBC -- and Bovada.lv listed the Golden Knights on Tuesday as second favorites for the Cup, at 12-5, only behind Washington, at 8-5.
They have, unfortunately, been victims of the Asian crisis, as has my second favorite area, technology.
Gloves with furry fingers, tough fur boots, and shaved and fluffy pelts melded into one single jacket all spoke of winter cold, as did the dirty, urban-snow white as a second favorite color after black.
NTT customers voted her as their eighth favorite black haired female anime character.
Toccet finished the mile and an eighth in 1 50.40 and paid $5.30 as the second favorite.
The beaten favorite in the Three Chimneys at Churchill Downs on Kentucky Derby day, May 3, Heckle rebounded as the second favorite in the field of seven in the Tremont.
Armbro Rotary and Silver Pine will leave from the second and third post, respectively, and were installed as the second favorite at 7-2.
This year, With Anticipation paid $7.60 on a $2 bet to win as the second favorite and covered the mile and a half over a firm turf course in a sparkling 2 24.06, two and two-fifths seconds faster than his time of a year ago.
Martin Scorsese ranked it as his second favorite film of the 1990s on At the Movies.
Melatonin was listed as the second favorite, at 7-2, beHoppertunityuniny in the field of eight.
