| CFMinded.com picks Underlined; | ||
| Favorites | Opponent | Bowl |
| Wake Forest @ | North Carolina | “North Carolina Bowl” |
| Washington State -9 | Houston | “Fast & Fast Bowl” |
| Central Florida @ -7 1/2 | Stanford | “Long States Bowl” |
| Alabama 25 1/2 | South Carolina @ | “Tide Gate Bowl” |
| USC -3 1/2 | BYU @ | “PAC is Back or Not Bowl” |
| Iowa -2 1/2 | Iowa St @ | “Iowa Bowl” |
| Michigan St @ -14 | Arizona St | “Revenge Bowl” |
| Florida -8 | Kentucky @ | “Alligator Farm Bowl” |
| TCU -2 1/2 | Purdue @ | “Cold & Heat Bowl” |
| Clemson -28 | Syracuse @ | “Oranges Bowl” |
| Virginia @ -7 1/2 | Florida St | “Coaches Direction Bowl” |
| Oklahoma -22 1/2 | UCLA @ | “Sooner & Later Bowl” |
| Texas Tech -2 | Arizona @ | “Dry Desert Bowl” |