One of our favorite holiday traditions around here is Mark Schlabach’s yearly bowl picks. Here they are via ESPN.com.
| Date | Picks |
| 1/7/19 | Alabama over Clemson |
| 1/1/19 | LSU over Central Florida |
| 1/1/19 | Georgia over Texas |
| 1/1/19 | Mississippi State over Iowa |
| 1/1/19 | Penn State over Kentucky |
| 1/1/19 | Ohio State over Washington |
| 12/31/18 | Cincinnati over Virginia Tech |
| 12/31/18 | Oregon over Michigan State |
| 12/31/18 | Missouri over Oklahoma State |
| 12/31/18 | Texas A&M over North Carolina State |
| 12/31/18 | Utah over Northwestern |
| 12/31/18 | Stanford over Pittsburgh |
| 12/29/18 | Alabama over Oklahoma |
| 12/29/18 | Arkansas State over Nevada |
| 12/29/18 | Clemson over Notre Dame |
| 12/29/18 | Michigan over Florida |
| 12/29/18 | South Carolina over Virginia |
| 12/28/18 | Purdue over Auburn |
| 12/28/18 | Washington State over Iowa State |
| 12/28/18 | Syracuse over West Virginia |
| 12/27/18 | Vanderbilt over Baylor |
| 12/27/18 | Temple over Duke |
| 12/27/18 | Wisconsin over Miami (FL) |
| 12/26/18 | Boise State over Boston College |
| 12/26/18 | TCU over California |
| 12/26/18 | Georgia Tech over Minnesota |
| 12/22/18 | Army over Houston |
| 12/22/18 | Troy over Buffalo |
| 12/22/18 | Louisiana Tech over Hawaii |
| 12/22/18 | Memphis over Wake Forest |
| 12/21/18 | BYU over Western Michigan |
| 12/21/18 | FIU over Toledo |
| 12/20/18 | Marshall over South Florida |
| 12/19/18 | Ohio over San Diego State |
| 12/18/18 | Alabama-Birmingham over Northern Illinois |
| 12/15/18 | Appalachian State over MTSU |
| 12/15/18 | Fresno State over Arizona State |
| 12/15/18 | Georgia Southern over Eastern Michigan |
| 12/15/18 | Tulane over UL Lafayette |
| 12/15/18 | Utah State over North Texas |
| 12/15/18 | North Carolina A&T over Alcorn State |