Famous for his yearly college football preview, Phil Steele is a man who is involved in many aspects of covering the game. He is a master of computer-based score projections (in case you may have an interest on the spread) as well a man who claims to put in an hour each week per FBS team. Yes, as in 128+ hours per week breaking down the week’s games. He does bowl projections. He ranks mascots. He picks bowl games. He has a legendary mustache. Some of us think he may be a college football robot sent from the future.
Since he sells his full slate of picks each week on ESPN Insider and PhilSteele.com, I will try my best to avoid getting sued. All of the picks I track and post of his on this blog are picks which he releases to the public each week on ESPN podcasts (Behind the Bets, Campus Conversation, etc), Twitter and any PhilSteele.com previews he releases. If you are in desperate need of his full slate of picks each week then I suggest you pay the man his money.
We are also pleased to announce that Phil Steele is our 2015-16 season champion at 77.03% straight up and 53.53% against the spread!
Phil Steele: 2015-16 Champion
Due to some issues with the formatting of Phil’s picks, I am only posting his season records here at this time. This is his record in straight up picks.
| 2008-09 Season | 66.67% | 10-5 |
| 2009-10 Season | 75.10% | 549-182 |
| 2010-11 Season | 74.87% | 593-199 |
| 2011-12 Season | 75.06% | 590-196 |
| 2012-13 Season | 77.09% | 249-74 |
| 2013-14 Season | 74.52% | 117-40 |
| 2014-15 Season | 68.85% | 210-95 |
| 2015-16 Season | 77.13% | 597-174 |
| 2016-17 Season | 73.22% | 257-94 |
| 2017-18 Season | 70.34% | 166-70 |
| Totals | 74.73% | 3338-1129 |
And his record against the spread:
| 2011-12 Season | 50.00% | 1-1-0 |
| 2013-14 Season | 33.33% | 1-2-0 |
| 2014-15 Season | 53.64% | 29-25-1 |
| 2015-16 Season | 53.51% | 121-105-2 |
| 2016-17 Season | 51.24% | 182-173-8 |
| 2017-18 Season | 47.98% | 115-125-7 |
| Total | 51.00% | 449-431-18 |
We are currently migrating old data to a new database, but here’s the 2018 results:
| percent.correct.ats | n.correct | n.wrong | n.tie | |
| Phil.Steele.ATS.Grade | 60.29% | 81 | 53 | 2 |
| Date | Pick | W.L.T |
| 11/3/18 | Alabama -14.5 vs LSU | WIN |
| 11/3/18 | Boston College -2 vs Virginia Tech | WIN |
| 11/3/18 | Louisiana-Monroe + 7.5 vs Georgia Southern | WIN |
| 11/3/18 | Iowa + 3 vs Purdue | WIN |
| 11/3/18 | Marshall -3 vs Southern Miss | LOSS |
| 11/3/18 | East Carolina + 14 vs Memphis | LOSS |
| 11/3/18 | Michigan State -2.5 vs Maryland | WIN |
| 11/3/18 | Florida -6 vs Missouri | LOSS |
| 11/3/18 | Notre Dame -10 vs Northwestern | TIE |
| 11/3/18 | Oklahoma -13.5 vs Texas Tech | LOSS |
| 11/3/18 | Michigan -10 vs Penn State | WIN |
| 11/3/18 | San Jose State + 14 vs Wyoming | LOSS |
| 11/3/18 | Syracuse -6.5 vs Wake Forest | WIN |
| 11/3/18 | Texas A&M + 4.5 vs Auburn | WIN |
| 11/3/18 | Oregon -10 vs UCLA | LOSS |
| 11/3/18 | Princeton -7 vs Dartmouth | LOSS |
| 11/3/18 | Jacksonville University + 1.5 vs Butler University | WIN |
| 11/1/18 | Ohio -2 vs Western Michigan | WIN |
| 10/27/18 | Air Force + 9.5 vs Boise State | WIN |
| 10/27/18 | Florida + 6.5 vs Georgia | LOSS |
| 10/27/18 | Western Kentucky + 3.5 vs FIU | LOSS |
| 10/27/18 | Maryland -17 vs Illinois | WIN |
| 10/27/18 | Iowa + 6.5 vs Penn State | WIN |
| 10/27/18 | Kansas State + 25 vs Oklahoma | LOSS |
| 10/27/18 | Kentucky + 7 vs Missouri | WIN |
| 10/27/18 | North Carolina + 9.5 vs Virginia | LOSS |
| 10/27/18 | Syracuse + 2 vs North Carolina State | WIN |
| 10/27/18 | Oregon -9.5 vs Arizona | LOSS |
| 10/27/18 | Houston -7.5 vs South Florida | WIN |
| 10/27/18 | Charlotte + 7 vs Southern Miss | WIN |
| 10/27/18 | Texas -3.5 vs Oklahoma State | LOSS |
| 10/27/18 | Texas A&M + 2 vs Mississippi State | LOSS |
| 10/27/18 | Arkansas + 1.5 vs Vanderbilt | LOSS |
| 10/27/18 | Louisville -2.5 vs Wake Forest | LOSS |
| 10/27/18 | Stanford -3 vs Washington State | LOSS |
| 10/27/18 | Charleston Southern + 23.5 vs Kennesaw State | LOSS |
| 10/27/18 | Colgate -24.5 vs Georgetown | WIN |
| 10/26/18 | Boston College + 3.5 vs Miami (FL) | WIN |
| 10/20/18 | Auburn -3 vs Mississippi | WIN |
| 10/20/18 | East Carolina + 21.5 vs Central Florida | LOSS |
| 10/20/18 | Temple -3 vs Cincinnati | WIN |
| 10/20/18 | Marshall + 3 vs Florida Atlantic | WIN |
| 10/20/18 | Navy + 12.5 vs Houston | LOSS |
| 10/20/18 | Wisconsin -24.5 vs Illinois | WIN |
| 10/20/18 | Iowa -9 vs Maryland | WIN |
| 10/20/18 | Missouri -9.5 vs Memphis | WIN |
| 10/20/18 | Michigan -7 vs Michigan State | WIN |
| 10/20/18 | North Carolina + 9 vs Syracuse | WIN |
| 10/20/18 | Clemson -17.5 vs North Carolina State | WIN |
| 10/20/18 | Alabama-Birmingham -1 vs North Texas | WIN |
| 10/20/18 | Ohio State -13 vs Purdue | LOSS |
| 10/20/18 | Oregon + 3 vs Washington State | LOSS |
| 10/20/18 | Southern California + 6.5 vs Utah | LOSS |
| 10/20/18 | Tulane -6.5 vs SMU | LOSS |
| 10/20/18 | Kentucky -11 vs Vanderbilt | LOSS |
| 10/20/18 | Florida State -10 vs Wake Forest | WIN |
| 10/20/18 | Western Michigan -4 vs Central Michigan | WIN |
| 10/20/18 | Bucknell + 9.5 vs Lafayette | WIN |
| 10/20/18 | Monmouth + 11.5 vs Campbell | WIN |
| 10/13/18 | Duke + 3 vs Georgia Tech | WIN |
| 10/13/18 | Florida -7 vs Vanderbilt | WIN |
| 10/13/18 | LSU + 7.5 vs Georgia | WIN |
| 10/13/18 | East Carolina + 16 vs Houston | LOSS |
| 10/13/18 | Louisiana Tech -11.5 vs UTSA | WIN |
| 10/13/18 | Boston College -13.5 vs Louisville | WIN |
| 10/13/18 | Michigan State + 14 vs Penn State | WIN |
| 10/13/18 | Arkansas + 6.5 vs Mississippi | WIN |
| 10/13/18 | Kansas State + 7 vs Oklahoma State | WIN |
| 10/13/18 | Notre Dame -21 vs Pittsburgh | LOSS |
| 10/13/18 | Illinois + 10.5 vs Purdue | LOSS |
| 10/13/18 | Eastern Michigan + 2.5 vs Toledo | WIN |
| 10/13/18 | North Carolina + 6 vs Virginia Tech | WIN |
| 10/13/18 | Michigan -8.5 vs Wisconsin | WIN |
| 10/13/18 | South Carolina State + 8 vs Bethune-Cookman | WIN |
| 10/13/18 | Samford -21.5 vs VMI | WIN |
| 10/12/18 | Tulsa + 7.5 vs South Florida | WIN |
| 10/6/18 | Alabama-Birmingham + 9.5 vs Louisiana Tech | WIN |
| 10/6/18 | Mississippi State + 3.5 vs Auburn | WIN |
| 10/6/18 | Mississippi State vs Auburn Under 43 | WIN |
| 10/6/18 | Arizona + 2 vs California | WIN |
| 10/6/18 | Florida State + 14 vs Miami (FL) | WIN |
| 10/6/18 | Iowa State + 10 vs Oklahoma State | WIN |
| 10/6/18 | UL Lafayette -3.5 vs Texas State | WIN |
| 10/6/18 | Florida + 3 vs LSU | WIN |
| 10/6/18 | Air Force + 3 vs Navy | WIN |
| 10/6/18 | Notre Dame -6.5 vs Virginia Tech | WIN |
| 10/6/18 | Texas + 7.5 vs Oklahoma | WIN |
| 10/6/18 | Old Dominion + 13.5 vs Florida Atlantic | LOSS |
| 10/6/18 | Georgia Southern -13.5 vs South Alabama | WIN |
| 10/6/18 | Rice -1 vs UTSA | LOSS |
| 10/6/18 | Samford -9.5 vs Western Carolina | WIN |
| 10/6/18 | Cornell + 7.5 vs Harvard | WIN |
| 9/29/18 | Florida + 7.5 vs Mississippi State | WIN |
| 9/29/18 | MTSU + 3.5 vs Florida Atlantic | WIN |
| 9/29/18 | Air Force -6.5 vs Nevada | LOSS |
| 9/29/18 | Ohio State -3.5 vs Penn State | LOSS |
| 9/29/18 | Oregon -2.5 vs California | WIN |
| 9/29/18 | Nebraska + 3.5 vs Purdue | LOSS |
| 9/29/18 | Notre Dame -5.5 vs Stanford | WIN |
| 9/29/18 | Syracuse + 24 vs Clemson | WIN |
| 9/22/18 | Utah State -11 vs Air Force | LOSS |
| 9/22/18 | Clemson -16.5 vs Georgia Tech | WIN |
| 9/22/18 | East Carolina + 22.5 vs South Florida | WIN |
| 9/22/18 | Georgia -14 vs Missouri | TIE |
| 9/22/18 | Navy -6.5 vs SMU | LOSS |
| 9/22/18 | Marshall + 5.5 vs North Carolina State | LOSS |
| 9/22/18 | Texas + 3 vs TCU | WIN |
| 9/22/18 | Wisconsin -3 vs Iowa | WIN |
| 9/21/18 | Southern California -4 vs Washington State | LOSS |
| 9/15/18 | Mississippi vs Alabama Over 71 | LOSS |
| 9/15/18 | Alabama -21 vs Mississippi | WIN |
| 9/15/18 | Arizona State -5.5 vs San Diego State | LOSS |
| 9/15/18 | Boise State + 2.5 vs Oklahoma State | LOSS |
| 9/15/18 | Eastern Michigan + 3.5 vs Buffalo | LOSS |
| 9/15/18 | Auburn -10 vs LSU | LOSS |
| 9/15/18 | Ohio State -13.5 vs TCU | LOSS |
| 9/15/18 | Notre Dame -13.5 vs Vanderbilt | LOSS |
| 9/8/18 | Texas A&M + 12 vs Clemson | LOSS |
| 9/8/18 | Eastern Michigan + 17 vs Purdue | WIN |
| 9/8/18 | Old Dominion + 1 vs FIU | LOSS |
| 9/8/18 | South Carolina + 10 vs Georgia | LOSS |
| 9/8/18 | Florida -14 vs Kentucky | LOSS |
| 9/8/18 | Navy + 7 vs Memphis | WIN |
| 9/8/18 | Arizona State + 6 vs Michigan State | WIN |
| 9/8/18 | Kansas State + 9 vs Mississippi State | LOSS |
| 9/8/18 | Stanford -5 vs Southern California | WIN |
| 9/3/18 | Florida State -7 vs Virginia Tech | LOSS |
| 9/1/18 | MTSU + 4.5 vs Vanderbilt | LOSS |
| 9/1/18 | Hawaii vs Navy Over 62 | WIN |
| 9/1/18 | UNLV + 26.5 vs Southern California | WIN |
| 9/1/18 | Northern Illinois + 10 vs Iowa | LOSS |
| 9/1/18 | Old Dominion -6.5 vs Liberty | LOSS |
| 9/1/18 | Arizona State -18.5 vs UTSA | WIN |
| 8/31/18 | Duke -13.5 vs Army | WIN |
| 8/31/18 | Utah State + 23.5 vs Michigan State | WIN |
| 8/30/18 | Northwestern + 1 vs Purdue | WIN |
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53 % against the spread with steele thats just average thought he was suppose to be a guru