Tracking college football picks and predictions for YOU
Here’s this morning’s picks for the New Year’s (or January 2nd) picks!
Lee Corso:
USC over Penn St (Headgear pick)
Kirk Herbstreit:
Iowa over Florida
Wisconsin over W.Michigan
OU over Auburn
Desmond Howard:
Iowa over Florida
Wisconsin over W.Michigan
OU over Auburn
USC over Penn St
David Pollack:
Iowa over Florida
Wisconsin over W.Michigan
Auburn over OU
USC over Penn St
We are sooooo close to the kickoff of this year’s CFB Playoff, so I figured it was time to put together a megapost with this year’s playoff predictions. I’ll be updating this leading up to kickoff on New Year’s Eve so check back for the latest.
Update: Our experts are sitting at 54-2 in favor of Alabama over Washington and 24-13 in favor of Clemson over Ohio St. Our gamblers are sitting at 9-0 in favor of Clemson with the points and 9-2 in favor of Washington taking those big points.
Lee Corso:
Washington over Alabama
Ohio St over Clemson (headgear pick)
Andrea Adelson: espn.com 12/30
Alabama over Washington
Clemson over Ohio St
Charles Arbuckle:
Alabama over Washington
Clemson over Ohio St
Alabama over Clemson (in championship)
Skip Bayless: Undisputed 12/30
Alabama over Washington
Clemson over Ohio St
Mike Bellotti: espn.com 12/30
Alabama over Washington
Ohio St over Clemson
Alabama over Ohio St (in championship)
Mack Brown: espn.com 12/30
Alabama over Washington
Clemson over Ohio St
Alabama over Clemson in championship (Champ Drive 12/4)
Stanford Steve Coughlin:
Washington over Alabama (straight up! Dari & Mel 12/31)
Clemson+3 vs Ohio St
Washington+15 vs Alabama
Tim Cowlishaw:
Alabama over Washington
Clemson over Ohio St
Washington+15 vs Alabama
Clemson+3 vs Ohio St
Ed Cunningham:
Alabama over Washington
Ohio St over Clemson
Heather Dinich: espncom 12/30
Ohio St over Clemson
Alabama over Clemson
Chris Doering: SEC Network 12/4
Alabama over Washington
Chris Fallica:
Clemson over Ohio St
Alabama over Washington
Clemson+3 vs Ohio St
Washington+15 vs Alabama
Bruce Feldman:
Alabama over Washington
Clemson over Ohio St
Alabama-15 vs Washington
Clemson+3 vs Ohio St
Paul Finebaum:
Ohio St over Clemson (SEC Nation 12/31)
Alabama over Washington (SC 12/31)
Pat Forde:
Alabama over Washington
Clemson over Ohio St
Alabama over Clemson
Washington+16 vs Alabama
Clemson+3 vs Ohio St
Joey Galloway: Gameday 12/31
Alabama over Washington
Ohio St over Clemson
Rod Gilmore: SC 12/31
Alabama over Washington
Mike Golic:
Alabama over Washington (Mike & Mike 12/7)
Mike Greenberg:
Alabama over Washington (Mike & Mike 12/7)
Kirk Herbstreit:
Alabama over Washington
Desmond Howard:
Alabama over Washington
Ohio St over Clemson
Brock Huard: espn.com 12/30
Alabama over Washington
Clemson over Ohio St
Jennifer’s Picks:
Alabama over Washington
Clemson over Ohio St
Danny Kanell:
Alabama over Washington
Clemson over Ohio St
Clemson over Alabama (Champ Drive 12/4)
Mel Kiper Jr.: Dari & Mel 12/31
Washington+13 vs Alabama
Clemson+3 vs Ohio St
Joel Klatt: Undisputed 12/30
Alabama over Washington
Clemson over Ohio St
Tom Luginbill: espn.com 12/30
Alabama over Washington
Clemson over Ohio St
Alabama over Clemson
Ivan Maisel: espn.com 12/30
Alabama over Washington
Ohio St over Clemson
Trevor Matich: SC 12/31
Alabama over Washington
Clemson over Ohio St
Mark May: Champ Drive 12/4)
Clemson over Ohio St
Alabama over Washington
Alabama over Clemson
Greg McElroy:
Alabama over Washington
Ohio St over Clemson
Alabama over Ohio St
Booger McFarland: espn.com 12/30
Alabama over Washington
Clemson over Ohio St
Ryan McGee: espn.com 12/30
Alabama over Washington
Clemson over Ohio St
Brett McMurphy: espn.com 12/30
Alabama over Washington
Ohio St over Clemson
Todd McShay: Champ Drive 12/4
Alabama over Washington
Ohio St over Clemson
Alabama over Clemson
Dari Nowkhah: Dari & Mel 12/31
Alabama over Washington
Clemson over Ohio St
Alabama-13 vs Washington
Clemson+3 vs Ohio St
Rufus Peabody:
Alabama+14 vs Washington
Clemson+3 vs Ohio St
David Pollack:
Alabama over Washington
Clemson over Ohio St
Jordan Rodgers:
Alabama over Washington
Mark Schlabach: espn.com 12/30
Alabama over Washington
Clemson over Ohio St
Marcus Spears:
Alabama over Washington (SC 12/31)
Clemson over Ohio St (SEC Nation 12/31)
Steve Spurrier: Twitter 12/31
Alabama over Washington
Phil Steele:
Alabama over Washington (by 7 to 10)
Ohio St over Clemson (by 3)
Washington+15 vs Alabama
Ohio St vs Clemson over 59
Tim Tebow: SC 12/31
Alabama over Washington
Ohio St over Clemson (SEC Nation 12/31)
Dan Wetzel:
Alabama over Washington
Clemson over Ohio St
Alabama over Clemson
Washington+16 vs Alabama
Clemson+3 vs Ohio St
We have put the final nail in the coffin of our 2016-17 regular season with the completion of Army-Navy on Saturday. Before we unleash Bowl Mania picks (which will be an absolute BONANZA of picks), we need to take a look at the season standings below.
As always, we take the body of work provided by all of our expert pickers when our voting committee (of one) decides who wins on any given week or season. Our top competitors have been neck and neck all season long, and we are pleased to award @GamedayJen with her first ever regular season championship! She came in at 148-50 on the season for an average of 74.75%. She barely outnicked Phil Steele with a week 15 5-0 record picking Army-Navy and some fun FCS, D2 and D3 games against the Gameday crew. Phil Steele and Joey Galloway, along with Jen, were in a virtual 3-way tie the entire season at the top. Bowl Season is always where one can make or break a season, and where legends are made. Stay tuned throughout bowl season for a ton of picks to see how the season ends up!
| 2016-17 Season | Straight Up Record | Straight Up % | ATS | ATS % |
| Mike Bellotti | 2-0 | 100.00% | ||
| Brett McMurphy | 6-1 | 100.00% | ||
| Todd McShay | 1-0 | 100.00% | ||
| Mel Kiper Jr. | 8-1 | 88.89% | ||
| Brad Edwards | 5-1 | 83.33% | 3-3 | 50.00% |
| Mack Brown | 13-3 | 81.25% | ||
| Greg McElroy | 31-8 | 79.49% | ||
| Jordan Rodgers | 17-5 | 77.27% | ||
| Mark Schlabach | 16-5 | 76.19% | ||
| Clint Stoerner | 25-8 | 75.76% | ||
| Matt Stinchcomb | 9-3 | 75.00% | ||
| Jennifer’s Picks | 148-50 | 74.75% | ||
| Phil Steele | 229-78 | 74.59% | 162-146-7 | 52.54% |
| Joey Galloway | 54-19 | 73.97% | ||
| Andrea Adelson | 85-30 | 73.91% | ||
| Marcus Spears | 55-20 | 73.33% | ||
| Ryen Russillo | 16-6 | 72.73% | 18-22-2 | 45.24% |
| Paul Finebaum | 59-23 | 71.95% | ||
| Scott Van Pelt | 5-2 | 71.43% | 40-36-0 | 52.63% |
| Dusty Dvoracek | 33-37 | 70.69% | 33-37-2 | 47.22% |
| David Pollack | 40-17 | 70.18% | ||
| Pat Forde | 175-75 | 70.00% | 18-22-1 | 45.12% |
| Dari Nowkhah | 27-12 | 69.23% | 5-8-2001 | 39.29% |
| Charles Arbuckle | 105-47 | 69.08% | ||
| Dan Wetzel | 15-7 | 68.18% | 10-13 | 43.48% |
| Lee Corso | 109-51 | 68.13% | ||
| Bruce Feldman | 102-48 | 68.00% | 68-78 | 46.67% |
| Joel Klatt | 19-9 | 67.86% | ||
| Tim Tebow | 48-23 | 67.61% | ||
| Kirk Herbstreit | 108-52 | 67.50% | ||
| Booger McFarland | 57-28 | 67.06% | ||
| Robert Smith | 10-5 | 66.67% | ||
| Trevor Matich | 14-7 | 66.67% | ||
| Danny Kanell | 46-23 | 66.67% | 19-26-2 | 42.55% |
| Colin Cowherd | 16-8 | 66.67% | ||
| Desmond Howard | 112-61 | 64.74% | ||
| Stanford Steve Coughlin | 55-30 | 64.71% | 51-48-4 | 51.46% |
| Celebrity Guests Overall | 102-56 | 64.56% | ||
| Chris Doering | 44-26 | 62.86% | ||
| Chris Fallica | 59-39 | 60.20% | 65-58-4 | 52.76% |
| Dave Wannstedt | 10-7 | 58.82% | ||
| Jason Seorn | 4-3 | 57.14% | ||
| Rece Davis | 11-17 | 39.29% | ||
| Rufus Peabody | 33.33% | |||
| Season Totals | 2113-931 | 69.42% | 493-499-30 | 49.71% |