2017-18 Season final standings & champion!
Welcome back everyone. We have been hard at work grading picks and running numbers to come up with the 2017-18 college football season final standings here at GamedayCole.com. As always, things are subjective when our selection committee makes its final decisions. We take into account strength of schedule, body of work, the eye test, computer rankings, and various generic metrics when deciding which of our reporters, analysts, pundits and talking heads takes the championship. Below you will find the full ranking of everyone from this season for your review.
Amongst all of the competitors below, I generally only include those who picked at least 100 games in the running for our championship. Sorry to those of you who picked less games, but next year maybe try a little harder to get your hot sports takes out there on every game. I also take into account that some of the competitors below aren’t picking a broad selection of games each week. I’d like to congratulate Andrea Adelson, who is consistently one of our top competitors, on an outstanding season at 90-30 on the year (75% right). She is on top of all competitors with at least 100 picks. However, her weekly picks only involve the ACC conference, so I cannot in good conscience crown her this year’s champion. I have heard rumblings she may be claiming this championship, and may be planning a parade through her neighborhood, and if so then I will not oppose it.
However, it is with great pleasure (or maybe great pain for a lot of you reading this) that I am proud to announce Kirk Herbstreit as our 2017-18 college football picking champion at 117-49 (70.48% right). I’m sure this will drive all of you haters crazy, because Kirk probably hates your school the most, but the man put up a great record picking the biggest games of the week each week. I would also like to recognize Stanford Steve Coughlin for winning our top gambler of the year for picking 54.82% against the spread this year. He consistently ranks amongst the best when it comes to gambling, so next year make sure to pay attention if you need to pad your wallet.
With all of this now complete, we are going into hibernation for now. We may be back with some opinion pieces in the offseason, or we may not. Just make sure you are back next August because we vow to be here rain, sleet or snow to track the best, the worst, the most loved, and most hated personalities when it comes to picking college football games. Thanks for reading this year.
| Straight up | Straight up % | ATS | ATS % | |
| Brett McMurphy | 2-0 | 100.00% | 1-2-2 | 40.00% |
| Matt Stinchcomb | 12-1 | 92.31% | ||
| Dave Wannstedt | 12-2 | 85.71% | ||
| Trevor Matich | 6-1 | 85.71% | ||
| Dusty Dvoracek | 34-6 | 85.00% | 30-26-1 | 53.51% |
| Rece Davis | 34-6 | 85.00% | ||
| Gene Chizik | 40-13 | 80.00% | ||
| Mel Kiper Jr. | 4-1 | 80.00% | ||
| Ryen Russillo | 8-2 | 80.00% | 21-19-2 | 52.38% |
| Robert Smith | 10-3 | 76.92% | ||
| Matt Leinart | 16-5 | 76.19% | ||
| Andrea Adelson | 90-30 | 75.00% | ||
| Jordan Rodgers | 12-4 | 75.00% | ||
| Chris Doering | 67-23 | 74.44% | ||
| Les Miles | 35-13 | 72.92% | ||
| Tim Tebow | 59-23 | 71.95% | ||
| Marcus Spears | 62-25 | 71.26% | ||
| Kirk Herbstreit | 117-49 | 70.48% | 4-13-0 | 23.53% |
| Phil Steele | 166-70 | 70.34% | 136-160-7 | 46.04% |
| David Pollack | 47-20 | 70.15% | ||
| Celebrity Guests | 99-46 | 68.28% | ||
| Jennifer’s Picks | 148-71 | 67.58% | ||
| Paul Finebaum | 55-28 | 66.27% | ||
| Jesse Palmer | 60-31 | 65.93% | ||
| Lee Corso | 118-63 | 65.19% | 11-7-0 | 61.11% |
| Stanford Steve Coughlin | 58-31 | 65.17% | 61-50-3 | 54.82% |
| Chris Fallica | 93-52 | 64.14% | 83-83-6 | 50.00% |
| Bruce Feldman | 128-72 | 64.00% | ||
| Desmond Howard | 121-70 | 63.35% | 9-8-0 | 52.94% |
| Pat Forde | 62-37 | 62.63% | ||
| Colin Cowherd | 20-12 | 62.50% | 4-3-1 | 56.25% |
| Greg McElroy | 35-22 | 61.40% | ||
| Mack Brown | 6-4 | 60.00% | ||
| Joey Galloway | 53-36 | 59.55% | ||
| Booger McFarland | 16-11 | 59.26% | ||
| Mark Schlabach | 34-24 | 58.62% | ||
| Dari Nowkhah | 17-14 | 54.84% | 13-12 | 52.00% |
| Joel Klatt | 35-36 | 49.30% | ||
| Danny Kanell | 28-34 | 45.16% | 12-10-0 | 54.55% |
| Scott Van Pelt | 56-47-2 | 54.29% | ||
| Rufus Peabody | 29-27-1 | 51.75% | ||
| Season totals | 2019-991 | 67.08% | 457-455-25 | 50.11% |
2017-18 #CFBPlayoff National Championship picks!
Good morning football fans and welcome back. The time has come for the official GamedayCole.com National Championship megapost of picks and predictions for your review. I will be updating all day all the way through kickoff with the Gameday crew, SEC Nation, Corso’s headgear, celebrity guests, talking heads, blowhards, trolls and anyone else we can find along the way. Check back often for the latest picks, predictions and bets!
Lee Corso:
Alabama over Georgia (headgear pick)
Desmond Howard:
Alabama over Georgia
David Pollack:
Georgia over Alabama
@GamedayJen:
Alabama over Georgia
Tim Tebow:
Alabama over Georgia
Marcus Spears:
Georgia over Alabama
Paul Finebaum:
Alabama over Georgia
Andrea Adelson: espn.com 1/8/2018
Alabama over Georgia
Charles Arbuckle :Mac Attack 1/4/2018
Alabama over Georgia
Skip Bayless: Undisputed 1/8/2018
Alabama over Georgia 20-10
Mack Brown: ESPNU radio on SiriusXM 1/7/2018
Alabama over Georgia
Gene Chizik:
Alabama to win championship
Stanford Steve Coughlin: Chad & Scooch podcast 1/4/2018
Alabama-4.5 vs Georgia
“Lay the 4.5, throw a ton on the moneyline”, said he got the moneyline at -200
Alabama-3.5 vs Georgia
Alabama-175 vs Georgia
Alabama-4 vs Georgia (BTB 1/5/2017)
Colin Cowherd: Twitter 1/6/2017
Alabama-3 vs Georgia (by a touchdown)
Tim Cowlishaw: dallasnews.com 1/8/2018
Georgia over Alabama 28-24
Heather Dinich: Twitter 1/2/2018
Alabama over Georgia
Chris Doering: espn.com 1/8/2018
Georgia over Alabama
Dusty Dvoracek: espn.com 1/8/2018
Alabama over Georgia
Chris Fallica: Chad & Schooch podcast 1/4/2018
Georgia+4.5 vs Alabama (early lean only, no official pick)
Georgia+3.5 vs Alabama (Georgia outright)
Georgia+4 vs Alabama (Bear’s Bank)
Bruce Feldman: si.com
Alabama over Georgia 27-23
Jimbo Fisher:
Georgia over Alabama
Pat Forde: Yahoo.com 1/7/201
Alabama over Georgia 21-20
Joey Galloway: CFB Live 1/8/2018
Georgia over Alabama
Rod Gilmore: espn.com 1/8/2018
Alabama over Georgia
Mike Golic: Golic & Wingo 1/8/2018
Alabama over Georgia
Brock Huard: espn.com 1/8/2018
Alabama over Georgia
Danny Kanell: Off the bench 1/8/2018
Alabama over Georgia
Alabama-4 vs Georgia
Mel Kiper Jr.: Twitter 1/8/2018
Georgia+4 vs Alabama
Joel Klatt: Bad Radio 1/4/2018
Alabama over Georgia
Jen Lada: espn.com 1/8/2018
Georgia over Alabama
Tom Luginbill: espn.com 1/8/2018
Alabama over Georgia
Ivan Maisel: espn.com 1/8/2018
Alabama over Georgia
Gus Malzahn:
Alabama over Georgia
Trevor Matich: CFB Live 1/4
Alabama over Georgia 24-17
Greg McElroy: espn.com 1/8/2018
Alabama over Georgia
Booger McFarland: CFB Live 1/8/2018
Alabama over Georgia 21-17
Todd McShay: Championship Drive 1/7/2018
Alabama over Georgia
Brent Musburger: Podcast 1/8/2018
Alabama over Georgia 30-17
Dari Nowkhah: espn.com 1/8/2018
Alabama over Georgia
Jesse Palmer: Championship Drive 1/7/2018
Alabama over Georgia 28-17
Jordan Rodgers: WWLS 1/8/2018
Georgia over Alabama
Mark Schlabach: espn.com 1/8/2018
Georgia over Alabama
Howie Schwab: the Schwab Speak’s podcast
Alabama over Georgia
Stephen A. Smith: Sportscenter 1/8/2018
Alabama over Georgia
Andy Staples: si.com
Alabama over Georgia 17-13
Phil Steele:
Alabama-3.5 vs Georgia
Clint Stoerner: Twitter 1/4
Alabama over Georgia
Jonathan Vilma: espn.com 1/8/2018
Alabama over Georgia 20-10
Trey Wingo: Golic & Wingo 1/8/2018
Alabama over Georgia
2017-18 CFB Playoff picks! #Alabama #Clemson #Oklahoma #Georgia
Welcome back ladies and gentlemen. It is time for the annual tradition of the GAMEDAY COLE COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYOFF PICK MEGAPOST! I’ll be tracking everyone I can find with their official playoff predictions in this post, and updating as more come in. I’ve dated each pick from when it came in, so if you see a more recent pick than I’ve got then go with the more recent pick. Enjoy.
Andrea Adelson: espn.com ACC picks
Clemson over Alabama
Skip Bayless: Undisputed 1/1
Clemson over Alabama 21-17
OU over Georgia 30-24
Mack Brown: Championship drive 12/3
Clemson over Alabama
OU over Georgia
Clemson vs OU in championship
Gene Chizik: Bowl Mania Special 12/10
Alabama to win Championship
Alabama over Clemson (3)
OU over Georgia (2)
Lee Corso: Gameday 1/1
OU over Georgia (headgear pick)
Alabama over Clemson
Stanford Steve Coughlin: ESPN Chalk
Georgia-2 vs OU
Alabama-3 vs Clemson
Colin Cowherd: The Herd 12/25
OU over Georgia (“by a touchdown”)
Alabama over Clemson (“by a touchdown or more”)
OU to win championship over Alabama
Tim Cowlishaw: dallasnews.com 12/26
OU+2 vs Georgia
Clemson+3 vs Alabama
Chris Doering:
Alabama over Clemson
Georgia over OU
Brad Edwards: ESPN Radio preview 12/29
Georgia over OU
Clemson over Alabama
Chris Fallica: Behind the Bets 12/28
Georgia-2 vs OU
Clemson+3 vs Alabama (Clemson outright)
Georgia-2.5 vs OU (Bear’s Bank 1/1)
Clemson over Alabama (Sportscenter 1/1)
Georgia over Alabama (Sportscenter 1/1)
Bruce Feldman:
Oklahoma over Georgia
Clemson over Alabama
OU over Clemson in championship
Paul Finebaum: SEC Nation 1/1
Georgia over OU
Alabama over Clemson
Pat Forde: Forde Yard Dash 12/12
Georgia over OU
Clemson over Alabama
Clemson over Georgia
@GamedayJen:
Georgia over OU
Clemson over Alabama
Joey Galloway:
Georgia over OU (Orange Bowl halftime 12/30)
Clemson over Alabama (College Gameday 1/1)
Mike Golic: Twitter 1/1
Georgia over OU
Alabama over Clemson
Mike Greenberg: Facebook live 1/1
Clemson over Alabama
OU over Georgia
Kirk Herbstreit: Gameday 1/1
Clemson over Alabama
Desmond Howard: Gameday 1/1
Clemson over Alabama
Georgia over OU
Danny Kanell: Off the Bench 12/29
OU over Georgia
Clemson over Alabama
Joel Klatt: Breaking the Huddle 12/13
OU over Georgia
Alabama over Clemson
OU over Alabama in championship
Greg McElroy: SEC Nation 1/1
Georgia over OU
Alabama over Clemson
Booger McFarland: ESPN Radio preview 12/29
Georgia over OU
Clemson over Alabama (Sportscenter 1/1)
Clemson over Georgia
Todd McShay: Champ Drive 12/3
OU over Georgia
Alabama over Clemson
OU over Alabama
Les Miles: Les is More 12/31
Georgia over OU
Alabama over Clemson
Jesse Palmer:
Clemson over Alabama (College Gameday 1/1)
OU over Georgia (Orange Bowl halftime 12/30)
Clemson over OU in championship (CFB Playoff selection show 12/3)
Rufus Peabody: Bet the Process 12/14
Alabama-2.5 vs Clemson
UNOFFICIAL PICKS for his dinner bet with Jeff Ma (BTP 12/28)
OU+2.5 vs Georgia
Alabama-3 vs Clemson
David Pollack: Championship Drive 12/3
Georgia over OU (College Gameday 1/1)
Alabama over Clemson (College Gameday 1/1)
Georgia over Alabama in championship
Mark Schlabach: espn.com picks
Georgia over OU
Clemson over Alabama
Georgia over Clemson
Marcus Spears: SEC Nation 1/1
Georgia over OU
Clemson over Alabama
Phil Steele: Strong as Steele 12/28
Alabama-3 vs Clemson
OU+2 vs Georgia (winner is a tossup)
Matt Stinchcomb:
Alabama over Clemson
Georgia over OU
Clint Stoerner: Twitter 12/26
Alabama over Clemson
Alabama in championship
Tim Tebow: SEC Nation 1/1
OU over Georgia
Alabama over Clemson
Jonathan Vilma: Bowl Mania Special 12/10
Georgia over OU
Clemson over Alabama
Clemson over Georgia
Andre Ware:
Georgia over OU (CFB Live 12/13)
Clemson over Alabama (Raycom Camellia Bowl 12/16)
Trey Wingo: twitter 1/1
Georgia over OU
Clemson over Alabama
