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 Bowl Season: #BOWLMANIA picks and ATS plays from Stanford Steve!
UPDATED 12/28 with picks from Behind the Bets:
ND+3.5 vs LSU
Georgia-2 vs OU
Alabama-3 vs Clemson
UPDATED 12/21 WITH PICKS FROM BEHIND THE BETS:
Texas+3 vs Missouri (Texas wins outright)
UVA+2 vs Navy (UVA wins outright)
Mich St+1 vs Wash St
NW-7.5 vs Kentucky
Ohio St-7.5 vs USC (buy it down to 7 if you can)
Iowa St+4ish vs Memphis (didn’t give a line, but Iowa St wins outright)
Miami FL+5.5 vs Wisconsin
You’ve been waiting patiently just like I have, and here are the picks we’ve finally gotten from Stanford Steve Coughlin via the Behind the Bets podcast. Check out the full podcast for full details and some leans but here are the picks as best as I could track.
USF over TTU (like 41-40)
MTSU+4 vs Ark St (MTSU outright)
TTU+2.5 vs USF
SDSU-7 vs Army
Utah-6.5 vs WVU
KState-2.5 vs UCLA
Miami FL+6.5 vs Wisconsin (early pick)
