The 2023-24 college football bowl season has begun but there are nearly 40 matchups yet to be played. With over 2,000 players in the college football transfer portal, college football rosters are changing significantly on a daily basis. The movement can make it difficult to keep track of who will play during bowl season and who won’t, but staying on top of it can provide a huge advantage.
Duke will take on Troy in the 2023 Birmingham Bowl on Dec. 23 and the complexion of their team has changed significantly in the last few weeks with head coach Mike Elko leaving for Texas A&M and starting quarterback Riley Leonard leaving for Notre Dame. Troy is the 7-point favorite in the college football bowl odds via SportsLine consensus, but can Duke rally to pull off the upset? Before locking in any college football bowl picks on those games or others, be sure to see the latest college football predictions from SportsLine’s proven model.
The SportsLine Projection Model simulates every FBS college football game 10,000 times. Since its inception, it has generated a strong profit of well over $2,000 for $100 players on its top-rated college football picks against the spread. The model enters bowl season with a profitable 13-9 record on top-rated spread picks this season. Anyone who has followed it has seen strong returns.
Now, it has turned its attention to the latest college football odds for bowl season and locked in picks for every FBS matchup. Head here to see every pick.
Top college football predictions for bowl season
One of the college football picks the model is high on during bowl season: No. 10 Penn State (-3.5) builds on a 10-win season with a convincing win over No. 11 Ole Miss in the Peach Bowl on Dec. 30 at noon ET. The Nittany Lions were the top defensive team in college football this season, allowing just 11.4 points per game. Their defense has helped them cover the spread at a high rate against inferior opponents dating back to last season, going 13-1-1 against the spread in their last 15 games as favorites.
Ole Miss failed to cover the spread in its final four games of the season, and its high-octane offense was shut down by Alabama and Georgia this year. The Rebels also scored just 10 points against Mississippi State in the Egg Bowl their last time out, so they cannot be trusted to put up big numbers against Penn State. SportsLine’s model expects the Rebels to struggle…
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