It’s bowl season, and that also means it’s bowl pick ’em season. Opt-outs, transfers and coaching decisions make bowl games difficult to predict, but several members of The athleteThe college football staff has made selections for each bowl game and the four first-round College Football Playoff games.

The home teams all have at least one touchdown advantage in the four CFP games, and our pickers largely agree with that sentiment. The home teams (Texas, Penn State, Notre Dame and Ohio State) got a lot of love. Out of nine pickers, Penn State had six picks to beat SMU, Ohio State had seven to beat Tennessee, only one picked Clemson to win at Texas, and not a soul was brave enough to pick Indiana to win at Notre Dame bring. Our group was right to believe in the Fighting Irish.

Speaking of unanimous picks, there are six other games with the same pick (get your angry screenshots ready):

Ranking by Myrtle Beach Bowl

Famous Idaho Potato Peel

Northern Illinois vs. Fresno State

Hawaii Bowl

South Florida vs. San Jose State

GameAbove Sports Bowl

Pitt vs. Toledo

Rate bowl

Rutgers vs. Kansas State

68 Ventures Bowl

Arkansas State vs. Bowling Green

Shell of the Armed Forces

Oklahoma vs. Navy

Birmingham Bowl

Georgia Tech vs. Vanderbilt

Liberty Bowl

Texas Tech vs. Arkansas

Holiday bowl

Syracuse vs. Washington State

Las Vegas Bowl

Texas A&M vs. USC

Fenway Bowl

North Carolina vs. UConn

Pinstripe bowl

Boston College vs. Nebraska

New Mexico Bowl

Louisiana vs. TCU

Pop Tarts Bowl

Iowa State vs. Miami

Arizona Bowl

Miami (Ohio) vs. Colorado State

Military shell

East Carolina vs. NC State

Alamo Bowl

BYU vs. Colorado

Independence Bowl

Army vs. Louisiana Tech

Marshall withdrew from that game and was replaced by Louisiana Tech. Even before the trade, eight of nine picks were for Army.

Music City Bowl

Missouri vs. Iowa

ReliaQuest bowl

Alabama vs. Michigan

Sun bowl

Louisville vs. Washington

Citrus peel

South Carolina vs. Illinois

Texas Bowl

Baylor vs. LSU

Gator Bowl

Duke vs. Ole Miss

First Responder Bowl

North Texas vs. Texas State

Duke’s Mayo Bowl

Minnesota vs. Virginia Tech

Bahamas Bowl

Buffalo vs. Liberty

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College Football Playoff Tips

No. 10 Indiana at No. 7 Notre Dame

No. 11 SMU at No. 6 Penn State

No. 12 Clemson at No. 5 Texas

No. 9 Tennessee and No. 8 Ohio State

Salute to the Veterans Bowl

Southern Alabama vs. Western Michigan

Frisco bowl

Memphis vs. West Virginia

Boca Raton bowl

Western Kentucky vs. James Madison

LA Bowl

Cal vs. UNLV

New Orleans Bowl

Georgia Southern vs. Sam Houston

Healing bowl

Ohio vs. Jacksonville State

Gasparilla bowl

Tulane vs. Florida

Myrtle Beach Bowl

Coastal Carolina vs. UTSA

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