Do you need your playoff bet to cover the spread?
Do you need to win a bowl mania office pool?
Do you need to finish your holiday shopping?
If you answered yes to the first two questions, then you’ll be happy to know that we’ve got you covered.
The 2018-19 college football bowl season kicks off on Saturday, Dec. 15 and ends on Monday, Jan. 7 with the 2019 College Football Playoff National Championship game.
We’ll go through each of the matchups by date, but there’s no more time to waste (especially if you still have shopping to do), so let’s jump right into our pick to cover the spread!
All point spreads are provided by Bovada. To view the current and other up-to-date betting lines for college football, click here. Our ATS picks will be highlighted in green.
Saturday, Dec. 15th
Air Force Reserve Celebration Bowl
- North Carolina A&T (-7.5) vs. Alcorn State
New Mexico Bowl
- North Texas vs. Utah State (-7.5)
AutoNation Cure Bowl
- Tulane (-3.5) vs. Louisiana-Lafayette
Mitsubishi Motors Las Vegas Bowl
- No. 21 Fresno State (-6) vs. Arizona State
Raycom Media Camellia Bowl
- Georgia Southern (-3) vs. Eastern Michigan
R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl
- Middle Tennessee vs. Appalachian State (-7)
Tuesday, Dec. 18th
Cheribundi Boca Raton Bowl
- UAB (-2.5) vs. Northern Illinois
Wednesday, Dec. 19th
DXL Frisco Bowl
- San Diego State vs. Ohio (-3)
Tuesday, Dec. 20th
Bad Boy Mowers Gasparilla Bowl
- Marshall (-3) vs. South Florida
Friday, Dec. 21st
Makers Wanted Bahamas Bowl
- FIU vs. Toledo (-5.5)
Famous Idaho Potato Bowl
- Western Michigan vs. BYU (-12)
Saturday, Dec. 22nd
Jared Birmingham Bowl
- Memphis (-4) vs. Wake Forest
Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl
- Houston vs. Army (-3.5)
Dollar General Bowl
- Buffalo (-2) vs. Troy
SoFi Hawai’i Bowl
- Hawaii (-1) vs. Louisiana Tech
Wednesday, Dec. 26th
SERVPRO First Responder Bowl
- Boston College vs. No. 25 Boise State (-3)
Quick Lane Bowl
- Minnesota vs. Georgia Tech (-6)
Cheez-It Bowl
- California vs. TCU – Pick
Thursday, Dec. 27th
Walk-On’s Independence Bowl
- Temple (-4.5) vs. Duke
New Era Pinstripe Bowl
- Miami (-3.5) vs. Wisconsin
Academy Sports + Outdoors Texas Bowl
- Baylor vs. Vanderbilt (-4.5)
Friday, Dec. 28th
Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl
- Purdue vs. Auburn (-3.5)
Camping World Bowl
- West Virginia (-1) vs. Syracuse
Valero Alamo Bowl
- No. 24 Iowa State vs. No. 8 Washington State (-3.5)
Saturday, Dec. 29th
Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl
- No. 10 Florida vs. No. 7 Michigan (-7)
Belk Bowl
- South Carolina (-4.5) vs. Virginia
NOVA Home Loans Arizona Bowl
- Arkansas State (-1.5) vs. Nevada
College Football Playoff Semifinal
Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic
- No. 2 Clemson (-12) vs. No. 3 Notre Dame
College Football Playoff Semifinal
Capital One Orange Bowl
- No. 1 Alabama (-14) vs. No. 4 Oklahoma
Monday, Dec. 31st
Military Bowl
- No. 24 Cincinnati (-6) vs. Virginia Tech
Hyundai Sun Bowl
- Stanford (-6.5) vs. Pittsburgh
Redbox Bowl
- Michigan State vs. Oregon (-3)
AutoZone Liberty Bowl
- No. 23 Missouri (-8) vs. Oklahoma State
San Diego County Credit Union Holiday Bowl
- No. 21 Northwestern vs. No. 17 Utah (-7)
TaxSlayer Gator Bowl
- N.C. State vs. No. 19 Texas A&M (-6)
Tuesday, Jan. 1st
Outback Bowl
- No. 18 Mississippi State (-7) vs. Iowa
VRBO Citrus Bowl
- No. 14 Kentucky vs. No. 12 Penn State (-6.5)
PlayStation Fiesta Bowl
- No. 11 LSU (-7.5) vs. No. 8 UCF
Rose Bowl Game
- No. 9 Washington vs. No. 6 Ohio State (-7)
Allstate Sugar Bowl
- No. 15 Texas vs. No. 5 Georgia (-12.5)
Monday, Jan. 7th
College Football Playoff National Championship
Note: We picked Notre Dame/Oklahoma ATS but believe neither will win their semifinal game. The spread below is not official and is the predicted spread if the title game was held today between who we believe will win the CFP semifinal matchups.
- No. 2 Clemson vs. No. 1 Alabama (-2.5)