But here at ESPN bowl prediction headquarters in downtown Indianapolis, we're not afraid of any circumstances. So let's get to the picks, from campus CFP sites through traditional bowls and all the way to the national title game on Jan. 20 in Atlanta.

SportsLine's model has simulated every college football bowl and playoff game 10,000 times and locked in its football score predictions

Six bowl slate returns to its rightful slot on, well, New Year's. At least, in some form. This year, the Fiesta Bowl, Peach Bowl, Rose Bowl, and

P.J. Fleck hasn’t lost a bowl game in five trips with the Gophers, but their past four bowl wins have been decided by an average of fewer than nine points. This season, six of their past eight games were decided by single digits. The Hokies haven’t lost a game by more than 10 points this season.

SportsLine's advanced computer model has revealed its 2024-25 college football bowl game picks and predictions, including projections for the College Football Playoff quarterfinals

It’s bowl season, which also means it’s bowl pick ’em season. Opt-outs, transfers and coaching decisions make predicting bowl games difficult, but several members of The Athletic ’s college football staff have made picks for every bowl game and the four first-round College Football Playoff games.

What bowl games are being played in college football on Monday? Here's what you need to know, including start times, how to watch and scores:

New Year's Eve still means college football, but it's a limited schedule due to it falling on Monday and competing with the NFL.

Now, of course, we’ve got layers of results for some teams, with the College Football Playoff bracket, and we’ve got so many transfers and opt-outs that bowl results don’t matter that much anymore. So if Arkansas,