A majority of the 2025-26 college football bowls are now in the books, but there’s more action coming on New Year’s Day. There are three CFP quarterfinal matchups with Oregon vs. Texas Tech (+2.5), Alabama vs. Indiana (-7.5) and Ole Miss vs. Georgia (-6.5). Another four standard bowl contests then take place on Friday, before the College Football Playoff resumes next week with the semifinals on Thursday and Friday.

Thus, there are still lots of opportunities to make college football bowl picks and best bets. The biggest remaining favorite for any game has Texas State as 14.5-point favorites versus Rice in Friday’s Armed Forces Bowl, per the latest college football lines. Before locking in any college football picks for those games or others, be sure to see the latest bowl and playoff college football predictions from SportsLine’s proven model. 

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The model simulates every FBS game 10,000 times, and it is 31-19 on its top-rated college football money-line picks since the beginning of the 2024 season. 

Now, it has turned its attention to the latest college football odds and 2025-26 bowl season college football betting lines on the spread, money line and over/under. Head here to see every pick. 

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Top college football predictions for bowl season

One of the college football picks the model is high on during the 2025-26 college football bowl schedule: Mississippi State (-3, 53.5) covers against Wake Forest in the Duke’s Mayo Bowl on Jan. 2, which is the final bowl game of the 2025-26 season at 8 p.m. ET. The Bulldogs were 5-7 this year, but got the invitation because there weren’t enough .500 teams available. MSU’s roster is relatively intact, while Wake Forest has lost some key pieces to the transfer portal and isn’t expected to have star running back Demond Claiborne after he declared for the NFL Draft. SportsLine’s model projects that MSU covers nearly 60% of the time. See the rest of the model’s picks here, and bet on Mississippi State to cover here:

How to make college football picks for bowl season

The model has also made the call on who wins and covers in every 2025-26 college football bowl game, and it’s calling for multiple underdogs to win outright. You can only get every pick for every game at SportsLine, and for a limited time you can use promo code CHAMPIONSHIP to get your first month at SportsLine for $1.

So what college football picks can you make with confidence, and which underdogs are projected to win outright? Check out the latest college football odds below, then visit SportsLine to see which teams win and cover the spread, all from a proven computer model that has simulated every game 10,000 times, and find out.

2025-26 college football bowl odds

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Thursday, Jan. 1

CFP quarterfinal/Orange Bowl: Oregon vs. Texas Tech (+2.5, 51.5)

CFP quarterfinal/Rose Bowl: Alabama vs. Indiana (-7, 47.5)

CFP quarterfinal/Sugar Bowl: Ole Miss vs. Georgia (-6.5, 55.5)

Friday, Jan. 2

Armed Forces Bowl: Rice vs. Texas State (-14.5, 57.5)

Liberty Bowl: Navy vs. Cincinnati (+7, 54.5)

Holiday Bowl: Arizona vs. SMU (+2.5, 52.5)

Duke’s Mayo Bowl: Wake Forest vs. Mississippi State (-3, 53.5)