Bowl Game Pick 'Em: The Writers Pick the Bowls

RotoWire's college football staff is picking each bowl game against the spread. The writers are split on a number of games, but there's a contest where the staff is in lockstep as Texas A&M faces Wake Forest.

Updated on January 4, 2022 3:39PM EST

Bowl Game Pick 'Em: The Writers Pick the Bowls

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Updated on January 4, 2022 3:39PM EST

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Welcome to our staff picks for Bowl Season 2021-22. Our lineup of college football contributors are picking each bowl game against the spread and we'll be keeping a running count of everyone's record to determine who gets bragging rights for the upcoming year.

All picks are against the spread
~~Losing picks are noted as such~~
Pushes are italicized
Best Bets are bolded

Favorite	Spread	Underdog	John McKechnie	Jeff Edgerton	Seth Grossman	Chris Morgan	Jesse Siegel
Toledo	-10.5	Middle Tennessee	~~TOL~~	MTSU	~~TOL~~	MTSU	MTSU
Coastal Carolina	-10.5	Northern Illinois	NIU	NIU	~~CCU~~	~~CCU~~	~~CCU~~
Appalachian State	-3	Western Kentucky	WKU	~~APP~~	~~APP~~	~~APP~~	WKU
Fresno State	-11.5	UTEP	~~FRES~~	~~FRES~~	~~FRES~~	~~FRES~~	~~FRES~~
BYU	-7	UAB	UAB	UAB	~~BYU~~	~~BYU~~	~~BYU~~
Liberty	-9	Eastern Michigan	LIB	LIB	LIB	EMU	LIB
Oregon State	-7	Utah State	UTST	~~ORST~~	~~ORST~~	~~ORST~~	~~ORST~~
Louisiana	-5.5	Marshall	~~MAR~~	UL	UL	UL	~~MAR~~
Tulsa	-9.5	Old Dominion	TULS	~~ODU~~	~~ODU~~	~~ODU~~	~~ODU~~
Wyoming	-3	Kent State	WYO	WYO	WYO	WYO	~~KENT~~
UTSA	-2.5	San Diego State	~~UTSA~~	SDSU	SDSU	SDSU	SDSU
Army	-3.5	Missouri	~~ARMY~~	~~ARMY~~	MIZZ	~~ARMY~~	MIZZ
Miami (OH)	-3	North Texas	MIA-OH	~~UNT~~	~~UNT~~	~~UNT~~	~~UNT~~
Florida	-6.5	UCF	UF	UF	UF	UCF	UCF
Memphis	-7.5	Hawaii	HAW	MEM	MEM	HAW	HAW
Georgia State	-4.5	Ball State	GAST	GAST	GAST	GAST	GAST
Western Michigan	-3.5	Nevada	WMU	WMU	WMU	WMU	WMU
Boston College	-3	East Carolina	BC	ECU	BC	BC	ECU
Auburn	-3	Houston	HOU	HOU	HOU	HOU	~~AUB~~
Louisville	-1.5	Air Force	AF	~~LOU~~	~~LOU~~	~~LOU~~	~~LOU~~
Mississippi State	-8	Texas Tech	TTU	TTU	~~MSST~~	~~MSST~~	~~MSST~~
NC State	-1	UCLA	NCST	UCLA	NCST	NCST	NCST
Minnesota	-4	West Virginia	MIN	~~WVU~~	~~WVU~~	MIN	~~WVU~~
Maryland	-1	Virginia Tech	VT	VT	VT	VT	VT
Iowa State	-1.5	Clemson	CLEM	CLEM	~~IAST~~	CLEM	CLEM
Oklahoma	-4.5	Oregon	~~ORE~~	~~ORE~~	~~ORE~~	OU	OU
North Carolina	-8.5	South Carolina	USC	~~UNC~~	~~UNC~~	~~UNC~~	~~UNC~~
Tennessee	-4.5	Purdue	~~TEN~~	~~TEN~~	~~TEN~~	~~TEN~~	~~TEN~~
Michigan State	-1.5	Pittsburgh	MSU	MSU	MSU	MSU	MSU
Wisconsin	-6.5	Arizona State	WIS	WIS	WIS	WIS	WIS
Texas A&M	-5	Wake Forest	TAMU	TAMU	TAMU	TAMU	TAMU
Miami (FL)	-2.5	Washington State	MIAFL	WAZU	MIAFL	MIAFL	WAZU
Boise State	-8	Central Michigan	BSU	CMU	BSU	CMU	BSU
Alabama	-13.5	Cincinnati	BAMA	BAMA	BAMA	~~CIN~~	BAMA
Georgia	-8.5	Michigan	UM	UGA	UGA	UM	UM
Penn State	-2.5	Arkansas	ARK	~~PSU~~	ARK	ARK	ARK
Notre Dame	-2	Oklahoma State	ND	ND	OK ST	ND	OKST
Kentucky	-3	Iowa	UK	UK	UK	UK	UK
Ohio State	-6.5	Utah	~~OHST~~	~~OHST~~	~~OHST~~	~~OHST~~	~~OHST~~
Baylor	-1.5	Mississippi	~~MISS~~	~~MISS~~	~~MISS~~	~~MISS~~	BAY
Kansas State	-1	LSU	KSU	KSU	LSU	KSU	KSU
Record		+7gms	20-13-1	16-17-1	14-19-1	15-18-1	16-17-1

Favorite	Spread	Underdog	Greg Vara	Trevor Popoff	Nick Grays	Nick Whalen	Chris Benzine	Jake Blanchard
Toledo	-10.5	Middle Tennessee	MTSU	~~TOL~~	~~TOL~~	MTSU	~~TOL~~	~~TOL~~
Coastal Carolina	-10.5	Northern Illinois	NIU	NIU	~~CCU~~	~~CCU~~	NIU	~~CCU~~
Appalachian State	-3	Western Kentucky	~~APP~~	WKU	~~APP~~	~~APP~~	WKU	~~APP~~
Fresno State	-11.5	UTEP	UTEP	~~FRES~~	UTEP	~~FRES~~	~~FRES~~	~~FRES~~
BYU	-7	UAB	~~BYU~~	~~BYU~~	UAB	~~BYU~~	UAB	~~BYU~~
Liberty	-9	Eastern Michigan	LIB	~~EMU~~	LIB	LIB	~~EMU~~	LIB
Oregon State	-7	Utah State	~~ORST~~	~~ORST~~	~~ORST~~	~~ORST~~	~~ORST~~	UTST
Louisiana	-5.5	Marshall	UL	UL	~~MAR~~	UL	UL	UL
Tulsa	-9.5	Old Dominion	TULS	TULS	TULS	TULS	TULS	TULS
Wyoming	-3	Kent State	WYO	~~KENT~~	WYO	WYO	~~KENT~~	WYO
UTSA	-2.5	San Diego State	SDSU	~~UTSA~~	SDSU	~~UTSA~~	~~UTSA~~	SDSU
Army	-3.5	Missouri	~~ARMY~~	~~ARMY~~	~~ARMY~~	MIZZ	~~ARMY~~	MIZZ
Miami (OH)	-3	North Texas	~~UNT~~	~~UNT~~	~~UNT~~	~~UNT~~	~~UNT~~	~~UNT~~
Florida	-6.5	UCF	UF	UF	UF	UCF	UCF	UF
Memphis	-7.5	Hawaii	MEM	HAW	MEM	MEM	MEM	MEM
Georgia State	-4.5	Ball State	GAST	GAST	GAST	GAST	GAST	GAST
Western Michigan	-3.5	Nevada	~~NEV~~	WMU	WMU	WMU	WMU	~~NEV~~
Boston College	-3	East Carolina	BC	ECU	BC	ECU	BC	BC
Auburn	-3	Houston	HOU	HOU	~~AUB~~	~~AUB~~	HOU	~~AUB~~
Louisville	-1.5	Air Force	AF	AF	AF	~~LOU~~	~~LOU~~	~~LOU~~
Mississippi State	-8	Texas Tech	~~MSST~~	TTU	~~MSST~~	~~MSST~~	~~MSST~~	~~MSST~~
NC State	-1	UCLA	NCST	NCST	NCST	NCST	NCST	NCST
Minnesota	-4	West Virginia	MIN	MIN	MIN	MIN	MIN	MIN
Maryland	-1	Virginia Tech	VT	VT	VT	VT	MD	VT
Iowa State	-1.5	Clemson	~~IAST~~	CLEM	~~IAST~~	~~IAST~~	CLEM	~~IAST~~
Oklahoma	-4.5	Oregon	~~ORE~~	OU	OU	OU	OU	~~ORE~~
North Carolina	-8.5	South Carolina	SCAR	~~UNC~~	~~UNC~~	~~UNC~~	~~UNC~~	SCAR
Tennessee	-4.5	Purdue	~~TEN~~	~~TEN~~	~~TEN~~	~~TEN~~	~~TEN~~	~~TEN~~
Michigan State	-1.5	Pittsburgh	MSU	MSU	MSU	MSU	~~PITT~~	~~PITT~~
Wisconsin	-6.5	Arizona State	WIS	WIS	WIS	WIS	WIS	WIS
Texas A&M	-5	Wake Forest	TAMU	TAMU	TAMU	TAMU	WAKE	TAMU
Miami (FL)	-2.5	Washington State	MIAFL	WAZU	MIAFL	MIAFL	MIAFL	MIAFL
Boise State	-8	Central Michigan	BSU	BSU	CMU	BSU	CMU	BSU
Alabama	-13.5	Cincinnati	~~CIN~~	BAMA	~~CIN~~	BAMA	BAMA	BAMA
Georgia	-8.5	Michigan	UM	UM	UM	UGA	UM	UGA
Penn State	-2.5	Arkansas	~~PSU~~	ARK	~~PSU~~	~~PSU~~	~~PSU~~	~~PSU~~
Notre Dame	-2	Oklahoma State	ND	ND	OKST	ND	OKST	OKST
Kentucky	-3	Iowa	UK	UK	UK	UK	UK	UK
Ohio State	-6.5	Utah	~~OHST~~	~~OHST~~	~~OHST~~	~~OHST~~	~~OHST~~	~~OHST~~
Baylor	-1.5	Mississippi	~~MISS~~	~~MISS~~	BAY	~~MISS~~	~~MISS~~	~~MISS~~
Kansas State	-1	LSU	LSU	LSU	LSU	LSU	LSU	LSU
Record			15-18-1	16-17-1	15-18-1	15-18-1	16-17-1	14-19-1

*Records updated through 1/1 (34 bowl games, One Push, 7 Cancellations)

All picks are against the spread
~~Losing picks are noted as such~~
Pushes are italicized
Best Bets are bolded

Favorite	Spread	Underdog	John McKechnie	Jeff Edgerton	Seth Grossman	Chris Morgan	Jesse Siegel
Toledo	-10.5	Middle Tennessee	~~TOL~~	MTSU	~~TOL~~	MTSU	MTSU
Coastal Carolina	-10.5	Northern Illinois	NIU	NIU	~~CCU~~	~~CCU~~	~~CCU~~
Appalachian State	-3	Western Kentucky	WKU	~~APP~~	~~APP~~	~~APP~~	WKU
Fresno State	-11.5	UTEP	~~FRES~~	~~FRES~~	~~FRES~~	~~FRES~~	~~FRES~~
BYU	-7	UAB	UAB	UAB	~~BYU~~	~~BYU~~	~~BYU~~
Liberty	-9	Eastern Michigan	LIB	LIB	LIB	EMU	LIB
Oregon State	-7	Utah State	UTST	~~ORST~~	~~ORST~~	~~ORST~~	~~ORST~~
Louisiana	-5.5	Marshall	~~MAR~~	UL	UL	UL	~~MAR~~
Tulsa	-9.5	Old Dominion	TULS	~~ODU~~	~~ODU~~	~~ODU~~	~~ODU~~
Wyoming	-3	Kent State	WYO	WYO	WYO	WYO	~~KENT~~
UTSA	-2.5	San Diego State	~~UTSA~~	SDSU	SDSU	SDSU	SDSU
Army	-3.5	Missouri	~~ARMY~~	~~ARMY~~	MIZZ	~~ARMY~~	MIZZ
Miami (OH)	-3	North Texas	MIA-OH	~~UNT~~	~~UNT~~	~~UNT~~	~~UNT~~
Florida	-6.5	UCF	UF	UF	UF	UCF	UCF
Memphis	-7.5	Hawaii	HAW	MEM	MEM	HAW	HAW
Georgia State	-4.5	Ball State	GAST	GAST	GAST	GAST	GAST
Western Michigan	-3.5	Nevada	WMU	WMU	WMU	WMU	WMU
Boston College	-3	East Carolina	BC	ECU	BC	BC	ECU
Auburn	-3	Houston	HOU	HOU	HOU	HOU	~~AUB~~
Louisville	-1.5	Air Force	AF	~~LOU~~	~~LOU~~	~~LOU~~	~~LOU~~
Mississippi State	-8	Texas Tech	TTU	TTU	~~MSST~~	~~MSST~~	~~MSST~~
NC State	-1	UCLA	NCST	UCLA	NCST	NCST	NCST
Minnesota	-4	West Virginia	MIN	~~WVU~~	~~WVU~~	MIN	~~WVU~~
Maryland	-1	Virginia Tech	VT	VT	VT	VT	VT
Iowa State	-1.5	Clemson	CLEM	CLEM	~~IAST~~	CLEM	CLEM
Oklahoma	-4.5	Oregon	~~ORE~~	~~ORE~~	~~ORE~~	OU	OU
North Carolina	-8.5	South Carolina	USC	~~UNC~~	~~UNC~~	~~UNC~~	~~UNC~~
Tennessee	-4.5	Purdue	~~TEN~~	~~TEN~~	~~TEN~~	~~TEN~~	~~TEN~~
Michigan State	-1.5	Pittsburgh	MSU	MSU	MSU	MSU	MSU
Wisconsin	-6.5	Arizona State	WIS	WIS	WIS	WIS	WIS
Texas A&M	-5	Wake Forest	TAMU	TAMU	TAMU	TAMU	TAMU
Miami (FL)	-2.5	Washington State	MIAFL	WAZU	MIAFL	MIAFL	WAZU
Boise State	-8	Central Michigan	BSU	CMU	BSU	CMU	BSU
Alabama	-13.5	Cincinnati	BAMA	BAMA	BAMA	~~CIN~~	BAMA
Georgia	-8.5	Michigan	UM	UGA	UGA	UM	UM
Penn State	-2.5	Arkansas	ARK	~~PSU~~	ARK	ARK	ARK
Notre Dame	-2	Oklahoma State	ND	ND	OK ST	ND	OKST
Kentucky	-3	Iowa	UK	UK	UK	UK	UK
Ohio State	-6.5	Utah	~~OHST~~	~~OHST~~	~~OHST~~	~~OHST~~	~~OHST~~
Baylor	-1.5	Mississippi	~~MISS~~	~~MISS~~	~~MISS~~	~~MISS~~	BAY
Kansas State	-1	LSU	KSU	KSU	LSU	KSU	KSU
Record		+7gms	20-13-1	16-17-1	14-19-1	15-18-1	16-17-1

Favorite	Spread	Underdog	Greg Vara	Trevor Popoff	Nick Grays	Nick Whalen	Chris Benzine	Jake Blanchard
Toledo	-10.5	Middle Tennessee	MTSU	~~TOL~~	~~TOL~~	MTSU	~~TOL~~	~~TOL~~
Coastal Carolina	-10.5	Northern Illinois	NIU	NIU	~~CCU~~	~~CCU~~	NIU	~~CCU~~
Appalachian State	-3	Western Kentucky	~~APP~~	WKU	~~APP~~	~~APP~~	WKU	~~APP~~
Fresno State	-11.5	UTEP	UTEP	~~FRES~~	UTEP	~~FRES~~	~~FRES~~	~~FRES~~
BYU	-7	UAB	~~BYU~~	~~BYU~~	UAB	~~BYU~~	UAB	~~BYU~~
Liberty	-9	Eastern Michigan	LIB	~~EMU~~	LIB	LIB	~~EMU~~	LIB
Oregon State	-7	Utah State	~~ORST~~	~~ORST~~	~~ORST~~	~~ORST~~	~~ORST~~	UTST
Louisiana	-5.5	Marshall	UL	UL	~~MAR~~	UL	UL	UL
Tulsa	-9.5	Old Dominion	TULS	TULS	TULS	TULS	TULS	TULS
Wyoming	-3	Kent State	WYO	~~KENT~~	WYO	WYO	~~KENT~~	WYO
UTSA	-2.5	San Diego State	SDSU	~~UTSA~~	SDSU	~~UTSA~~	~~UTSA~~	SDSU
Army	-3.5	Missouri	~~ARMY~~	~~ARMY~~	~~ARMY~~	MIZZ	~~ARMY~~	MIZZ
Miami (OH)	-3	North Texas	~~UNT~~	~~UNT~~	~~UNT~~	~~UNT~~	~~UNT~~	~~UNT~~
Florida	-6.5	UCF	UF	UF	UF	UCF	UCF	UF
Memphis	-7.5	Hawaii	MEM	HAW	MEM	MEM	MEM	MEM
Georgia State	-4.5	Ball State	GAST	GAST	GAST	GAST	GAST	GAST
Western Michigan	-3.5	Nevada	~~NEV~~	WMU	WMU	WMU	WMU	~~NEV~~
Boston College	-3	East Carolina	BC	ECU	BC	ECU	BC	BC
Auburn	-3	Houston	HOU	HOU	~~AUB~~	~~AUB~~	HOU	~~AUB~~
Louisville	-1.5	Air Force	AF	AF	AF	~~LOU~~	~~LOU~~	~~LOU~~
Mississippi State	-8	Texas Tech	~~MSST~~	TTU	~~MSST~~	~~MSST~~	~~MSST~~	~~MSST~~
NC State	-1	UCLA	NCST	NCST	NCST	NCST	NCST	NCST
Minnesota	-4	West Virginia	MIN	MIN	MIN	MIN	MIN	MIN
Maryland	-1	Virginia Tech	VT	VT	VT	VT	MD	VT
Iowa State	-1.5	Clemson	~~IAST~~	CLEM	~~IAST~~	~~IAST~~	CLEM	~~IAST~~
Oklahoma	-4.5	Oregon	~~ORE~~	OU	OU	OU	OU	~~ORE~~
North Carolina	-8.5	South Carolina	SCAR	~~UNC~~	~~UNC~~	~~UNC~~	~~UNC~~	SCAR
Tennessee	-4.5	Purdue	~~TEN~~	~~TEN~~	~~TEN~~	~~TEN~~	~~TEN~~	~~TEN~~
Michigan State	-1.5	Pittsburgh	MSU	MSU	MSU	MSU	~~PITT~~	~~PITT~~
Wisconsin	-6.5	Arizona State	WIS	WIS	WIS	WIS	WIS	WIS
Texas A&M	-5	Wake Forest	TAMU	TAMU	TAMU	TAMU	WAKE	TAMU
Miami (FL)	-2.5	Washington State	MIAFL	WAZU	MIAFL	MIAFL	MIAFL	MIAFL
Boise State	-8	Central Michigan	BSU	BSU	CMU	BSU	CMU	BSU
Alabama	-13.5	Cincinnati	~~CIN~~	BAMA	~~CIN~~	BAMA	BAMA	BAMA
Georgia	-8.5	Michigan	UM	UM	UM	UGA	UM	UGA
Penn State	-2.5	Arkansas	~~PSU~~	ARK	~~PSU~~	~~PSU~~	~~PSU~~	~~PSU~~
Notre Dame	-2	Oklahoma State	ND	ND	OKST	ND	OKST	OKST
Kentucky	-3	Iowa	UK	UK	UK	UK	UK	UK
Ohio State	-6.5	Utah	~~OHST~~	~~OHST~~	~~OHST~~	~~OHST~~	~~OHST~~	~~OHST~~
Baylor	-1.5	Mississippi	~~MISS~~	~~MISS~~	BAY	~~MISS~~	~~MISS~~	~~MISS~~
Kansas State	-1	LSU	LSU	LSU	LSU	LSU	LSU	LSU
Record			15-18-1	16-17-1	15-18-1	15-18-1	16-17-1	14-19-1

*Records updated through 1/1 (34 bowl games, One Push, 7 Cancellations)

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Chris Benzine

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Chris is the college football editor and the Kansas City Chiefs beat writer. He's a graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Jeff Edgerton

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John McKechnie

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Jesse Siegel

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Greg Vara

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