College football odds, lines, picks, predictions for the 2022-23 bowl season: Advanced computer backs USC – CBS Sports
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Despite losing head coach Jeff Brohm to Louisville and starting quarterback Aidan O’Connell to the transfer portal, Purdue will hope to end a historic season on a high note at the Citrus Bowl against LSU on Jan. 2. The Boilermakers won the Big Ten West and made their first conference title game appearance this year but LSU is listed as 14.5-point favorites in the latest college football bowl odds from Caesars Sportsbook. Can Purdue overcome those heavy losses to cover as an underdog and can you trust them enough to include them in your college football bets?
Meanwhile, Utah is listed as a 1.5-point favorite in the latest college football lines with the Utes pitted against the Penn State Nittany Lions in the Rose Bowl. Utah is No. 7 in the nation after winning the Pac-12 title while Penn State is ranked No. 9 coming off a 10-2 season in the Big Ten. Before making any college football bowl picks, be sure to see the latest college football predictions from SportsLine’s advanced computer model.
The SportsLine Projection Model simulates every FBS college football game 10,000 times. Over the past six-plus years, the proprietary computer model has generated a stunning profit of almost $2,500 for $100 players on its top-rated college football picks against the spread. Anyone who has followed it has seen huge returns.
Now, it has turned its attention to the latest bowl season college football odds from Caesars and locked in picks for every FBS matchup. Head here to see every pick.
One of the college football bowl picks the model is high on: No. 8 USC covers as a 2-point favorite in the Cotton Bowl Classic against No. 14 Tulane on Jan. 2 at 1 p.m. ET at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. There’s a clear talent disparity here and even coming off the letdown of losing the Pac-12 title game and missing the College Football Playoff, USC remains relatively unaffected by opt-outs and the transfer portal. Linebacker Ralen Goforth is the only USC regular who has entered the portal thus far and Lincoln Riley’s squad hasn’t had any early declarations for the 2023 NFL Draft.
Even better, Heisman Trophy winner Caleb Williams has expressed a clear desire to play after suffering a hamstring injury in the loss to Utah. Williams threw for 4,075 yards and 37 touchdowns with just four interceptions while adding 372 rushing yards and 10 scores on the ground. The model predicts that Williams throws for over 300 yards and accounts for three total touchdowns on average to help the Trojans cover in well over 50% of simulations. See which other teams the model likes here.
The model has also made the call on who wins and covers in every other FBS matchup during bowl season, and it says multiple underdogs will win outright. You can only get every pick for every game at SportsLine.
So what college football picks can you make with confidence? And which underdogs will 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 returned almost $2,500 in profit over the past six-plus seasons, and find out.
See full college football bowl picks, odds, predictions here
Monday, Jan. 2
2023 ReliaQuest Bowl: Illinois vs. No. 22 Mississippi State (-1.5, 46)
2023 Cotton Bowl: No. 16 Tulane vs. No. 10 USC (-2, 63)
2023 Citrus Bowl: Purdue vs. No. 17 LSU (-14.5, 56)
2023 Rose Bowl: No. 11 Penn State vs. No. 8 Utah (-2, 52.5)
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