2012-2013 Bowl Confidence Picks - Results

Who's going to win each bowl game? According to the CFN Confidence Picks (picks with 1 for the least confident selection and 35 for the most confident).

2012-2013 Bowls

Confidence Picks   

Here's the drill for the bowls. Everyone makes their picks, and then assigns a number from most to least confident both against the spread and straight up. A 35 means most confident with the pick, 1 is least confident. The number next to the final pick is an overall confidence score of the picks added up. The higher the number, the more confident the overall pick.

Here are the picks from the CFN writers, along with the Chicken. Clucko's confidence picks were taken out of a hat to represent the element of random chance. Put down two feed dishes, one representing one team and one representing another and whichever dish the chicken goes to first is the team that's going to win. You'll do just as well. Don't laugh; Clucko won a 2000 Bowl Pool among 24 entrants.

Standings Straight Up 1. Fiu 426 2. Smith 411 3. Russ 410 4. Matt 406 5. Rich 404 6. STAFF 397 7. Phil 374 8. Bart 349 9. Terry 341 10. Clucko 256

Standings ATS 1. Phil 399 2. Fiu 339 3. Rich 302 4. STAFF 290 5. Clucko 287 6. Russ 286 7. Bart 284 8. Terry 271 10. Matt 224 10. Smith 200

Saturday, December 15 - Gildan New Mexico
1:00 - Arizona -9.5 vs. Nevada 76  CFN PICK: Arizona 44-32   FINAL: Arizona 49, Nevada 48
	Fiu	Rich	Matt	Russ	Phil	Terry	Clucko	Bart	Smith	PICK
SU	AZ (25)	AZ (30)	AZ (35)	AZ (17)	AZ (28)	AZ (11)	NV (27)	AZ (17)	AZ (23)	AZ (25)
ATS	AZ (13)	AZ (20)	AZ (25)	AZ (17)	AZ (35)	AZ (4)	NV (27)	AZ (10)	NV (19)	AZ (23)
Saturday, December 15 - Famous Idaho Potato
4:30 - Utah State -10 vs. Toledo 58.5  CFN PICK: Utah State 34-30  FINAL: Utah State 41, Toledo 15
	Fiu	Rich	Matt	Russ	Phil	Terry	Clucko	Bart	Smith	PICK
SU	US (20)	US (28)	US (30)	US (25)	US (18)	US (35)	TO (18)	US (27)	US (19)	US (28)
ATS	TO (4)	TO (13)	US (20)	US (6)	US (15)	US (35)	TO (17)	US (2)	TO (29)	US (6)
Thursday, December 20 - San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia
8:00 - BYU -2.5 vs. San Diego State 49  CFN PICK: BYU 24-17   FINAL: BYU 23, San Diego State 6
	Fiu	Rich	Matt	Russ	Phil	Terry	Clucko	Bart	Smith	PICK
SU	BY (21)	SD (5)	BY (5)	SD (2)	BY (4)	BY (10)	SD (15)	BY (16)	BY (8)	BY (6)
ATS	BY (30)	SD (6)	BY (8)	SD (5)	BY (34)	BY (10)	SD (7)	BY (15)	BY (3)	BY (26)
Friday, December 21 - Beef 'O' Brady's St. Petersburg
7:30 - UCF -7 vs. Ball State 61.5  CFN PICK: UCF 37-27  FINAL: UCF 34, Ball State 17
	Fiu	Rich	Matt	Russ	Phil	Terry	Clucko	Bart	Smith	PICK
SU	CF (19)	CF (8)	BS (1)	BS (3)	CF (19)	BS (4)	BS (1)	CF (15)	CF (1)	CF (9)
ATS	CF (34)	BS (10)	BS (19)	BS (8)	CF (16)	BS (6)	BS (26)	BS (16)	BS (34)	BS (22)
Saturday, December 22 - R+L Carriers New Orleans
12:00 - East Carolina vs. Louisiana-Lafayette -5.5 65  CFN PICK: ULL 37-31  FINAL: Louisiana-Lafayette 43, East Carolina 34
	Fiu	Rich	Matt	Russ	Phil	Terry	Clucko	Bart	Smith	PICK
SU	LL (18)	LL(18)	EC (2)	LL (10)	LL (5)	EC (6)	LL (12)	LL (29)	LL (25)	LL (21)
ATS	LL (21)	EC (7)	EC (18)	LL (4)	LL (3)	EC (11)	EC (20)	LL (3)	LL (16)	LL (2)
Saturday, December 22 - MAACO Las Vegas
3:30 - Washington vs. Boise State -5 46  CFN PICK: Boise State 26-23  FINAL: Boise State 28-26
	Fiu	Rich	Matt	Russ	Phil	Terry	Clucko	Bart	Smith	PICK
SU	BS (14)	BS (9)	BS (13)	BS (6)	WA (6)	BS (2)	WA (13)	BS (18)	BS (5)	BS (8)
ATS	BS (20)	WA (4)	BS (9)	BS (3)	WA (17)	WA (2)	WA (18)	WA (17)	WA (32)	WA (21)
Monday, December 24 - Sheraton Hawai'i
8:00 - Fresno State -12 vs. SMU 59    CFN PICK: Fresno State 41-21  FINAL: SMU 43-10
	Fiu	Rich	Matt	Russ	Phil	Terry	Clucko	Bart	Smith	PICK
SU	FS (31)	FS (34)	FS (34)	FS (4)	FS (20)	FS (24)	FS (23)	FS (35)	FS (32)	FS (33)
ATS	FS (11)	FS (30)	FS (10)	SM (15)	SM (18)	FS (24)	SM (9)	FS (30)	SM (5)	FS (20)
Wednesday, December 26 - Little Caesars Pizza
7:30 - Central Michigan vs. Western Kentucky -5.5 60 CFN PICK: WKU 31-24  FINAL: CMU 24-21
	Fiu	Rich	Matt	Russ	Phil	Terry	Clucko	Bart	Smith	PICK
SU	CM (6)	WK (16)	WK (10)	WK (9)	WK (7)	WK (9)	CM (14)	WK (18)	WK (11)	WK (11)
ATS	CM (6)	WK (11)	WK (27)	CM (1)	CM (14)	WK (9)	CM (2)	WK (6)	CM (13)	WK (7)
Thursday, December 27 - Military
3:00 Bowling Green vs. San Jose State -7.5 46.5  CFN PICK: SJSU 30-24  FINAL: SJSU 29-20
	Fiu	Rich	Matt	Russ	Phil	Terry	Clucko	Bart	Smith	PICK
SU	BG (4)	SJ (24)	SJ (7)	SJ (13)	SJ (21)	SJ (13)	BG (26)	SJ (14)	SJ (20)	SJ (15)
ATS	BG (3)	SJ (23)	SJ (11)	SJ (2)	SJ (19)	SJ (13)	BG (30)	SJ (4)	BG (17)	SJ (11)
Thursday, December 27 - Belk
6:30 - Duke vs. Cincinnati -7.5 60  CFN PICK: Cincinnati 34-21 FINAL: Cincinnati 48-34
	Fiu	Rich	Matt	Russ	Phil	Terry	Clucko	Bart	Smith	PICK
SU	DU (3)	UC (15)	UC (3)	UC (30)	UC (22)	UC (21)	UC (20)	UC (28)	UC (29)	UC (26)
ATS	DU (29)	UC (14)	DU (12)	UC (30)	DU (13)	UC (21)	DU (1)	DU (5)	UC (14)	UC (9)
Thursday, December 27 - Bridgepoint Education Holiday
9:45 - UCLA -1 vs. Baylor 79.5  CFN PICK: UCLA 44-38  FINAL: Baylor 49-26
	Fiu	Rich	Matt	Russ	Phil	Terry	Clucko	Bart	Smith	PICK
SU	UC (13)	UC (19)	UC (4)	UC (11)	UC (3)	UC (14)	BU (17)	UC (13)	UC (12)	UC (13)
ATS	UC (28)	UC (18)	UC (6)	UC (11)	UC (20)	UC (14)	BU (10)	UC (8)	UC (28)	UC (33)
Friday, December 28 - AdvoCare V100 Independence
2:00 - Ohio vs. ULM -7 60 CFN PICK: ULM 38-27 FINAL: Ohio 45-14
	Fiu	Rich	Matt	Russ	Phil	Terry	Clucko	Bart	Smith	PICK
SU	LM (15)	LM (12)	LM (33)	UL (18)	LM (27)	LM (15)	LM (6)	OH (20)	LM (16)	LM (16)
ATS	OH (5)	OH (21)	LM (23)	UL (7)	LM (12)	LM (15)	OH (32)	OH (9)	OH (20)	OH (14)
Friday, December 28 - Russell Athletic
5:30 - Rutgers vs. Virginia Tech -2 41 CFN PICK: Rutgers 23-16 FINAL: Virginia Tech 13-10 OT
	Fiu	Rich	Matt	Russ	Phil	Terry	Clucko	Bart	Smith	PICK
SU	RU (5)	VT (7)	VT (6)	RU (8)	VT (26)	RU (16)	RU (2)	VT (19)	RU (17)	VT (1)
ATS	RU (1)	VT (8)	VT (1)	RU (27)	VT (21)	RU (16)	RU (29)	VT (29)	RU (31)	RU (17)
Friday, December 28 - Meineke Car Care Bowl of Texas
9:00 - Texas Tech -12.5 vs. Minnesota 57 CFN PICK: Minnesota 27-24  FINAL: Texas Tech 34-31
	Fiu	Rich	Matt	Russ	Phil	Terry	Clucko	Bart	Smith	PICK
SU	MN (1)	TT (25)	TT (32)	TT (20)	TT (29)	TT (17)	TT (28)	MN (1)	TT (31)	TT (27)
ATS	MN (35)	TT (12)	TT (31)	TT (13)	MN (22)	TT (17)	MN (21)	MN (35)	MN (11)	MN (18)
Saturday, December 29 - Bell Helicopter Armed Forces
11:45 - Rice vs. Air Force -1 61 CFN PICK: Air Force 34-27  FINAL: Rice 33-14
	Fiu	Rich	Matt	Russ	Phil	Terry	Clucko	Bart	Smith	PICK
SU	AF (12)	AF (22)	AF (31)	AF (16)	AF (8)	AF (18)	RI (25)	AF (12)	AF (3)	AF (19)
ATS	AF (32)	AF (22)	AF (35)	AF (16)	AF (11)	AF (18)	RI (31)	AF (11)	RI (10)	AF (30)
Saturday, December 29 - Kraft Fight Hunger
3:15 - Navy vs. Arizona State -14.5 45  CFN PICK: Arizona State 38-20  FINAL: Arizona State 62-28
	Fiu	Rich	Matt	Russ	Phil	Terry	Clucko	Bart	Smith	PICK
SU	AS (26)	AS (31)	AS (22)	AS (23)	AS (25)	AS (20)	AS (19)	AS (26)	AS (27)	AS (29)
ATS	NV (13)	NV (5)	AS (2)	NV (10)	NV (23)	NV (20)	NV (19)	AS (12)	NV (25)	NV (29)
Saturday, December 29 - New Era Pinstripe
3:15 - West Virginia -4 vs. Syracuse 74 CFN PICK: West Virginia 45-40 FINAL: Syracuse 38-14
	Fiu	Rich	Matt	Russ	Phil	Terry	Clucko	Bart	Smith	PICK
SU	WV (16)	WV (17)	WV (8)	WV (14)	WV (24)	WV (19)	SU (11)	WV (34)	WV (7)	WV (22)
ATS	WV (12)	WV (15)	WV (3)	SY (23)	WV (24)	WV (19)	SU (16)	WV (34)	SU (15)	WV (19)
Saturday, December 29 - Valero Alamo
6:45 - Oregon State -2 vs. Texas 57 CFN PICK: Oregon State 30-26  FINAL: Texas 31-27
	Fiu	Rich	Matt	Russ	Phil	Terry	Clucko	Bart	Smith	PICK
SU	TX (17)	OS (11)	TX (9)	TX (7)	OS (9)	OS (22)	TX (24)	OS (33)	OS (15)	OS (5)
ATS	TX (18)	OS (9)	TX (4)	TX (9)	OS (25)	OS (22)	TX (35)	OS (28)	OS (23)	OS (16)
Saturday, December 29 - Buffalo Wild Wings
10:15 - TCU -2.5 vs. Michigan State 41 CFN PICK: Michigan State 20-16  FINAL: Michigan State 17-16
	Fiu	Rich	Matt	Russ	Phil	Terry	Clucko	Bart	Smith	PICK
SU	MS (11)	MS (26)	TC (11)	TC (19)	MS (30)	TC (12)	TC (7)	MS (3)	TC (9)	MS (2)
ATS	MS (19)	MS (24)	TC (5)	TC (16)	MS (26)	TC (12)	MS (11)	MS (26)	TC (1)	MS (24)
Monday, December 31 - Franklin American Mortgage Music City
12:00 - Vanderbilt -6.5 vs. NC State 52 CFN PICK: Vanderbilt 27-20  FINAL: Vanderbilt 38-24
	Fiu	Rich	Matt	Russ	Phil	Terry	Clucko	Bart	Smith	PICK
SU	VA (24)	VA (23)	VA (12)	VA (22)	VA (10)	VA (23)	NC (33)	VA (32)	VA (28)	VA (23)
ATS	VA (15)	VA (16)	VA (13)	VA (21)	VA (10)	VA (23)	NC (6)	VA (7)	VA (24)	VA (32)
Monday, December 31 - Hyundai Sun
2:00 - Georgia Tech vs. USC -10.5 63.5 CFN PICK: USC 38-24  FINAL: Georgia Tech 21-7
	Fiu	Rich	Matt	Russ	Phil	Terry	Clucko	Bart	Smith	PICK
SU	SC (23)	SC (20)	SC (29)	SC (33)	SC (34)	SC (30)	SC (29)	SC (31)	SC (30)	SC (35)
ATS	GT (16)	GT  (3)	SC (34)	SC (33)	SC (27)	SC (30)	GT (8)	SC (25)	GT (7)	SC (31)
Monday, December 31 - AutoZone Liberty
3:30 - Tulsa vs. Iowa State PICK 51 CFN PICK: Tulsa 28-24  FINAL: Tulsa: 31-17
	Fiu	Rich	Matt	Russ	Phil	Terry	Clucko	Bart	Smith	PICK
SU	TU (7)	IS (14)	IS (14)	TU (12)	IS (17)	TU (8)	TU (21)	TU (21)	IS (6)	TU (3)
ATS	TU (9)	IS (17)	IS (14)	TU (12)	IS (1)	TU (8)	TU (24)	TU (24)	IS (27)	TU (8)
Monday, December 31 - Chick-fil-A
7:30 - Clemson vs. LSU -4 58.5 CFN PICK: LSU 31-23 FINAL: Clemson 25-24
	Fiu	Rich	Matt	Russ	Phil	Terry	Clucko	Bart	Smith	PICK
SU	LS (33)	LS (13)	LS (15)	LS (21)	LS (11)	LS (32)	CL (34)	CL (11)	LS (14)	LS (18)
ATS	LS (33)	LS (19)	LS (15)	LS (20)	LS (9)	LS (32)	CL (15)	CL (23)	CL (6)	LS (27)
Tuesday, January 1 - Heart of Dallas
12:00 - Oklahoma State -17 vs. Purdue 70.5 CFN PICK: OSU 41-20  FINAL: OSU 58-14
	Fiu	Rich	Matt	Russ	Phil	Terry	Clucko	Bart	Smith	PICK
SU	OS (35)	OS (35)	OS (28)	OS (32)	OS (33)	OS (33)	PU (10)	OS (25)	OS (34)	OS (34)
ATS	OS (22)	PU (25)	OS (33)	OS (28)	PU (28)	OS (33)	PU (28)	PU (22)	OS (12)	OS (12)
Tuesday, January 1 - TaxSlayer.com Gator
12:00 - Northwestern vs. Mississippi State -2 53 CFN PICK: MSU 31-27 FINAL: NU 34-20
	Fiu	Rich	Matt	Russ	Phil	Terry	Clucko	Bart	Smith	PICK
SU	NW (9)	MS (10)	MS (16)	MS (5)	NW (16)	MS (31)	MS (5)	NW (9)	MS (10)	MS (7)
ATS	NW (7)	MS (2)	MS (16)	NW (26)	NW (8)	MS (31)	NW (25)	NW (14)	NW (2)	NW (15)
Tuesday, January 1 - Capital One
1:00 - Georgia -10 vs. Nebraska 59.5 CFN PICK: Georgia 27-20  FINAL: Georgia 45-31
	Fiu	Rich	Matt	Russ	Phil	Terry	Clucko	Bart	Smith	PICK
SU	GA (28)	GA (21)	GA (17)	GA (26)	GA (31)	GA (28)	GA (30)	GA (10)	GA (33)	GA (31)
ATS	NE (31)	GA (26)	GA (17)	NE (32)	NE (29)	GA (28)	NE (4)	GA (13)	GA (21)	GA (4)
Tuesday, January 1 - Outback
1:00 - Michigan vs. South Carolina -5.5 47.5 CFN PICK: South Carolina 27-20  FINAL: South Carolina 33-28
	Fiu	Rich	Matt	Russ	Phil	Terry	Clucko	Bart	Smith	PICK
SU	SC (27)	MI (3)	SC (18)	SC (27)	MI (2)	SC (29)	MI (8)	MI (8)	SC (24)	SC (20)
ATS	SC (26)	MI (33)	SC (21)	MI (22)	MI (2)	SC (29)	MI (14)	MI (21)	SC (18)	SC (1)
Friday, January 4 - AT&T Cotton
8:00 - Oklahoma vs. Texas A&M -4.5 72.5 CFN PICK: Oklahoma 38-34  FINAL: Texas A&M 41-13
	Fiu	Rich	Matt	Russ	Phil	Terry	Clucko	Bart	Smith	PICK
SU	OU (10)	AM (29)	AM (19)	AM (24)	AM (15)	AM (3)	OU (32)	OU (30)	AM (13)	AM (4)
ATS	OU (10)	AM (28)	AM (22)	AM (24)	AM (7)	AM (3)	OU (3)	OU (33)	OU (9)	AM (13)
Saturday, January 5 - BBVA Compass
1:00 - Ole Miss -3.5 vs. Pitt 53 CFN PICK: Ole Miss 27-20  FINAL: Ole Miss 38-17
	Fiu	Rich	Matt	Russ	Phil	Terry	Clucko	Bart	Smith	PICK
SU	OM (22)	OM (32)	OM (20)	OM (29)	OM (23)	OM (26)	PT (16)	OM (4)	OM (4)	OM (24)
ATS	OM (24)	OM  (29)	OM (24)	OM (29)	OM (6)	OM (26)	PT (12)	PT (20)	PT (26)	OM (25)
Sunday, January 6 - GoDaddy.com
9:00 - Arkansas State -4 vs. Kent State  62 CFN PICK: ASU 38-30  FINAL: ASU 17-13
	Fiu	Rich	Matt	Russ	Phil	Terry	Clucko	Bart	Smith	PICK
SU	KS (2)	KS (4)	KS (21)	AS (1)	AS (12)	AS (27)	KS (35)	AS (23)	AS (2)	KS (12)
ATS	KS (2)	KS (1)	KS (25)	AS (14)	AS (30)	AS (27)	KS (5)	AS (17)	KS (33)	AS (10)
Tuesday, January 1 - Rose Bowl
5:00 - Wisconsin vs. Stanford -6.5 47.5 CFN PICK: Wisconsin 20-17  FINAL: Stanford 20-14
	Fiu	Rich	Matt	Russ	Phil	Terry	Clucko	Bart	Smith	PICK
SU	WI (8)	ST (6)	ST (27)	ST (31)	WI (1)	WI (5)	ST (4)	WI (7)	ST (21)	ST (10)
ATS	WI (17)	WI (31)	ST (32)	ST (31)	WI (31)	WI (5)	WI (33)	WI (31)	WI (8)	WI (34)
Tuesday, January 1 - Discover Orange
8:30 - Florida State -13.5 vs. Northern Illinois 58.5 CFN PICK: FSU 37-17  FINAL: FSU 31-10
	Fiu	Rich	Matt	Russ	Phil	Terry	Clucko	Bart	Smith	PICK
SU	FS (32)	FS (33)	FS (26)	FS (35)	FS (35)	FS (34)	FS (9)	NI (2)	FS (18)	FS (30)
ATS	NI (8)	NI (32)	FS (26)	FS (35)	FS (33)	FS (34)	NI (22)	NI (19)	NI (35)	FS (5)
Wednesday, January 2 - Allstate Sugar
8:30 - Florida -14 vs. Louisville 45 CFN PICK: Florida 34-17   FINAL: Louisville: 33-23
	Fiu	Rich	Matt	Russ	Phil	Terry	Clucko	Bart	Smith	PICK
SU	FL (29)	FL (27)	FL (23)	FL (34)	FL (32)	FL (25)	UL (3)	UF (24)	FL (35)	FL (32)
ATS	FL (23)	FL (27)	UL (7)	FL (34)	UL (5)	UL (1)	UL (13)	UF (1)	FL (27)	FL (28)
Thursday, January 3 - Tostitos Fiesta
8:30 - Kansas State at Oregon -8.5 75.5 CFN PICK: Oregon 41-30  FINAL: Oregon 35-17
	Fiu	Rich	Matt	Russ	Phil	Terry	Clucko	Bart	Smith	PICK
SU	OR (30)	OR (2)	OR (25)	OR (28)	OR (14)	KS (7)	KS (31)	OR (6)	OR (26)	OR (17)
ATS	OR (27)	KS (34)	OR (29)	OR (19)	OR (32)	KS (25)	KS (23)	KS (18)	KS (4)	OS (3)
Monday, January 7 - Discover BCS National Championship
8:30  - Notre Dame vs. Alabama -9.5 41.5 CFN PICK: Alabama 26-13
	Fiu	Rich	Matt	Russ	Phil	Terry	Clucko	Bart	Smith	PICK
SU	AL (34)	ND (1)	AL (24)	AL (15)	AL (13)	ND (1)	ND (22)	ND (5)	AL (22)	AL (14)
ATS	AL (25)	ND (35)	ND (28)	ND (25)	ND (4)	ND (7)	ND (34)	ND (32)	ND (30)	ND (35)