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Utah The Public and Point Spread Favorite in The Armed Forces Bowl

Team Page: Utah :: Tulsa

58% of Bets Placed on Utah -2 | Matchup | CFB Picks
Utah isn't playing in nearly as prestigious a season-ending game as it did two seasons ago, but the Utes can extend their bowl winning streak to six when they take on Tulsa in the Armed Forces Bowl on Dec. 23.

Utah (7-5) will be appearing in a bowl game for a program-record fourth straight season as it faces Tulsa (8-4) in the former Fort Worth Bowl.

San Jose St Favored by Public Over New Mexico in New Mexico Bowl

Team Page: San Jose State :: New Mexico

71% of Bets Placed on San Jose +3.5 | Matchup | CFB Picks
In only his second season at San Jose State, coach Dick Tomey has turned around a struggling program.

Tomey and the Spartans try to cap their resurgent year with a three-game winning streak when they face New Mexico on Dec. 23 in the inaugural New Mexico Bowl at Albuquerque.

Oddsmakers have made New Mexico -3.5 point spread favorites (College Football Odds) for today's game,

South Florida Favored Over East Carolina in Inaugural Papa Johns Bowl

Team Page: East Carolina :: South Florida

74% of Bets Placed on S. Florida -5 | Matchup | CFB Picks
South Florida is trying to create a habit of making bowl appearances. East Carolina hopes it has renewed one.

The two upstart teams provide an unlikely pairing on Dec. 23 in the inaugural PapaJohns.com Bowl at Legion Field in Birmingham, Ala.

Oddsmakers have made South Florida -5 point spread favorites (College Football Odds) for today's game, the over/under has been set at 43 total points (View CFB Sports Books).

Bowl Game Preview: New Orleans Bowl Bettors Picking Rice -4

Team Page: Troy State :: Rice

73% of Bets Placed on Rice -4 | Matchup | CFB Picks
In less than a year after being hired to turn around Rice's struggling football program, coach Todd Graham led the Owls to just their fourth winning season since 1993 and helped get their stadium upgraded. Now, he's taking his team to its first bowl in 45 years.

Graham and Rice (7-5) try for the program's first postseason win since 1954 when the Owls take on Troy in the New Orleans Bowl on Dec. 22.

Bowl Game Preview: Las Vegas Bowl

Team Page: BYU :: Oregon

865% of Bets Placed on BYU -3 | Matchup | CFB Picks
Quarterback John Beck and Brigham Young should have enough motivation to overcome the malaise that accompanies nearly a one-month layoff between their regular-season finale and bowl appearance.

The 19th-ranked Cougars look to channel that emotion when they play in the Las Vegas Bowl for a second straight season to face Oregon on Dec. 21 at Sam Boyd Stadium.

Oddsmakers have made BYU -3 point spread favorites (College Football Odds) for Thursday's game, the over/under has been set at 62 total points (View CFB Sports Books).