PRO gives us sharp ways to pick all four bowl games on Friday.
January 2 is the last big bowl slate before the CFP sorts itself out. Using a combo of sharp-action trends, bowl systems with winning records, projections and other premium insights, here's how the board looks.
- Rice vs. Texas State (1 p.m. ET)
- Navy vs. Cincinnati (4:30 p.m. ET)
- Wake Forest vs. Mississippi State (8 p.m. ET)
- Arizona vs. SMU (8 p.m. ET)
It's a full complement of spread, moneyline and over/unders, including an outright upset pick using a neat bowl model.
Check out the best bowl prediction for every game on Friday using PRO data, including a +2219 parlay.
4 College Football Bowl Picks & Parlay for 1/2/2026
Rice vs. Texas State
Odds: Texas State -16.5; O/U 57.5
Two PRO Systems that only make bowl game picks popped on Rice vs. Texas.
When these two trends have converged on the same side this year, that side is 4-0 ATS in bowl season.
Rice made a quarterback change recently, which pumped the spread up to Texas State -16.5.
You won't find a whole lot of good news coming out of Rice's camp,
