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ESPN College Football Analysts Predict Winners of Five BCS Games
Florida State Heavily Favored to Win VIZIO BCS National Championship
ESPN platforms – for the fourth consecutive year – will have full coverage of the Bowl Championship Series (BCS) across ESPN, WatchESPN, ESPN Radio and ESPN Deportes. In addition, a BCS Megacast of the VIZIO BCS National Championship on Monday, Jan. 6 will encompass ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNEWS, ESPN Classic, ESPN Radio, ESPN Deportes, ESPN3 and ESPN Goal Line with game -specific content on ESPN.com and ESPN social media platforms. Several ESPN analysts predicted the winners of the five BCS games.
ESPN analysts’ selections are as followed:
- In a matchup of top-five opponents – No. 5 Stanford grabbed 75 percent (12-of-16) of the votes to top No. 4 Michigan State in the Rose Bowl Game Presented by VIZIO (Jan. 1, 5 p.m. ET).
- No. 6 Baylor is the favorite to beat No. 15 UCF in the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl (Jan. 1, 8:30 p.m.) – 92.9 percent of the picks.
- One-hundred percent of the analysts predicted No. 3 Alabama to claim victory over No. 11 Oklahoma in the Allstate Sugar Bowl (Jan. 2, 8:30 p.m.).
- Securing the closest margin of victory of the five games, No. 12 Clemson received 60 percent of the votes (nine-of-15) to be victorious over No. 7 Ohio State in the Discover Orange Bowl (Jan. 3, 8:30 p.m.).
- The VIZIO BCS National Championship (Jan. 6, 8:30 p.m.) featuring a one-loss Auburn against undefeated Florida State has the Seminoles as the favorite to take the title with 80 percent of the selections (12-of-15 votes).
ESPN Analysts BCS Picks
| Analyst | Rose Bowl #STANvsMSU |
Fiesta Bowl #UCFvsBAY |
Sugar Bowl #OUvsBAMA |
Orange Bowl #CLEMvsOSU |
Championship #FSUvsAUB |
| Anthony Becht | Stanford | UCF | Alabama | Ohio State | Florida State |
| Mike Bellotti | Stanford | Baylor | Alabama | Ohio State | Florida State |
| Kevin Carter | Stanford | Baylor | Alabama | Clemson | Florida State |
| Todd Blackledge | Stanford | Baylor | — | Clemson | — |
| Ed Cunningham | Stanford | Baylor | Alabama | Clemson | Florida State |
| Joey Galloway | Michigan State | Baylor | Alabama | Clemson | Florida State |
| Rod Gilmore | Stanford | — | Alabama | Ohio State | Auburn |
| Brian Griese | Stanford | Baylor | Alabama | Ohio State | Florida State |
| Brock Huard | Michigan State | Baylor | Alabama | Ohio State | Florida State |
| Danny Kanell | Stanford | Baylor | Alabama | Clemson | Florida State |
| Tom Luginbill | Stanford | Baylor | Alabama | Clemson | Auburn |
| Brett McMurphy | Stanford | Baylor | Alabama | Clemson | Florida State |
| Jesse Palmer | Stanford | Baylor | Alabama | Ohio State | Florida State |
| Chris Spielman | Michigan State | — | Alabama | — | Florida State |
| Matt Stinchcomb | Stanford | Baylor | Alabama | Clemson | Auburn |
| Andre Ware | Michigan State | Baylor | Alabama | Clemson | Florida State |
ESPN analysts did not pick games they are calling
| BCS Games | ||
| Rose Bowl | Stanford – 75% | Michigan State – 25% |
| Fiesta Bowl | Baylor – 92.9% | UCF – 7.1% |
| Sugar Bowl | Alabama – 100% | Oklahoma – 0% |
| Orange Bowl | Clemson – 60% | Ohio State – 40% |
| National Championship | Florida State – 80% | Auburn – 20% |
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