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, Dec. 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
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Fiesta Bowl
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Sugar Bowl
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Orange Bowl
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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
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