Bowl Game & CFP Opening Lines: Early Odds and Where the Value Is

Originally posted on College Football News
By Pete Fiutak | Last updated Dec 7, 2025 9:29 PM ET

The bowl game matchups were just released, people are still screaming about the College Football Playoff games, and ... let's have some fun.

What are the early lines right out of the box for all of these bowl games?

I haven't done this in a while - first, without looking, I go with what I think the lines will be, and then go in and add what they actually are.

These are going to change. There will be opt-outs, injuries, weather things, coaching changes, a parachute not opening - none of the lines are set in stone.

What's the point? Not that I know everything, or anything, but if I'm way off, maybe there's a crazy value, or maybe I needed to sharpen up before diving in.

College Football Bowl Game Lines and Early Odds

Cricket Celebration Bowl

South Carolina State vs Prairie View A&M
Fiu First Guess Line: South Carolina State -4.5
Actual Bowl Game Line: COMING

Bucked Up LA Bowl

Boise State vs Washington
Fiu First Guess Line: Washington -8.5
Actual Bowl Game Line: Washington -8.5

IS4S Salute to Veterans Bowl

Troy vs Jacksonville State
Fiu First Guess Line: Troy -6.5
Actual Bowl Game Line: Troy -3

StaffDNA Cure Bowl

USF vs Old Dominion
Fiu First Guess Line: USF -8.5
Actual Bowl Game Line: UCF -7

68 Ventures Bowl

Delaware vs Louisiana
Fiu First Guess Line: Louisiana -3.5
Actual Bowl Game Line: Louisiana -3

XBOX Bowl

Arkansas State vs Missouri State
Fiu First Guess Line: Arkansas State -2.5
Actual Bowl Game Line: Arkansas State -2.5

Myrtle Beach Bowl presented by Engine

Kennesaw State vs Western Michigan
Fiu First Guess Line: Western Michigan -3.5
Actual Bowl Game Line: Western Michigan -4

Union Home Mortgage Gasparilla Bowl

Memphis vs NC State
Fiu First Guess Line: NC State -6.5
Actual Bowl Game Line: NC State -5.5

Famous Idaho Potato Bowl

Utah State vs Washington State
Fiu First Guess Line: Utah State -2.5
Actual Bowl Game Line: Washington State -1.5

Bush’s Boca Raton Bowl

Louisville vs Toledo
Fiu First Guess Line: Louisville -4.5
Actual Bowl Game Line: Louisville -9.5

New Orleans Bowl

Western Kentucky vs Southern Miss
Fiu First Guess Line: Southern Miss -1.5
Actual Bowl Game Line: Western Kentucky -3

Scooter’s Coffee Frisco Bowl

Ohio vs UNLV
Fiu First Guess Line: UNLV -5.5
Actual Bowl Game Line: UNLV -4.5

Sheraton Hawaii Bowl

Cal vs Hawaii
Fiu First Guess Line: Cal -5.5
Actual Bowl Game Line: Cal -1.5

GameAbove Sports Bowl

Northwestern vs Central Michigan
Fiu First Guess Line: Northwestern -9.5
Actual Bowl Game Line: Northwestern -12.5

Rate Bowl

Minnesota vs New Mexico
Fiu First Guess Line: Minnesota -6
Actual Bowl Game Line: Minnesota -2.5

SERVPRO First Responder Bowl

FIU vs UTSA
Fiu First Guess Line: UTSA -8.5
Actual Bowl Game Line: UTSA -8.5

Go Bowling Military Bowl

East Carolina vs Pitt
Fiu First Guess Line: Pitt -9.5
Actual Bowl Game Line: Pitt -6.5

Bad Boy Mowers Pinstripe Bowl

Clemson vs Penn State
Fiu First Guess Line: Penn State -2.5
Actual Bowl Game Line: Penn State -1.5

Wasabi Fenway Bowl

Army vs UConn
Fiu First Guess Line: Army -2.5
Actual Bowl Game Line: Army -2.5

Pop-Tarts Bowl

Georgia Tech vs BYU
Fiu First Guess Line: BYU -5.5
Actual Bowl Game Line: BYU -3.5

Snoop Dogg Arizona Bowl

Miami University vs Fresno State
Fiu First Guess Line: Fresno State -4
Actual Bowl Game Line: Fresno State -3.5

Isleta New Mexico Bowl

North Texas vs San Diego State
Fiu First Guess Line: North Texas -2.5
Actual Bowl Game Line: North Texas -6

TaxSlayer Gator Bowl

Missouri vs Virginia
Fiu First Guess Line: Missouri -6.5
Actual Bowl Game Line: Missouri -7

Kinder’s Texas Bowl

LSU vs Houston
Fiu First Guess Line: Houston -2.5
Actual Bowl Game Line: Houston -3

JLab Birmingham Bowl

App State vs Georgia Southern
Fiu First Guess Line: Georgia Southern -4.5
Actual Bowl Game Line: Coming

Radiance Technologies Independence Bowl

Coastal Carolina vs Louisiana Tech
Fiu First Guess Line: Louisiana Tech -5.5
Actual Bowl Game Line: Louisiana Tech -7

Liberty Mutual Music City Bowl

Illinois vs Tennessee
Fiu First Guess Line: Tennessee -5.5
Actual Bowl Game Line: Tennessee -5.5

Valero Alamo Bowl

TCU vs USC
Fiu First Guess Line: USC -5.5
Actual Bowl Game Line: USC -6.5

ReliaQuest Bowl

Iowa vs Vanderbilt
Fiu First Guess Line: Vanderbilt -4
Actual Bowl Game Line: Vanderbilt -4

Tony the Tiger Sun Bowl

Duke vs Arizona State
Fiu First Guess Line: Duke -2.5
Actual Bowl Game Line: Duke -1.5

Cheez-It Citrus Bowl

Michigan vs Texas
Fiu First Guess Line: Texas -5
Actual Bowl Game Line: Texas -4.5

SRS Distribution Las Vegas Bowl

Nebraska vs Utah
Fiu First Guess Line: Utah -15.5
Actual Bowl Game Line: Utah -14

Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl

Texas State vs Rice
Fiu First Guess Line: Texas State -6
Actual Bowl Game Line: Texas State -10.5

AutoZone Liberty Bowl

Navy vs Cincinnati
Fiu First Guess Line: Navy -2.5
Actual Bowl Game Line: Cincinnati -2.5

Duke’s Mayo Bowl

Wake Forest vs Mississippi State
Fiu First Guess Line: Wake Forest -4.5
Actual Bowl Game Line: Mississippi State -3

Holiday Bowl

SMU vs Arizona
Fiu First Guess Line: Arizona -5.5
Actual Bowl Game Line: Arizona -1.5

College Football Playoff First Round

(9 Alabama at (8) Oklahoma
Fiu First Guess Line: Oklahoma -3.5
Actual Bowl Game Line: Alabama -1.5

(10) Miami at (7) Texas A&M
Fiu First Guess Line: Texas A&M -2.5
Actual Bowl Game Line: Texas A&M -4

(11) Tulane at (6) Ole Miss
Fiu First Guess Line: Ole Miss -16.5
Actual Bowl Game Line: Ole Miss -16.5

(12) James Madison at (5) Oregon
Fiu First Guess Line: Oregon -27.5
Actual Bowl Game Line: Oregon -20.5