College football bowl confidence pools 2023-24: Picks, predictions, rankings from expert on 46-27 roll

The final edition of the College Football Playoff rankings were the most controversial of the season, leaving multiple teams disappointed heading into the 2023-24 college football bowl season. No. 5 Florida State and No. 6 Georgia both felt like they deserved a spot in the College Football Playoff, but they will meet in the Orange Bowl instead. Georgia is a 14-point favorite in the latest 2023-24 college football bowl odds from SportsLine consensus, making it one of the largest college football bowl spreads. Using the latest 2023-24 college football bowl lines can be one way to build a college football bowl confidence strategy. 

However, relying solely on odds to place your 2023-24 college football bowl confidence picks could leave you shorthanded in college football bowl confidence pools. Which teams should you list at the top of your college football bowl confidence rankings? Before entering any college football bowl confidence pools, be sure to see the college football picks from SportsLine's Emory Hunt.

Hunt is the founder and CEO of Football Gameplan, which has been supplying analysis of all levels of football since 2007. He is a former running back for the Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns and knows the game from a player's perspective. He enters the 2023-24 college football bowl season on a 46-27 roll on all college football picks, returning nearly $1,700 for $100 players during that span. Anybody following him is way up.  

So before filling out your college football pool picks, you need to see Hunt's college football bowl picks. He has analyzed each bowl matchup and ordered every game by level of confidence. He's sharing his picks over at SportsLine. 

Top college football bowl confidence predictions

One of the top 2023-24 college football bowl confidence picks from Hunt: He likes the No. 21 Tennessee Volunteers to beat the No. 17 Iowa Hawkeyes in the 2024 Citrus Bowl on Jan. 1 at 1 p.m. ET.

Iowa has struggled mightily against both ranked teams that it has faced this season, getting outscored by a combined tally of 57-0 in losses to Penn State and Michigan. The Hawkeyes have only scored more than 15 points once in their last seven games, finishing with just 149 yards of total offense against Michigan in the Big Ten title game. They are going to have trouble keeping pace with a Tennessee offense that racked up 48 points against Vanderbilt to close the regular season. 

Senior quarterback Joe Milton III threw a career-high four touchdowns and rushed for two more scores to help the Vols end a two-game losing skid. Tennessee scored at least 30 points on seven occasions this season, and its defense held five opponents to 14 points or less. Hunt has trouble envisioning Iowa scoring many points in this game, making Tennessee one of his most confidence picks. See who else to pick here.

How to make college football bowl confidence picks  

Hunt is also going all-in on a double-digit underdog with one of his most confident picks. Picks like these could be the difference between winning your 2023-24 bowl confidence pool and going home empty-handed. You can see who it is and get every pick for every game at SportsLine.