First 2020 College Football Playoff Rankings Revealed Tonight On ESPN

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College football fans and teams alike will get their first view of the post season tonight.

ESPN will broadcast the College Football Playoff Top 25 Ranking Show Presented by Allstate at 7 p.m .ET. Rece Davis will anchor the program. Analysts Kirk Herbstreit, Joey Galloway, Jesse Palmer, and David Pollack will join Davis for the broadcast.

The first rankings presentation ahead of the post season, it will feature an interview with College Football Playoffs Selection Committee Chairman Gary Barta. The broadcast will also feature the unveiling of the first playoffs ranking from the selection committee in real time.

As an added viewing option, Rankings Reaction, sponsored by Cheez-It will air online through Twitter, YouTube, Facebook, and the ESPN App. Mike Golic Jr., Jason Fitz, and Christine Williamson will host the program live from Studio E in Bristol, CT. The program will air throughout the remainder of the regular season and the post season right up until selection day, Dec. 30.

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ESPN College Football Analysts Announce Picks For BCS Bowls

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The holiday season is said to be the most wonderful time of the year.  For college football fans, it’s not Christmas, but the days after that are the most wonderful time of the year.  That’s because the biggest games of the college football season are played in the days after Christmas.  And fans can catch all of the action across the ESPN family of networks and online.  It all starts off New Year’s Day with the 100^th Rose Bowl and the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl.  Number Four Michigan State will face off against Number Five Stanford in the Rose Bowl presented by Vizio at 5pm.  Number Six Baylor and Number Fifteen UCF follow at 8:30pm in the annual Tostitos Fiesta Bowl.

The new year football celebrations continue Thursday, January 2^nd with a matchup of Number Three Alabama taking on Number Eleven Oklahoma in the Allstate Sugar Bowl.  That game is slated for an 8:30pm start time.  The Discover Orange Bowl follows the next night at 8:30pm with Number Twelve Clemson taking on Number Seven Ohio State.  That games is also set for an 8:30pm kickoff.  Wrapping up the week of football festivities is the Vizio BCS National Championship next Monday, January 6^th.  The one-loss Auburn Tigers will take on the undefeated Florida State Seminoles in college football’s biggest game.

As college football fans across the country get ready for their most wonderful time of the year, ESPN’s college football analysts have made their own predictions as to the winner of each game.  Their picks are listed below.  It should be noted that the analysts in question did not pick the games that they are calling.

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

 

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