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UPDATED: 2020 Bowl Confidence Points - FINAL

January 3, 2021 by Staff

(Original upload: December 19. Last update for results: January 2 - Final)

NOTE: Revised after cancellation of Texas Bowl between TCU and Arkansas.

Confidence Points is a popular pick 'em game for college football fans that presents the dual challenge of picking the winners and assigning points to each pick. We can't count the Championship game since we don't know who's playing in it, so that leaves us with 25 games we can use. Assign 25 to the pick that gives you the most confidence, and assign 1 to the pick that gives you the least confidence. No number can be assigned more than once. A perfect record this year would be a total score of 325.

Here is how the computer (Congrove Computer Rankings at CollegeFootballPoll.com) ranks its' picks, based on its' projected margin of victory for each bowl winner (Note: the computer captured 72% of the 325-point perfect score, after capturing 69% of last year's 780-point perfect score).

Pts. Bowl Game Date Computer's Pick Pts. Won Pts. Lost
25. SERVPRO First Responder 12/26 Louisiana-Lafayette 24.41 over UTSA 25  
24. Myrtle Beach 12/21 Appalachian State 23.94 over North Texas 24  
23. Outback 1/2 Indiana 20.75 over Mississippi   23
22. Duke's Mayo 12/30 Wisconsin 20.31 over Wake Forest 22  
21. Montgomery 12/23 Memphis 16.12 over FAU 21  
20. Gator 1/2 Kentucky 15.83 over N.C. State 20  
19. Alamo 12/29 Texas 15.75 over Colorado 19  
18. Peach 1/1 Georgia 14.02 over Cincinnati 18  
17. Liberty 12/31 West Virginia 11.98 over Army West Point 17  
16. Oange 1/2 Texas A&M 10.01 over North Carolina 16  
15. Cheez-It 12/29 Oklahoma State 8.97 over Miami (FL) 15  
14. Armed Forces 12/31 Mississippi State 8.12 over Tulsa 14  
13. New Orleans 12/23 Georgia Southern 7.98 over Louisiana Tech 13  
12. Citrus 1/1 Auburn 7.62 over Northwestern   12
11. Fiesta 1/2 Oregon 7.09 over Iowa State   11
10. Sugar (Playoff semifinal) 1/1 Clemson 6.45 over Ohio State   10
9. Rose (Playoff semifinal) 1/1 Alabama 5.97 over Notre Dame 9  
8. Cure 12/26 Coastal Carolina 5.37 over Liberty   8
7. Camellia 12/25 Marshall 4.71 over Buffalo   7
6. New Mexico 12/24 Houston 4/16 over Hawaii   6
5. Arizona 12/31 San Jose State 3.31 over Ball State   5
4. Boca Raton 12/22 UCF 2.64 over BYU   4
3. Famous Idaho 12/22 Tulane 1.95 over Nevada   3
2. Lending Tree 12/26 Western Kentucky 1.8 over Georgia State   2
1. Cotton 1/1 Oklahoma 0.87 over Florida 1  
Totals (Final)
 234 91
Maximum Points Possible (perfect score=325) 234  

Also See: 2019 Confidence Points, 2018 Confidence Points, 2017 Confidence Points