CFB Draft Kit: RotoWire Writers Make their Picks

CFB Draft Kit: RotoWire Writers Make their Picks

Week 1 is officially upon us, so we polled some of our conference beat writers to get their picks for the following: conference championship matchups (champs in bold), playoff picks (champ in bold), Heisman winner and finalists.

Below the picks, a few writers graced us with their best #HotTakes as well.

Big thanks to Travis Elliott, Jesse Siegel, Chris Bennett, Chris Benzine, Nick Grays and Ethan Padway for participating.

JOHN
McKECHNIE
TRAVIS
ELLIOTT
CHRIS
BENZINE
JESSE
SIEGEL
CHRIS
BENNETT
NICK
GRAYS
ETHAN
PADWAY
AAC MEM-USF HOU-USF USF-MEM USF-MEM USF-MEM USF-HOU USF-HOU
ACC FSU-MIA FSU-MIA FSU-MIA MIA-FSU MIA-FSU FSU-MIA UNC-CLEM
Big 12 OKST-OK OKST-TEX OK-KSU OK-TEX OKST-KSU OK-TCU OKST-OK
Big Ten WIS-OHST OHST-WIS OHST-WIS OHST-WIS OHST-NEB OHST-WIS OHST-WIS
C-USA MTSU-LT MTSU-SM LT-MTSU MTSU-LT LT-WKU UTSA-WKU LT-WKU
MAC TOL-MIA TOL-OH TOL-OH TOL-MIA TOL-OH TOL-MIA TOL-Ohio
MW CSU-SDST BSU-SDST CSU- SDST SDST-BSU CSU-SDST CSU-NEV CSU-SDST
PAC-12 USC-STAN UW-USC STAN-USC USC-UW USC-ORE STAN-UCLA STAN-USC
SEC AUB-UGA AUB-UGA ALA-UGA ALA-UGA ALA-UF ALA-UF ALA-UF
Sun Belt TROY APP ST TROY APP ST APP ST APP ST TBD
Playoff 1 USC Auburn Alabama Alabama Alabama FSU Ohio State
Playoff 2 Auburn Ohio State Ohio
Week 1 is officially upon us, so we polled some of our conference beat writers to get their picks for the following: conference championship matchups (champs in bold), playoff picks (champ in bold), Heisman winner and finalists.

Below the picks, a few writers graced us with their best #HotTakes as well.

Big thanks to Travis Elliott, Jesse Siegel, Chris Bennett, Chris Benzine, Nick Grays and Ethan Padway for participating.

JOHN
McKECHNIE
TRAVIS
ELLIOTT
CHRIS
BENZINE
JESSE
SIEGEL
CHRIS
BENNETT
NICK
GRAYS
ETHAN
PADWAY
AAC MEM-USF HOU-USF USF-MEM USF-MEM USF-MEM USF-HOU USF-HOU
ACC FSU-MIA FSU-MIA FSU-MIA MIA-FSU MIA-FSU FSU-MIA UNC-CLEM
Big 12 OKST-OK OKST-TEX OK-KSU OK-TEX OKST-KSU OK-TCU OKST-OK
Big Ten WIS-OHST OHST-WIS OHST-WIS OHST-WIS OHST-NEB OHST-WIS OHST-WIS
C-USA MTSU-LT MTSU-SM LT-MTSU MTSU-LT LT-WKU UTSA-WKU LT-WKU
MAC TOL-MIA TOL-OH TOL-OH TOL-MIA TOL-OH TOL-MIA TOL-Ohio
MW CSU-SDST BSU-SDST CSU- SDST SDST-BSU CSU-SDST CSU-NEV CSU-SDST
PAC-12 USC-STAN UW-USC STAN-USC USC-UW USC-ORE STAN-UCLA STAN-USC
SEC AUB-UGA AUB-UGA ALA-UGA ALA-UGA ALA-UF ALA-UF ALA-UF
Sun Belt TROY APP ST TROY APP ST APP ST APP ST TBD
Playoff 1 USC Auburn Alabama Alabama Alabama FSU Ohio State
Playoff 2 Auburn Ohio State Ohio State Ohio State USC Alabama Alabama
Playoff 3 FSU FSU Stanford USC Ohio State Oklahoma Stanford
Playoff 4 Ohio State Washington FSU Oklahoma Penn State Ohio State Oklahoma St.
Heisman S.DarnoldL.JacksonJ.T.BarrettD.GuiceS.BarkleyD. FrancoisM.Rudolph
Finalist J.T.BarrettQ.FlowersB.LoveL.JacksonS.DarnoldB.MayfieldL.Jackson
Finalist B.MayfieldS.BarkleyQ.FlowersS.DarnoldJ.T.BarrettS.BarkleyS.Barkley

HOT TAKES

Jesse Siegel: The ACC will get shut out of the College Football Playoff. #HotTake

Nick Grays:
Ranked teams who will not be ranked by season's end: LSU, Clemson, West Virginia, Washington State and Tennessee

Chris Benzine:
Stanford avenges its only loss of the regular season in a rematch with USC while running back Bryce Love's performance in the title game also earns him his rightful place in New York. The Cardinal vault from the No. 14 preseason rank to make the College Football Playoff, but that's as far as Love and his Cardinal brethren make it. Ohio State takes home the title and quarterback J.T. Barrett earns himself some (Heisman) hardware.

John McKechnie:
LSU will be the disappointment of the SEC this year, finishing 7-5 and getting Coach O fired in the process. Matt Canada's offense doesn't change the fact that Danny Etling (who almost got beat out by a true freshman that got to campus this summer) is still the quarterback.

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