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, Heisman winner and finalists.
| CHRIS BENNETT | ERIK HELM | ED KENSICK | NICK GRAYS | CHRIS MORGAN | CHRIS BENZINE | JOHN McKECHNIE | ETHAN PADWAY | |
| AAC | UCF-HOU | MEM-UCF | NAVY-USF | UCF-MEM | UCF-HOU | HOU-UCF | MEM-UCF | HOU-USF |
| ACC | CLEM-MIA | CLEM-MIA | CLEM-VT | CLEM-MIA | CLEM-VT | CLEM-MIA | CLEM-MIA | CLEM-UNC |
| Big 12 | WVU-OKLA | OKLA-Texas | OKLA-TCU | OKLA-TEX | TCU-WVU | TEX-WVU | TEX-OKLA | OKLA-TCU |
| Big Ten | OSU-WIS | WIS-MSU | OSU-NW | WIS-OSU | OSU-WIS | WIS-PSU | MICH-WIS | WIS-MICH |
| C-USA | FAU-UNT | FAU-UNT | UNT-FAU | UAB-MAR | UNT-FAU | FAU-UNT | FAU-UNT | FAU-LT |
| MAC | NIU- MIA | NIU-Ohio | NIU-OH | OH-TOL | TOL-AKR | NIU-BUF | BUF-BALL | OH-TOL |
| MW | BSU-Fresno | Fresno-BSU | BSU-UNLV | BSU-Fresno | BSU-Fresno | BSU-SDSU | Fresno-BSU | BSU-SDSU |
| Pac-12 | WAS-Utah | WAS-AZ | WAS-UTAH | WAS-UTAH | WAS-USC | USC-ORE | WAS-UTAH | WAS-AZ |
| SEC | BAMA-SC | BAMA-UGA | UGA-BAMA | UGA-BAMA | BAMA-UGA | BAMA-UGA | UGA-BAMA | BAMA-UGA |
| Sun Belt | APP-LAM | AKST-APP | TROY-AKST | AKST-TROY | TROY-AKST | APP-TROY | AKST-APP | UL-APP |
| Playoff | Alabama | Alabama | Georgia | Georgia | Alabama | Alabama | Clemson | Wisconsin |
| Playoff | Clemson | Oklahoma | Ohio St. | Washington | Clemson | Clemson | Georgia | Washington |
| Playoff | Ohio St. | Clemson | N. Dame | Clemson | WAS | Texas | Texas | Alabama |
| Playoff | W. Virginia | Wisconsin | Clemson | Wisconsin | OSU | Georgia | Michigan | Clemson |
| Title Game | CLEM-ALA | CLEM-ALA | OSU-CLEM | CLEM-WAS | CLEM-ALA | CLEM-ALA | CLEM-MICH | WAS-ALA |
| Champ | Clemson | Clemson | Ohio St. | Clemson | Clemson | Clemson | Clemson | Alabama |
| Heisman | Will Grier | Trace McSorley | Bryce Love | Jonathan Taylor | Jonathan Taylor | Tua Tagovailoa | Jonathan Taylor | TBD |
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, Heisman winner and finalists.
| CHRIS BENNETT | ERIK HELM | ED KENSICK | NICK GRAYS | CHRIS MORGAN | CHRIS BENZINE | JOHN McKECHNIE | ETHAN PADWAY | |
| AAC | UCF-HOU | MEM-UCF | NAVY-USF | UCF-MEM | UCF-HOU | HOU-UCF | MEM-UCF | HOU-USF |
| ACC | CLEM-MIA | CLEM-MIA | CLEM-VT | CLEM-MIA | CLEM-VT | CLEM-MIA | CLEM-MIA | CLEM-UNC |
| Big 12 | WVU-OKLA | OKLA-Texas | OKLA-TCU | OKLA-TEX | TCU-WVU | TEX-WVU | TEX-OKLA | OKLA-TCU |
| Big Ten | OSU-WIS | WIS-MSU | OSU-NW | WIS-OSU | OSU-WIS | WIS-PSU | MICH-WIS | WIS-MICH |
| C-USA | FAU-UNT | FAU-UNT | UNT-FAU | UAB-MAR | UNT-FAU | FAU-UNT | FAU-UNT | FAU-LT |
| MAC | NIU- MIA | NIU-Ohio | NIU-OH | OH-TOL | TOL-AKR | NIU-BUF | BUF-BALL | OH-TOL |
| MW | BSU-Fresno | Fresno-BSU | BSU-UNLV | BSU-Fresno | BSU-Fresno | BSU-SDSU | Fresno-BSU | BSU-SDSU |
| Pac-12 | WAS-Utah | WAS-AZ | WAS-UTAH | WAS-UTAH | WAS-USC | USC-ORE | WAS-UTAH | WAS-AZ |
| SEC | BAMA-SC | BAMA-UGA | UGA-BAMA | UGA-BAMA | BAMA-UGA | BAMA-UGA | UGA-BAMA | BAMA-UGA |
| Sun Belt | APP-LAM | AKST-APP | TROY-AKST | AKST-TROY | TROY-AKST | APP-TROY | AKST-APP | UL-APP |
| Playoff | Alabama | Alabama | Georgia | Georgia | Alabama | Alabama | Clemson | Wisconsin |
| Playoff | Clemson | Oklahoma | Ohio St. | Washington | Clemson | Clemson | Georgia | Washington |
| Playoff | Ohio St. | Clemson | N. Dame | Clemson | WAS | Texas | Texas | Alabama |
| Playoff | W. Virginia | Wisconsin | Clemson | Wisconsin | OSU | Georgia | Michigan | Clemson |
| Title Game | CLEM-ALA | CLEM-ALA | OSU-CLEM | CLEM-WAS | CLEM-ALA | CLEM-ALA | CLEM-MICH | WAS-ALA |
| Champ | Clemson | Clemson | Ohio St. | Clemson | Clemson | Clemson | Clemson | Alabama |
| Heisman | Will Grier | Trace McSorley | Bryce Love | Jonathan Taylor | Jonathan Taylor | Tua Tagovailoa | Jonathan Taylor | TBD |
