College football bowl season continues through the holiday season and there are 17 different bowl games on the college football schedule between now and Dec. 30, including a high-profile matchup on Saturday in the 2024 Pop-Tarts Bowl between No. 18 Iowa State and No. 13 Miami (FL). Both teams had College Football Playoff aspirations stripped away late in the season, with the Hurricanes missing out on a chance to play in the ACC Championship Game because of a loss to Syracuse and the Cyclones losing the Big 12 Championship Game to Arizona State. Now Miami is listed as a 4.5-point favorite in the latest college football bowl odds.

So which teams should you be backing in that matchup and how can you use precise bowl predictions to dial in your college football best bets over the next week? Before making any college football picks for the next week of bowl season, be sure to check out the college football score predictions from the SportsLine AI PickBot.

Built using cutting-edge artificial intelligence and machine learning techniques by SportsLine's Data Science team, AI Predictions and AI Ratings are generated for each game. The AI predictions are determined by statistically learning from each team's historical data then quantitatively evaluating the strength of the opponents defense by assigning a numeric value out of 100 called a matchup score. 

Once a prediction is formulated, the AI rating is generated using the prediction, the matchup score, and the odds of the market. For example, you could see a 5-star rating on an Over bet if a team is facing a poor defense, their prediction differs from the line and there are favorable odds.

In addition, SportsLine AI is the first fully automated predictive model at SportsLine. It continuously refreshes on the most recent available data and can help you spot the biggest discrepancies in the lines. SportsLine's AI PickBot has nailed 2,131 4.5- and 5-star NFL prop picks since the start of last season! 

Now, it has turned its attention to the latest college football odds (see the latest college football lines for each matchup this week on our college football odds page), simulated every single play for every bowl game through Dec. 30, and the results are in. 

We can tell you the AI PickBot likes No. 19 Missouri (-3, 40.5) to cover comfortably against Iowa in the Music City Bowl. Neither of these two offenses were particularly dynamic this season, with Missouri ranking 61st in the nation in scoring (29.1 ppg) and Iowa ranking 68th (28.0 ppg). However, the Iowa passing game was particularly anemic, averaging 131.7 yards per game. Missouri's been generally solid against the run and a strong front seven doesn't bode well for the Hawkeyes. AI PickBot ranks the Tigers to cover as an A+ pick and predicts Missouri wins 26-17 on average.

The AI PickBot has also made exact score predictions in every other FBS matchup, including another four A-rated spread picks!

So what are the scores for every college football game in Week 3 of bowl season, and which A-rated spread picks should you be all over? ... Join SportsLine now to see who wins and covers every single game, all from the AI model that has nailed 2,131 of its top-rated NFL prop picks since its inception! 

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