College football games on TV today: Bowl schedule for Wednesday, Dec. 21

Your schedule for the college football bowl games on TV for Wednesday in the days before Christmas

The college football bowl season marches on this week in the days before Christmas with one game set to kick off on the Wednesday schedule.

So far in the early going, the Sun Belt and Mountain West have performed the best against national competition, with the former going 3-0 and the latter 2-1, while the AAC sits at 0-2 and Conference USA at 1-3 early in the postseason.

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But as the calendar moves closer to, and then after, Christmas is when we'll start seeing the more prestigious teams in action in the more famous bowl games, culminating in the College Football Playoff and national championship.

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Here's what you need to know about the bowl schedule on Wednesday.

College football games on TV today: Bowl schedule for Wednesday

All times Eastern and game lines are courtesy of SI Sportsbook

New Orleans Bowl
Western Kentucky vs. South Alabama
Wed., Dec. 21 | 9 p.m. | ESPN

Point spread: South Alabama comes into the game as 4 point favorites against Western Kentucky, according to the lines at SI Sportsbook.

Total: The book set the over/under mark at 56.5 points for the game.

Moneyline: South Alabama -200 | Western Kentucky +145

FPI prediction: Western Kentucky has the 58.2 percent chance to win the game, according to the Football Power Index computer prediction model that picks winners by simulating teams' seasons 20,000 times. By the FPI projections, South Alabama has the 41.8 percent shot to win outright.

Spread consensus pick: South Alabama -4

Score prediction: Team Rankings projects that South Alabama will defeat Western Kentucky by an estimated score of 30.4 to 26.6 to win the New Orleans Bowl.

Western Kentucky (8-5) betting trends: WKU are 5-0 ATS against a winning team... 6-1 ATS in its last 7 after an ATS loss... The under is 6-1-1 in the team's last 8 games overall.

South Alabama (10-2) betting trends: Jaguars are 4-0 against the spread in their last 4 non-conference games... The over is 3-0-1 in SA's last 4 games overall... Over is 3-0-1 in its last 4 after a straight-up win.

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College Football Playoff top 25 rankings

1. Georgia
2. Michigan
3. TCU
4. Ohio State
5. Alabama
6. Tennessee
7. Clemson
8. Utah
9. Kansas State
10. USC
11. Penn State
12. Washington
13. Florida State
14. Oregon State
15. Oregon
16. Tulane
17. LSU
18. UCLA
19. South Carolina
20. Texas
21. Notre Dame
22. Mississippi State
23. NC State
24. Troy
25. UTSA

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