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Predictions for the 2019 College Football Season

The staff makes some wild guesses.

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Welcome to an article where unqualified writers predict what will happen in 2019. We’re going to do conference champs, breakout teams, bust teams, the Heisman winner, the College Football Playoff Field and the National Champion.

No one asked for this, but it’s fun. Also we’re a little too busy to explain every prediction, so we’re going to just drop these and leave. You can figure out who these teams or players are on your own time, I guess.

Sam’s guesses:

ACC: Clemson over Virginia

Big Ten: Ohio State over Iowa

Big XII: Oklahoma over Iowa State

Pac-12: Utah over Washington

SEC: Alabama over Georgia

Breakouts: Iowa State (AP #21), Syracuse (#22), Houston (UR)

Busts: Florida (#8), Wisconsin (#19), Nebraska (#24)

Playoff: #1 Clemson (13-0) over #4 LSU (11-1), #2 Alabama (12-1) over #3 Oklahoma (12-1)

Champs: Clemson

Heisman: Tua Tagovailoa, Alabama (followed by: Travis Etienne, Clemson; D’Eriq King, Houston; Trevor Lawrence, Clemson; Grant Delpit, LSU)

Jack’s guesses

ACC: Clemson over Virginia

Big Ten: Michigan over Iowa

Big XII: Texas over Iowa State

Pac-12: Washington over Utah

SEC: Georgia over Alabama

Breakouts: Auburn (#16), Virginia (UR)

Busts: Oklahoma (#4), Nebraska (#24)

Playoff: Clemson over Alabama, Georgia over Michigan

Champs: Georgia

Heisman: Trevor Lawrence (runner-up: Shea Patterson, Michigan)

Jon’s guesses

ACC: Clemson over Miami

Big Ten: Penn State over Wisconsin

Big XII: Oklahoma over Baylor

Pac-12: Washington over USC

SEC: LSU over Georgia

Breakouts: Iowa State (#21), Baylor (UR)

Busts: Florida (#8), Texas (#10)

Playoff: Oklahoma over Washington, Penn State over Clemson

Champs: Penn State

Heisman: Trevor Lawrence

Anthony’s guesses

ACC: Clemson over Virginia

Big Ten: Michigan over Iowa

Big XII: Oklahoma over Baylor

Pac-12: Oregon over Utah

SEC: Georgia over Alabama

Breakouts: Baylor (UR)

Busts: Florida (#8), Notre Dame (#9), Texas (#10)

Playoff: Clemson over Oklahoma, Georgia over Michigan

Champs: Clemson

Heisman: Travis Etienne, Clemson