CFP Picks From the Experts After College Football Week of Upsets

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Alabama losing to Vanderbilt wasn't the only big upset in Week 6 of this college football season.

Arkansas stunned high ranking Tennessee and Syracuse beat UNLV in the final seconds of their late game.

Then there was that come-from-behind win by Miami against California that kept us up.  Sure the Hurricanes ended up winning but they just narrowly avoided the upset.

Let's look at ESPN's expert picks for teams they think will be winning the College Football Playoff.  Yeah, sure, lots of Texas picks.  We're pretty certain last week these experts were all over Alabama to win it all.

The important thing for bettors is the futures odds, which will change with the new AP rankings each week.

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Here are the ESPN experts' top 12 College Football Playoff picks (Power 4 conference champions receive the top four seeds):

Andrea Adelson: 1. Texas 2. Ohio State 3. Miami 4. BYU 5. Oregon 6. Penn State 7. Georgia 8. Iowa State 9. Ole Miss 10. Tennessee 11. Clemson 12. Boise State

Kyle Bonagura: 1. Texas 2. Ohio State 3. Miami 4. BYU 5. Oregon 6. Penn State 7. Alabama 8. Georgia 9. Clemson 10. Iowa State 11. Boise State 12. Notre Dame 12

Bill Connelly: 1. Texas 2. Ohio State 3. Miami 4. Iowa State 5. Penn State 6. Oregon 7. Georgia 8. Indiana 9. Alabama. 10. Clemson 11. Pittsburgh 12. Army

David Hale: 1. Texas 2. Ohio St 3. Miami 4. Iowa State 5. Oregon 6. Alabama 7. Georgia 8. Penn St 9. Clemson or BYU 10. Boise State 11. Tennessee 12. Notre Dame

Eli Lederman: 1. Texas 2. Ohio State 3. Utah 4. Miami 5. Alabama 6. Georgia 7. Oregon 8. Penn State 9. Clemson 10. Tennessee 11. Notre Dame 12. Boise State

Chris Low: 1. Texas 2. Ohio State 3. Clemson 4. BYU 5. Oregon 6. Penn State 7. Alabama 8. Georgia 9. Notre Dame 10. Tennessee 11. Ole Miss 12. Army

Harry Lyles Jr.: 1. Texas 2. Ohio State 3. Miami 4. Iowa State 5. Oregon 6. Georgia 7. Penn State 8. Indiana 9. Alabama 10. Clemson 11. Tennessee 12. Army

Adam Rittenberg: 1. Texas 2. Ohio State 3. Miami 4. Iowa State 5. Oregon 6. Georgia 7. Penn State 8. Alabama 9. Clemson 10. Notre Dame 11. Texas A&M 12. Boise State

Mark Schlabach: 1. Texas 2. Ohio State 3. Miami 4. Iowa State 5. Oregon 6. Georgia 7. Penn State 8. Alabama 9. Clemson 10. Tennessee 11. Notre Dame 12. Boise State

Jake Trotter: 1. Texas 2. Ohio State 3. Miami 4. BYU 5. Oregon 6. Penn State 7. Alabama 8. Georgia 9. Clemson 10. Tennessee 11. Iowa State 12. Navy

Paolo Uggetti: 1. Texas 2. Ohio State 3. Miami 4. Iowa State 5. Oregon 6. Georgia 7. Alabama 8. Clemson 9. Penn State 10. Tennessee 11. Notre Dame 12. Boise State

Dave Wilson: 1. Texas 2. Ohio State 3. Miami 4. Iowa State 5. Oregon 6. Georgia 7. Alabama 8. Clemson 9. Penn State 10. Tennessee 11. Notre Dame 12. Boise State

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