Monday's jam-packed New Year's slate of college football bowl games includes a matchup between the Tulane Green Wave and the USC Trojans in the Cotton Bowl. Read on for our top Tulane-USC college football pick based on the best NCAAF odds.
Tulane (11-2 ATS, 7-6 O/U) has had a remarkable turnaround season after winning all of two games a year ago. The Green Wave were successfully able to avenge one of their two losses in the AAC Championship Game when they knocked off UCF. That victory also earned Tulane a New Year's Six Bowl invite as the highest-ranked Group of 5 team.
For USC (8-5 ATS, 10-3 O/U), it's hard to view the Cotton Bowl as much more than a consolation prize. The Trojans were a Pac-12 Championship Game win away from qualifying for the College Football Playoff. Instead, USC lost to Utah for the second time this season and wound up eighth in the final CFP Rankings.
Here is our pick for the Cotton Bowl matchup between Tulane and USC (odds via DraftKings Sportsbook; pick confidence based on a 1-to-5 star scale).