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After a two-game appetizer on Friday, the first full day of the 2021-22 college football schedule comes on Saturday. There are seven bowl games on the schedule, with six of them featuring FBS teams. The action starts with Western Kentucky vs. Appalachian State in the Boca Raton Bowl at 11 a.m. ET and concludes with the New Orleans Bowl at 9:15 p.m. ET between Louisiana and Marshall.

The latest college football odds for Saturday's bowl action from Caesars Sportsbook lists the Mountaineers at -3 in that early game and the Ragin' Cajuns at -5 in the nightcap. Which college football lines have the most value for picks and parlays on this full day of bowl action? Before locking in any college football picks, be sure to see the college football bowl predictions and best bets for Dec. 18 from Barrett Sallee.

Sallee is a true insider -- a CBS Sports analyst, SiriusXM host, Heisman voter and consistently one of the top CBS Sports experts picking games against the spread -- and his best bets have helped bring in huge returns. He debuted with SportsLine in 2017 and has delivered in a big way on his college football picks. 

Over the past two-plus years, he is 98-81 in his popular best bets column at SportsLine. Anybody who has been following him is way up.

Now, he has turned his attention to the college football odds from Caesars for bowl action on Dec. 18 and is sharing his top three best bets over at SportsLine. If you parlay them together, you could be looking at a return of around 6-1. Get his top college football picks now. 

Top college football expert predictions for bowl games on Dec. 18, 2021

One of Sallee's top college football picks for bowl action on Saturday: He's backing Oregon State (-7) to cover against Utah State in the 2021 Jimmy Kimmel LA Bowl at 7:30 p.m. ET. 

Utah State has the better record at 10-3, compared to Oregon State's 7-5 mark. Oregon State played the tougher schedule, however, and Sallee has isolated Oregon State's strong rushing attack as the x-factor in this matchup. Running back B.J. Baylor piled up 1,259 yards and 13 touchdowns on the ground this season. Three other players ran for more than 275 yards. 

That's going to present problems for a Utah State defense that really struggled against the run. 

"The Aggies' run defense has been porous at best and downright bad at worst," Sallee told SportsLine. "The Beavers have made a living on the ground this year, averaging 217.3 yards per game -- tops in the Pac-12. That running game is a big reason why they've scored touchdowns on 72.2 percent of their red-zone trips -- second most in the conference. This will be an old-school slugfest, which favors the Beavers in a big way."

How to make college football picks for Dec. 18, 2021

Sallee has also found two other college football picks he's high on, including a play on a line he says is at least five points off. You can only see his picks at SportsLine.

What are the best bets for college football bowl action on Saturday? And which college football picks need to be part of your parlays? Visit SportsLine now to see Barrett Sallee's college football best bets, all from one of the top analysts in the nation who has crushed his picks for SportsLine.