The SEC and the Big Ten collide on New Year's Day when the Alabama Crimson Tide and Michigan Wolverines square off in the 2020 VRBO Citrus Bowl at Camping World Stadium in Orlando, Fla. Kickoff is 1:07 p.m. ET. The Crimson Tide are 7.5-point favorites, while the Over/Under for total points scored is 58.5.

Before you make any Alabama vs. Michigan picks or Citrus Bowl predictions, you need to hear what SportsLine expert Emory Hunt has to say. Hunt is the founder and CEO of Football Gameplan, which has been supplying analysis of all levels of football since 2007, and a former running back at Louisiana-Lafayette. He knows the game from a playing and coaching perspective.

The football analyst has been SportsLine's No. 1 college football expert this season. Hunt has a 103-63 record on his college football picks, returning a whopping profit of $3,443 to his followers. Anyone who has followed him is WAY UP.

Now, he has locked in on the Citrus Bowl and Alabama vs. Michigan from every angle. We can tell you Hunt is leaning Under, but his MUCH stronger play is on the spread. Hunt has found a critical x-factor that has him going BIG on one side of the spread! You ABSOLUTELY need to see it before locking in your own picks.

Who wins the Citrus Bowl between Alabama and Michigan? And what critical x-factor makes one side of the spread a must-back? ... Join SportsLine right now to see which side of the Alabama vs. Michigan spread you need to jump on New Year's Day, all from the football expert who is up $3,443 with his college football picks this season!