With one week to go,

Playoff:

Fiesta Bowl: Dec. 31, 1st Semifinal: #2 Michigan (13-0) vs. #3 TCU (13-0)

Peach Bowl: Dec. 31, 2nd Semifinal: #1 Georgia (13-0) vs. #4 USC (!2-1)

New Year's Six:

Rose Bowl: Jan. 2, 5pm: Ohio State (11-1) vs. Washington (10-2)

Sugar Bowl: Dec. 31, noon: Tennessee (10-2) vs. Kansas State (9-4)

Orange Bowl: Dec. 30, 8pm: Clemson (11-2) vs. Alabama (10-2)

Cotton Bowl: Jan. 2, 1pm: Tulane (11-2) vs. Penn State (10-2)

Citrus Bowl: Jan. 2, 1pm: Purdue (8-5) vs. LSU (9-4)

Relia Quest Bowl: Jan. 2, 12:30pm: Illinois (8-4) vs. South Carolina (8-4)

Music City Bowl (Nashville): Dec. 31, noon: Maryland (7-5) vs. Kentucky (7-5)

Duke's Mayo Bowl (Charlotte): Dec. 30, noon: Minnesota (8-4) vs. NC State (8-4)

Sun Bowl: Dec. 30, 2pm: Pittsburgh (8-4) vs. Washington State (7-5)

Gator Bowl: Dec. 30, 3:30pm: Mississippi (8-4) vs. Notre Dame (8-4)

Arizona Bowl: Dec. 30, 4:30pm: Fresno State (8-5) vs. Toledo (7-6)

Pinstripe Bowl: Dec. 29. 2pm: Iowa (7-5) vs. Syracuse (7-5)

CheezIt Bowl: Dec. 29, 5:30pm: Florida State (9-3) vs. Oklahoma State (7-5)

Alamo Bowl: Dec. 29, 9pm: UCLA (9-3) vs. Texas (8-4)

Military Bowl: Dec. 28, 2pm: Duke (8-4) vs. Houston (7-5)

Liberty Bowl: Dec. 28, 5:30pm: Arkansas (6-6) vs. Oklahoma (6-6)

Holiday Bowl: Dec. 28, 8pm: North Carolina (9-4) vs. Oregon State (9-3)

Texas Bowl (Houston): Dec. 28, 9pm: Mississippi State (8-4) vs. Texas Tech (7-5)

Camelia Bowl (Montgomery): Dec. 27, noon: Bowling Green (6-6) vs. Southern Miss (6-6)

First Responder Bowl (Dallas): Dec. 27: Kansas (6-6) vs. Utah State (6-6)

Birmingham Bowl: Dec. 27, TBD: Missouri (6-6) vs. UCF (9-3)

Guaranteed Rate Bowl (Phoenix): Dec. 27, 10:15pm: Wisconsin (6-6) vs. Baylor (6-6)

Quick Lane Bowl (Detroit): Dec. 26, 2:30pm: Eastern Michigan (8-4) vs. Open

Hawaii Bowl: Dec. 24, 8pm: San Diego State (7-5) vs. Middle Tennessee (7-5)

Independence Bowl: Dec. 23, 3pm: North Texas (7-5) vs. Liberty (8-4)

Gasparilla Bowl (Tampa): Dec. 23, 6:30pm: Wake Forest (7-5) vs. Memphis (6-6)

Armed Forces Bowl (Ft. Worth): Dec. 22, 7:30pm: SMU (7-5) vs. Western Kentucky (8-5)

New Orleans Bowl: Dec. 21, 9pm: Troy (11-2) vs. Texas San Antonio (11-2)

Idaho Potato Bowl: Dec. 20, 3:30pm: Air Force (9-3) vs. BYU (7-5)

Boca Raton Bowl: Dec. 20, 7:30pm: Georgia Southern (6-6) vs. Connecticut (6-6)

Myrtle Beach Bowl: Dec. 19, noon: East Carolina (7-5) vs. Coastal Carolina (9-3)

Las Vegas Bowl: Dec. 17, TBD: Florida (6-6) vs. Oregon (9-3)

New Mexico Bowl: Dec. 17, TBD: Wyoming (7-5) vs. Open

Fenway Bowl: Dec. 17, 11am: Louisville (7-5) vs. Cincinnati (9-3)

LA Bowl: Dec. 17, 3:30pm: Utah (9-4) vs. Boise State (10-3)

Lending Tree Bowl (Mobile): Dec. 17, 5:45pm: Marshall (8-4) vs. Open (Reserved for Buffalo if they win)

Frisco Bowl: Dec. 17, 9:15pm: San Jose State (7-4) vs. Louisiana (6-6)

Bahamas Bowl: Dec. 16, 11am: Miami Ohio (6-6) vs. UAB (6-6) - Finalized

Cure Bowl: Dec. 16, 3pm: Ohio (10-3) vs. South Alabama (10-2)

ACC (9): Clemson (Orange), Duke (Military), Florida State (CheezIt), Louisville (Fenway), NC State (Duke's Mayo), North Carolina (Holiday), Pittsburgh (Sun), Syracuse (Pinstripe), Wake Forest (Gasparilla)
American (7): Cincinnati (Fenway), East Carolina (Myrtle Beach), Houston (Military), Memphis (Gasparilla), SMU (Armed Forces), Tulane (Cotton), UCF (Birmingham)
Big Ten (9): Illinois (Relia Quest), Iowa (Pinstripe), Maryland (Music City), Michigan (Fiesta), Minnesota (Duke's Mayo), Ohio State (Rose), Penn State (Cotton), Purdue (Citrus), Wisconsin (Guaranteed Rate)
Big 12 (8): Baylor (Guaranteed Rate), Kansas (First Responder), Kansas State (Sugar), Oklahoma (Liberty), Oklahoma State (Cheez It), TCU (Fiesta), Texas (Alamo), Texas Tech (Texas)
C-USA (5): Middle Tennessee (Hawaii), North Texas (Independence), UAB (Bahamas), UTSA (New Orleans), Western Kentucky (Armed Forces)
MAC (5): Bowling Green (Camelia), Eastern Michigan (Quick Lane), Miami (OH) (Bahamas), Ohio (Cure), Toledo (Arizona)
Mountain West (7): Air Force (Potato), Boise State (LA), Fresno State (Arizona), San Diego State (Hawaii), San Jose State (Frisco), Utah State (First Responder), Wyoming (New Mexico)
Pac-12 (7): Oregon (Las Vegas), Oregon State (Holiday), UCLA (Alamo), USC (Peach), Utah (LA), Washington (Rose), Washington State (Sun)
SEC (11): Alabama (Orange), Arkansas (Liberty), Florida (Las Vegas), Georgia (Peach), Kentucky (Music City), LSU (Citrus), Mississippi State (Houston), Missouri (Birmingham), Ole Miss (Gator), South Carolina (Relia Quest), Tennessee (Sugar)
Sun Belt (7): Coastal Carolina (Myrtle Beach), Georgia Southern (Boca Raton), Louisiana (Frisco), Marshall (Lending Tree), South Alabama (Cure), Southern Miss (Camelia), Troy (New Orleans)
Independent (4): BYU (Potato), Liberty (Independence), Notre Dame (Gator), UConn (Boca Raton)

Open Bowls: Lending Tree (Reserved for Buffalo if they win), Quick Lane, New Mexico

Feel free to complain, correct bowl agreements, order, post your own.

I think the AAC has a rotating tie-in with Dirty Myrtle, and think this is an off year.

Their website lists Mac/CUSA/SBC as the conference tie-ins this year.

I think Alabama probably winds up ahead of Tennessee and thus goes to Sugar Bowl while Tennessee would go to Orange to play Clemson.

Alabama will probably be ranked higher than TN and thus go to the Sugar. TN to the Orange.

Or chaos where
Fiesta Michigan vs Ohio State
Peach Georgia vs Alabama

Rose Utah vs Purdue
Sugar LSU vs Kansas State
Orange UNC vs TN
Cotton TCU vs Tulane

(11-28-2022 01:10 PM)Soobahk40050 Wrote:  Alabama will probably be ranked higher than TN and thus go to the Sugar. TN to the Orange.

Or chaos where
Fiesta Michigan vs Ohio State
Peach Georgia vs Alabama

Rose Utah vs Purdue
Sugar LSU vs Kansas State
Orange UNC vs TN
Cotton TCU vs Tulane

I think they would flip things so it'd be Michigan/Alabama and Georgia/Ohio St to avoid the rematch of Michigan/Ohio St.

First Responder: Kansas (6-6) v. SMU (7-5)
Armed Forces: Air Force (9-3) v. BYU (7-5)

Troy vs UTSA would be a fun match to watch this season!

Tennessee v Clemson in the ORANGE Bowl

That feels appropriate

(11-28-2022 01:10 PM)Soobahk40050 Wrote:  Alabama will probably be ranked higher than TN and thus go to the Sugar. TN to the Orange.

Or chaos where
Fiesta Michigan vs Ohio State
Peach Georgia vs Alabama

Rose Utah vs Purdue
Sugar LSU vs Kansas State
Orange UNC vs TN
Cotton TCU vs Tulane

sigh...bama isn't getting anywhere near the CFP. They wouldn't beat out a 1 loss TCU and they won't beat out a 1 loss tOSU. They probably won't even beat out Tennessee, though it's at least possible to argue that point.

(11-28-2022 02:49 PM)bryanw1995 Wrote:  

(11-28-2022 01:10 PM)Soobahk40050 Wrote:  Alabama will probably be ranked higher than TN and thus go to the Sugar. TN to the Orange.

Or chaos where
Fiesta Michigan vs Ohio State
Peach Georgia vs Alabama

Rose Utah vs Purdue
Sugar LSU vs Kansas State
Orange UNC vs TN
Cotton TCU vs Tulane

sigh...bama isn't getting anywhere near the CFP. They wouldn't beat out a 1 loss TCU and they won't beat out a 1 loss tOSU. They probably won't even beat out Tennessee, though it's at least possible to argue that point.

I wouldn't be surprised if they beat out a 1 loss TCU team. If USC and TCU both lose, Alabama could easily be in the playoffs.

(11-28-2022 02:53 PM)stever20 Wrote:  

(11-28-2022 02:49 PM)bryanw1995 Wrote:  

(11-28-2022 01:10 PM)Soobahk40050 Wrote:  Alabama will probably be ranked higher than TN and thus go to the Sugar. TN to the Orange.

Or chaos where
Fiesta Michigan vs Ohio State
Peach Georgia vs Alabama

Rose Utah vs Purdue
Sugar LSU vs Kansas State
Orange UNC vs TN
Cotton TCU vs Tulane

sigh...bama isn't getting anywhere near the CFP. They wouldn't beat out a 1 loss TCU and they won't beat out a 1 loss tOSU. They probably won't even beat out Tennessee, though it's at least possible to argue that point.

I wouldn't be surprised if they beat out a 1 loss TCU team. If USC and TCU both lose, Alabama could easily be in the playoffs.

Especially if it's a blowout. If it's close that's tougher.

(11-28-2022 02:39 PM)solohawks Wrote:  Tennessee v Clemson in the ORANGE Bowl

That feels appropriate

Yeah but I'd rather see Clemson vs. Alabama even if it isn't a Playoff matchup.

It was debated in another thread but shouldn't UT > U of A because of 52-49?

UTSA is now a top 25 team. If they win big, and Tulane loses to UCF? I just can't see how UCF will be in the NY 6 bowl with 3 loses. I think they do give UTSA more respect because they do compete well against P5 schools.

(11-28-2022 07:31 PM)DavidSt Wrote:  UTSA is now a top 25 team. If they win big, and Tulane loses to UCF? I just can't see how UCF will be in the NY 6 bowl with 3 loses. I think they do give UTSA more respect because they do compete well against P5 schools.

I'd be curious to see UTSA vs. UCF in the CFP rankings tomorrow. Last week, UCF was still #22 with the same three losses and right after they lost at home to Navy. Texas San Antonio wasn't ranked. I'd imagine they could be ranked based on AP and Coaches polls (#23 AP, #24 Coaches) but the interesting thing is UCF is still ranked ahead of UTSA in both (#22 AP, #23 Coaches) and a win at Tulane probably helps them more than UTSA's home win over North Texas.

But then again, don't some G5 bowl announcements usually come out this week? So far only the Bahamas Bowl is official to my knowledge. Maybe the other conferences are holding back because of uncertainty as to who will get the G5 slot.

I don’t really see the difference between UTSA and USA and Troy. UTSA lost by 21 at Texas and 2 at home against a mediocre Houston. Troy lost by 18 at Ole Miss and a walkoff Hail Mary against a mediocre App. USA lost on a walkoff FG at UCLA and by 4 to Troy.

I saw one prediction that rescheduled the missed SJSU/NMSU game into the New Mexico Bowl. Would require a waiver, though.

(11-28-2022 01:55 PM)stever20 Wrote:  

(11-28-2022 01:10 PM)Soobahk40050 Wrote:  Alabama will probably be ranked higher than TN and thus go to the Sugar. TN to the Orange.

Or chaos where
Fiesta Michigan vs Ohio State
Peach Georgia vs Alabama

Rose Utah vs Purdue
Sugar LSU vs Kansas State
Orange UNC vs TN
Cotton TCU vs Tulane

I think they would flip things so it'd be Michigan/Alabama and Georgia/Ohio St to avoid the rematch of Michigan/Ohio St.

They definitely would, at least I remember Hancock said in 2014 that they'd try to avoid rematches in the semis.

(11-28-2022 02:53 PM)stever20 Wrote:  

(11-28-2022 02:49 PM)bryanw1995 Wrote:  

(11-28-2022 01:10 PM)Soobahk40050 Wrote:  Alabama will probably be ranked higher than TN and thus go to the Sugar. TN to the Orange.

Or chaos where
Fiesta Michigan vs Ohio State
Peach Georgia vs Alabama

Rose Utah vs Purdue
Sugar LSU vs Kansas State
Orange UNC vs TN
Cotton TCU vs Tulane

sigh...bama isn't getting anywhere near the CFP. They wouldn't beat out a 1 loss TCU and they won't beat out a 1 loss tOSU. They probably won't even beat out Tennessee, though it's at least possible to argue that point.

I wouldn't be surprised if they beat out a 1 loss TCU team. If USC and TCU both lose, Alabama could easily be in the playoffs.

TCU has gone 12-0 against a similar schedule to Alabama's in which bama went 10-2 (and very nearly 8-4). Any discussion about bama jumping TCU is ludicrous, it's just a talking point for ESPN to fill up the time until the actual rankings come out.

If you take everything about TCU and bama this year, but flip them so that bama went 12-0 with TCU's schedule and TCU went 10-2 with 2 very close wins with bama's schedule there wouldn't be any discussion about it at all.

Let’s make Kansas v Missouri happen at the Liberty Bowl.

I would go with 1.Georgia vs 4.Ohio State. USC will get hosed again by Utah. I will pencil UTSA in for the NY6 bowl over UCF. I think UCF will beat Tulane again.