College Football Playoffs, Final Bowl Projections Conference Championship

College Football Playoffs, Final Bowl Projections Conference Championship

Championship weekend is over and we are just hours away from the official College Football Playoff rankings and bowl announcements.

Arizona State, Georgia, Clemson and Oregon won the Power 4 league titles a day after Boise State and Army won the conference titles on Friday night.

How have the latest results impacted the CFP and bowl matchups?

In the new, expanded 12-team playoffs, the five highest-ranked conference champions will make the field along with the next seven highest-ranked teams. The four highest-ranked conference champions will receive first-round byes, while the other eight teams seeded 5-8 will meet on campus.

From there, the quarterfinals and semifinals will be played in the former New Year’s Six Bowls, with this season’s national championship game scheduled for Jan. 20 at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta.

However, all of this is just the tip of the iceberg. Aside from the playoffs, there are 36 bowl games, from the Cricket Celebration Bowl on December 14th to the Bahamas Bowl on January 4th.

ESPN Bowl gurus Kyle Bonagura and Mark Schlabach project each postseason matchup one final time before the official matchups are revealed on Sunday.

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College Football Playoffs

First round games

20-21 December – ABC/ESPN or TNT Sports*
Bonagura: No. 12 Clemson at No. 5 Notre Dame
Schlabach: No. 12 Clemson at No. 5 Penn State

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