New Year’s Six Bowl Projections: Week 4
Now this gets really interesting.
The ACC is effectively out of the College Football Playoff hunt with Clemson’s loss to NC State – Wake Forest and Boston College are the only unbeaten teams left, and both will almost certainly lose two games along the way.
Oklahoma isn’t looking like a world-beater, and the Big Ten appears ready to start eating itself up with big matchups looming to knock teams down a few pegs. Throw in the Notre Dame win over Wisconsin – and assuming an Irish loss somewhere along the way – and Texas A&M getting whacked by Arkansas, and all of a sudden, there aren’t a whole ton of New Year’s Six openings.
Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl
Thursday, December 30
ESPN, 7:00 pm
Mercedes-Benz Stadium, Atlanta, GA
Bowl Tie-Ins: At-Large vs. At-Large
Bowl Projection: Notre Dame vs. Florida
Playstation Fiesta Bowl
Saturday, January 1
ESPN, 1:00 pm
State Farm Stadium, Glendale, AZ
Bowl Tie-Ins: At-Large vs. At-Large
Bowl Projection: NC State vs. Cincinnati
Rose Bowl Game
Saturday, January 1
ESPN, 5:00 pm
Rose Bowl, Pasadena, CA
Bowl Tie-Ins: Big Ten vs. Pac-12
Bowl Projection: Iowa vs. UCLA
Allstate Sugar Bowl
Saturday, January 1
ESPN, 8:45 pm
Mercedes-Benz Superdome, New Orleans, LA
Bowl Tie-Ins: Big 12 vs. SEC
Bowl Projection: Texas vs. Florida