Week 3 bowl projections: Alabama vs. Clemson III in production?
The 2017-18 college football schedule features 40 bowl games between FBS teams, which culminates with the College Football Playoff Championship on Jan. 8 in Atlanta. This year’s semifinals will be played on Jan. 1 for the first time since 2014 at the Rose and Sugar Bowls.
Sporting News will have bowl projections every week until we get there, and our preseason College Football Playoff picks have already seen a few changes. Alabama, Clemson, USC and Oklahoma are the new playoff field heading into Week 3.
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Sporting News has preseason projections for every bowl game, and a few familiar teams are back in the semifinals, with a new matchup in the national title game.
College Football Bowl Projections
DATE | BOWL GAME | PROJECTED TEAMS |
Dec. 16 | R+L Carrier New Orleans Bowl | Appalachian State vs. Old Dominion |
Dec. 16 | AutoNation Cure Bowl | SMU vs. Arkansas State |
Dec. 16 | Las Vegas Bowl | Colorado vs. Boise State |
Dec. 16 | Gildan New Mexico Bowl | Air Force vs. Middle Tennessee State |
Dec. 16 | Raycom Media Camellia Bowl | Eastern Michigan vs. Georgia Southern |
Dec. 19 | Boca Raton Bowl | Tulsa vs. Western Kentucky |
Dec. 19 Boca Raton Bowl Tulsa vs. Western Kentucky
College Football Playoff
DATE | BOWL GAME | PROJECTED TEAMS |
Jan. 1 | Rose Bowl Game (Playoff semifinal) | Oklahoma vs. Clemson |
Jan. 1 | Allstate Sugar Bowl (Playoff semifinal) | USC vs. Alabama |
Jan. 8 | College Football Championship Game | Alabama vs. Clemson |