Final bowl projections

playoff footballHere are the final gridironnow.com playoff and bowl projections. Eighty teams — or 63 percent of the 128 teams in the FBS ranks — will make it into the postseason, and three will have a losing record. Four of those, of course, will be chosen for the College Football Playoff. The four projected playoff teams, listed alphabetically: Alabama, Clemson, Michigan State and Oklahoma.

When looking over the projections, remember that a bowl’s tie-in with a league doesn’t necessarily mean it will get the third- or fourth-, etc., place team from the league; instead, it means it gets the third or fourth, etc., selection from that league. You’ll also notice that there is no clear-cut…