The Cincinnati Bearcats football team takes on Duke University in the Military Bowl, and the Ohio State Buckeyes are still a College Football Playoff team - facing Alabama in the Cotton Bowl on Dec. 29 in the semifinals - despite Saturday's stunning loss to Purdue, according to bowl projections Tuesday from USA TODAY Sports' Erick Smith.
Last month, Stadium's Brett McMurphy projected a Bearcats-North Carolina State showdown in the Military Bowl on Dec. 31 at noon.
Presented by Northrop Grumman, the 11th Military Bowl will feature a matchup between an Atlantic Coast Conference team and an American Athletic Conference team at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium - located off the campus of the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland.