Updated College Football Bowl Projections for all 39 2019 FBS bowls, including the College Football Playoff and New Year's Six (NY6)! Find out what the 2019-20 bowl projections are for the Orange Bowl, Cotton Bowl, Peach Bowl, Fiesta Bowl, Rose Bowl, Sugar Bowl and the rest of the CFB Bowl matchups this year!
It’s nearly college football bowl season and Tom Downey is here with bowl projections for 2019. That includes projections for the College Football Playoff, the New Year’s Six bowl games and the rest of the bowl games this year. Who will make the College Football Playoff and what teams will get left out of the New Year’s Six or even bowl season entirely? Tom Downey makes his projections IN THE VIDEO ABOVE AND BELOW.
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There will be bowl eligible teams left out, but only 1 or 2 this year. That means most teams that won 6 games are going bowling this year. While most CFB teams can’t win the College Football Playoff, the rest of those teams care about winning a bowl game.
Here’s a look at all of the bowl game projections:
CFP Semifinals:
Peach Bowl (CFP Semifinal): #1 LSU vs. #4 Utah (Dec. 28, 4 or 8p ET)
Fiesta Bowl (CFP Semifinal): #2 Ohio State vs. #3 Clemson (Dec. 28, 4 or 8p ET)
NY6 Bowls:
Rose Bowl: Penn State vs. Oregon (Jan. 1, 5p ET)
Sugar Bowl: Oklahoma vs. Georgia (Jan. 1, 8:45p ET)
Orange Bowl: Virginia vs. Florida (Dec. 30, 5p ET)
Bahamas Bowl: Florida Atlantic vs. Ohio (Dec. 20, 2p ET)
Frisco Bowl: Temple vs. Marshall (Dec. 20, 7:30p ET)
Cure Bowl: UCF vs. Georgia State (Dec. 21, 2:30p ET)
New Mexico Bowl: UAB vs. Utah State (Dec. 21, 2p ET)
Boca Raton Bowl: Buffalo vs. Tulane (Dec. 21, 3:30p ET)
Camellia Bowl: Miami (OH) vs. Georgia Southern (Dec. 21, 5:30p ET)
Las Vegas Bowl: Washington State vs. Boise State (Dec. 21, 7:30p ET)
New Orleans Bowl: Southern Miss vs. Appalachian State (Dec. 21, 9p ET)
Gasparilla Bowl: Florida International vs. North Carolina (Dec. 23, 2:30p ET)
Hawaii Bowl: Brigham Young vs. Hawaii (Dec. 24, 8p ET)
Independence Bowl: Louisiana Tech vs. Florida State (Dec. 26, 4p ET)
Quick Lane Bowl: Michigan State vs. Boston College (Dec. 26, 8p ET)
Cheez-It Bowl: Southern Methodist vs. San Diego State (Dec. 27, 10:15p ET)
Pinstripe Bowl: Iowa vs. Pittsburgh (Dec. 27, 3:20p ET)
Texas Bowl: Kansas State vs. Texas A&M (Dec. 27, 6:45p ET)
Holiday Bowl: Michigan vs. Washington (Dec. 27, 8p ET)
Military Bowl: Navy vs. Louisville (Dec. 27, Noon ET)
Peach Bowl (CFP Semifinal): #1 LSU vs. #4 Utah (Dec. 28, 4 or 8p ET)
Fiesta Bowl (CFP Semifinal): #2 Ohio State vs. #3 Clemson (Dec. 28, 4 or 8p ET)
Camping World Bowl: Texas vs. Notre Dame (Dec. 28, Noon ET)
Cotton Bowl: Baylor vs. Memphis (Dec. 28, Noon ET)
First Responder Bowl: Kent State vs. Western Kentucky (Dec. 30, 12:30p ET)
Music City Bowl: Kentucky vs. Wake Forest (Dec. 30, 4p ET)
Redbox Bowl: Illinois vs. California (Dec. 30, 4p ET)
Orange Bowl: Virginia vs. Florida (Dec. 30, 5p ET)
Sun Bowl: Arizona State vs. Miami (Dec. 31, 2p ET)
Liberty Bowl: Iowa State vs. Charlotte (Dec. 31, 3:45p ET)
Arizona Bowl: Nevada vs. Arkansas State (Dec. 31, 4:30p ET)
Alamo Bowl: Oklahoma State vs. USC (Dec. 31, 7:30p ET)
Belk Bowl: Mississippi State vs. Virginia Tech (Dec. 31, Noon ET)
Outback Bowl: Minnesota vs. Auburn (Jan. 1, 1p ET)
Citrus Bowl: Wisconsin vs. Alabama (Jan. 1, 1p ET)
Rose Bowl: Penn State vs. Oregon (Jan. 1, 5p ET)
Sugar Bowl: Oklahoma vs. Georgia (Jan. 1, 8:45p ET)
Birmingham Bowl: Liberty vs. Cincinnati (Jan. 2, 3p ET)
Gator Bowl: Tennessee vs. Indiana (Jan. 2, 7p ET)
Famous Idaho Potato Bowl: Western Michigan vs. Wyoming (Jan. 3, 3:30p ET)
Armed Forces Bowl: Air Force vs. Toledo (Jan. 4, 11:30a ET)
LendingTree Bowl: Central Michigan vs. Louisiana-Lafayette (Jan. 6, 7:30p ET)
FOLLOW: Tom Downey is the Senior Writer & On-Air Host at Chat Sports. Follow him on Twitter @Whatgoingdowney.
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