SI.com · Sep 4, 2018
Bowl Projections: 2018's First Look at Every Matchup and the Playoff
Nobody learns anything concrete in Week 1, but for many teams, a season-opening win is a crucial step toward the six victories needed to attain bowl eligibility at season's end. The first bowl projections of 2018 are an extremely speculative look at who might land where based on conference tie-ins and early assessments of conference contenders' outlooks for the fall.
New Mexico Bowl, Albuquerque (2 p.m. ET, ESPN)
Mountain West vs. Conference USA
Wyoming vs. UAB
AutoNation Cure Bowl, Orlando (2:30 p.m. ET, CBSSN)
American vs. Sun Belt
Central Michigan vs. Louisiana
Mitsubishi Motors Las Vegas Bowl (3:30 p.m. ET, ABC)
Pac-12 vs. Mountain West
Washington State vs. Fresno State
