The 2017-18 college football bowl schedule features 40 games between FBS teams, which culminates with the College Football Playoff championship game 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, Penn State, Clemson and Oklahoma remain the playoff field heading into Week 7, but there's a new face. Washington takes Oklahoma's place for the final spot.
We have the Crimson Tide and Huskies n the Sugar Bowl, and the Nittany Lions and Tigers in the Rose Bowl Game.
MORE: Week 7 College Football Playoff picture
Sporting News has preseason projections for every bowl game. Here they are:
Week 7 Bowl Projections
| DATE | BOWL GAME | PROJECTED TEAMS |
| Dec. 16 | R+L Carrier New Orleans Bowl | Appalachian State vs. UTSA |
| Dec. 16 | AutoNation Cure Bowl | Northern Illinois vs. Arkansas State |
| Dec. 16 | Las Vegas Bowl | UCLA vs. San Diego State |
| Dec. 16 | Gildan New Mexico Bowl | Boise State vs. Old Dominion |
| Dec. 16 | Raycom Media Camellia Bowl | Toledo vs. Troy |
| Dec. 19 | Boca Raton Bowl | Houston vs. Western Kentucky |
| Dec. 20 | Frisco Bowl | Duke vs. Iowa State |
| Dec. 21 | Bad Boy Mowers Gasparilla Bowl | South Florida vs. Louisiana Tech |
| Dec. 22 | Popeyes Bahamas Bowl | Ohio vs. Marshall |
| Dec. 22 | Famous Idaho Potato Bowl | Western Michigan vs. Fresno State |
| Dec. 23 | Birmingham Bowl | SMU vs. Vanderbilt |
| Dec. 23 | Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl | Cal vs. Army |
| Dec. 23 | Dollar General Bowl | Central Michigan vs. Louisiana-Monroe |
| Dec. 24 | Hawaii Bowl | Memphis vs. New Mexico |
| Dec. 26 | Cactus Bowl | Kansas State vs. Utah State |
| Dec. 26 | Quick Lane Bowl | Maryland vs. Virginia |
| Dec. 26 | Zaxby's Heart of Dallas Bowl | Texas Tech vs. North Texas |
| Dec. 27 | Independence Bowl | Georgia Tech vs. Southern Miss |
| Dec. 27 | New Era Pinstripe Bowl | Minnesota vs. Notre Dame |
| Dec. 27 | Texas Bowl | West Virginia vs. Tennessee |
| Dec. 27 | Foster Farms Bowl | Oregon vs. Northwestern |
| Dec. 28 | Military Bowl by Northrop Grunman | Navy vs. Louisville |
| Dec. 28 | Camping World Bowl | Oklahoma State vs. Florida State |
| Dec. 28 | Valero Alamo Bowl | Oklahoma vs. Stanford |
| Dec. 28 | SDCCU Holiday Bowl | USC vs. Iowa |
| Dec. 29 | Belk Bowl | Wake Forest vs. South Carolina |
| Dec. 29 | Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl | Purdue vs. Kentucky |
| Dec. 29 | Goodyear Cotton Bowl | TCU vs. Georgia |
| Dec. 30 | TaxSlayer Bowl | Michigan State vs. Mississippi State |
| Dec. 30 | AutoZone Liberty Bowl | Texas vs. LSU |
| Dec. 30 | Hyundai Sun Bowl | Utah vs. N.C. State |
| Dec. 30 | Nova Home Loans Arizona Bowl | Colorado State vs. Georgia State |
| Dec. 30 | PlayStation Fiesta Bowl | Wisconsin vs. Washington State |
| Dec. 30 | Capital One Orange Bowl | Miami (Fla.) vs. Ohio State |
| Jan. 1 | Outback Bowl | Michigan vs. Texas A&M |
| Jan. 1 | Citrus Bowl | Virginia Tech vs. Florida |
| Jan. 1 | Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl | Central Florida vs. Auburn |
College Football Playoff
| DATE | BOWL GAME | PROJECTED TEAMS |
| Jan. 1 | Rose Bowl Game (Playoff semifinal) | Penn State vs. Clemson |
| Jan. 1 | Allstate Sugar Bowl (Playoff semifinal) | Washington vs. Alabama |
| Jan. 8 | College Football Championship Game | Alabama vs. Clemson |
