Buckeyes move into four-team playoff after latest win

Bill Bender

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Here's how SN's Bill Bender projects the postseason matchups heading into Week 13:

Dec. 20: R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl: Louisiana-Lafayette vs. UAB

Dec. 20: Gildan New Mexico Bowl: San Diego State vs. UTEP

Dec. 20: Royal Purple Las Vegas Bowl: Boise State vs. Stanford

Dec. 20: Famous Idaho Potato Bowl: Utah State vs. Bowling Green

Dec. 20: Raycom Media Camellia Bowl: South Alabama vs. Western Michigan

Dec. 22: Miami Beach Bowl: BYU vs. Cincinnati

Dec. 23: Boca Raton Bowl: Central Michigan vs. Rice

Dec. 23: San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl: Colorado State vs. Navy 

Dec. 24: Popeyes Bahamas Bowl: Middle Tennessee State vs. Toledo 

Dec. 24: Sheraton Hawaii Bowl: Nevada vs. Louisiana Tech 

Dec. 26: Heart of Dallas Bowl: Rutgers vs. California

Dec. 26: Quick Lane Bowl: Michigan vs. N.C. State

Dec. 26: BITCOIN St. Petersburg Bowl: UCF vs. Western Kentucky

Dec. 27: Military Bowl: East Carolina vs. Miami, Fla.

Dec. 27: Hyundai Sun Bowl: Utah vs. Boston College 

Dec. 27: Duck Commander Independence Bowl: Virginia Tech vs. Houston

Dec. 27: New Era Pinstripe Bowl: Penn State vs. Clemson

Dec. 27: National University Holiday Bowl: Maryland vs. USC

Dec. 29: AutoZone Liberty Bowl: Tennessee vs. West Virginia 

Dec. 29: Russell Athletic Bowl: Louisville vs. Oklahoma

Dec. 29: AdvoCare Texas Bowl: LSU vs. Texas

Dec. 30: Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl: South Carolina vs. Georgia Tech

Dec. 30: Belk Bowl: Texas A&M vs. Notre Dame

Dec. 30: San Francisco Bowl: Iowa vs. Arizona

Jan. 1: Outback Bowl: Nebraska vs. Missouri

Jan. 1: Buffalo Wild Wings Citrus Bowl: Wisconsin vs. Georgia

Jan. 2: Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl: Temple vs. Northwestern 

Jan. 2: TaxSlayer Bowl: Auburn vs. Minnesota

Jan. 2: Valero Alamo Bowl: Kansas State vs. Arizona State

Jan. 2: Cactus Bowl: Air Force vs. Washington

Jan. 3: Birmingham Bowl: Memphis vs. Florida

Jan. 4: GoDaddy Bowl: Arkansas State vs. Northern Illinois

Playoff bowl projections   

Dec. 31: Fiesta Bowl: TCU vs. Michigan State

Dec. 31: Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl: Marshall vs. Ole Miss

Dec. 31: Capital One Orange Bowl: Mississippi State vs. Duke

Jan. 1: AT&T Cotton Bowl Classic: Baylor vs. UCLA

Jan. 1: Rose Bowl Game (Playoff Semifinal): Oregon vs. Alabama

Jan. 1: Allstate Sugar Bowl (Playoff Semifinal): Ohio State vs. Florida State

Jan. 12: College Football Championship Game: Florida State vs. Alabama

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Bill Bender

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Bill Bender graduated from Ohio University in 2002 and started at The Sporting News as a fantasy football writer in 2007. He has covered the College Football Playoff, NBA Finals and World Series for SN. Bender enjoys story-telling, awesomely-bad 80s movies and coaching youth sports.