The 2018 college football schedule, featuring 40 bowl games between FBS teams, looks a little different heading into Week 5 after several upsets among top-25 teams.
Previously unbeaten Virginia Tech and Mississippi State both suffered debilitating losses against Old Dominion and Kentucky, respectively, affecting where they could play at the end of the season. This week, we kept Alabama, Georgia, Clemson and Ohio State in the Playoff. Notre Dame, Miami and Auburn moved back into the New Year's Day Six.
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Here are our picks for every bowl game, with a familiar national championship game.
Week 5 College football bowl projections
| Date | Bowl | Projected teams |
| Dec. 15 | Gildan New Mexico Bowl | Wyoming vs. Southern Miss |
| Dec. 15 | AutoNation Cure Bowl | Appalachian State vs. Houston |
| Dec. 15 | Las Vegas Bowl | Boise State vs. Utah |
| Dec. 15 | Raycom Media Camellia Bowl | Georgia Southern vs. Utah State |
| Dec. 15 | New Orleans Bowl | Arkansas State vs. Louisiana Tech |
| Dec. 18 | Cheribundi Tart Boca Raton Bowl | Toledo vs. FIU |
| Dec. 19 | Frisco Bowl | Ohio vs. USF |
| Dec. 20 | Bad Boy Mowers Gasparilla Bowl | FAU vs. Cincinnati |
| Dec. 21 | Bahamas Bowl | Marshall vs. Akron |
| Dec. 21 | Potato Bowl | Northern Illinois vs. Fresno State |
| Dec. 22 | Birmingham Bowl | Memphis vs. Tennessee |
| Dec. 22 | Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl | BYU vs. Navy |
| Dec. 22 | Dollar General Bowl | Coastal Carolina vs. Buffalo |
| Dec. 22 | Hawai'i Bowl | Hawaii vs. North Texas |
| Dec. 26 | First Responder Bowl | Colorado* vs. Indiana |
| Dec. 26 | Quick Lane Bowl | Virginia vs. Northwestern |
| Dec. 26 | Cheez-It Bowl | Oklahoma State vs. Cal |
| Dec. 27 | Walk-On's Independence Bowl | Louisville vs. Vanderbilt |
| Dec. 27 | New Era Pinstripe Bowl | Wake Forest vs. Minnesota |
| Dec. 27 | Academy Sports + Outdoors Texas Bowl | Texas Tech vs. Texas A&M |
| Dec. 28 | Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl | Virginia Tech vs. Mississippi State |
| Dec. 28 | Camping World Bowl | Texas vs. Syracuse |
| Dec. 28 | Arizona Bowl | Troy vs. San Diego State |
| Dec. 28 | Valero Alamo Bowl | West Virginia vs. Oregon |
| Dec. 29 | Chick-Fil-A Peach Bowl | Notre Dame vs. Miami |
| Dec. 29 | Belk Bowl | N.C. State vs. Florida |
| Dec. 31 | Military Bowl | Army vs. Boston College |
| Dec. 31 | Hyundai Sun Bowl | Duke vs. Washington State |
| Dec. 31 | San Francisco Bowl | Maryland vs. USC |
| Dec. 31 | AutoZone Liberty Bowl | TCU vs. Missouri |
| Dec. 31 | Holiday Bowl | Iowa vs. Arizona State |
| Dec. 31 | TaxSlayer Gator Bowl | Michigan State vs. South Carolina |
| Jan. 1 | Outback Bowl | Wisconsin vs. Kentucky |
| Jan. 1 | Citrus Bowl | Michigan vs. Auburn |
| Jan. 1 | PlayStation Fiesta Bowl | UCF vs. Stanford |
| Jan. 1 | Rose Bowl Game | Penn State vs. Washington |
| Jan. 1 | AllState Sugar Bowl | Oklahoma vs. LSU |
College Football Playoff predictions
| Dec. 29 | Capital One Orange Bowl | Georgia vs. Alabama |
| Dec. 29 | Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic | Clemson vs. Ohio State |
| Jan. 7 | College Football Playoff championship | Alabama vs. Clemson |
