The College Football Playoff rankings were released on Tuesday, offering clues as to who might be this year's semifinalists heading into Week 12.
That also affects the 2017-18 college football bowl schedule, which features 40 games between FBS teams and culminates with the 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 is ready for Week 12. Georgia and Notre Dame are out. Miami and Wisconsin are in. We have Alabama and Wisconsin in the Sugar Bowl and Oklahoma and Miami in the Rose Bowl Game.
MORE: Week 12 College Football Playoff rankings
Sporting News has projections for every bowl game. Here they are:
Week 12 college football bowl projections
| DATE | BOWL GAME | PROJECTED TEAMS |
| Dec. 16 | R+L Carrier New Orleans Bowl | South Alabama vs. MTSU |
| Dec. 16 | AutoNation Cure Bowl | Northern Illinois vs. Georgia State |
| Dec. 16 | Las Vegas Bowl | Cal vs. Boise State |
| Dec. 16 | Gildan New Mexico Bowl | Utah State vs. UTSA |
| Dec. 16 | Raycom Media Camellia Bowl | Western Michigan vs. Troy |
| Dec. 19 | Boca Raton Bowl | Temple vs. Marshall |
| Dec. 20 | Frisco Bowl | SMU vs. Toledo |
| Dec. 21 | Bad Boy Mowers Gasparilla Bowl | South Florida vs. FIU |
| Dec. 22 | Popeyes Bahamas Bowl | Ohio vs. Florida Atlantic |
| Dec. 22 | Famous Idaho Potato Bowl | Central Michigan vs. Fresno State |
| Dec. 23 | Birmingham Bowl | Memphis vs. UAB |
| Dec. 23 | Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl | Utah vs. Army |
| Dec. 23 | Dollar General Bowl | Akron vs. Appalachian State |
| Dec. 24 | Hawaii Bowl | Houston vs. San Diego State |
| Dec. 26 | Cactus Bowl | Kansas State vs. Wyoming |
| Dec. 26 | Quick Lane Bowl | Indiana vs. Boston College |
| Dec. 26 | Zaxby's Heart of Dallas Bowl | Texas Tech vs. North Texas |
| Dec. 27 | Independence Bowl | Southern Miss vs. Arizona State |
| Dec. 27 | New Era Pinstripe Bowl | Iowa vs. Virginia |
| Dec. 27 | Texas Bowl | Iowa State vs. Washington State |
| Dec. 27 | Foster Farms Bowl | Arizona vs. Northwestern |
| Dec. 28 | Military Bowl by Northrop Grunman | Navy vs. Georgia Tech |
| Dec. 28 | Camping World Bowl | West Virginia vs. Florida State |
| Dec. 28 | Valero Alamo Bowl | Oklahoma State vs. Washington |
| Dec. 28 | SDCCU Holiday Bowl | Stanford vs. Michigan State |
| Dec. 29 | Belk Bowl | Louisville vs. Missouri |
| Dec. 29 | Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl | N.C. State vs. Mississippi State |
| Dec. 29 | Goodyear Cotton Bowl | Ohio State vs. Notre Dame |
| Dec. 30 | TaxSlayer Bowl | Virginia Tech vs. South Carolina |
| Dec. 30 | AutoZone Liberty Bowl | Texas vs. Kentucky |
| Dec. 30 | Hyundai Sun Bowl | Oregon vs. Wake Forest |
| Dec. 30 | Nova Home Loans Arizona Bowl | Colorado State vs. Arkansas State |
| Dec. 30 | Fiesta Bowl | USC vs. TCU |
| Dec. 30 | Orange Bowl | Georgia vs. Clemson |
| Jan. 1 | Outback Bowl | Penn State vs. Texas A&M |
| Jan. 1 | Citrus Bowl | Michigan vs. LSU |
| Jan. 1 | Peach Bowl | Central Florida vs. Auburn |
College Football Playoff projections
| BOWL GAME | PROJECTED TEAMS |
| Rose Bowl Game (Playoff semifinal) | Oklahoma vs. Miami |
| Sugar Bowl (Playoff semifinal) | Wisconsin vs. Alabama |
| College Football Playoff championship | Alabama vs. Miami |
