Rivalry Week is here, meaning we're one step closer to the College Football Playoff.
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 13. We have Alabama vs. Wisconsin in the Sugar Bowl and Oklahoma vs. Miami in the Rose Bowl Game. We also have the Tide and Sooners in the championship game — for now.
MORE: Week 13 College Football Playoff rankings
Sporting News has projections for every bowl game. Here they are:
Week 13 college football bowl projections
| DATE | BOWL GAME | PROJECTED TEAMS |
| Dec. 16 | R+L Carrier New Orleans Bowl | Louisiana-Lafayette vs. MTSU |
| Dec. 16 | AutoNation Cure Bowl | SMU vs. Georgia State |
| Dec. 16 | Las Vegas Bowl | Cal vs. Boise State |
| Dec. 16 | Gildan New Mexico Bowl | San Diego State vs. UTSA |
| Dec. 16 | Raycom Media Camellia Bowl | Toledo vs. Troy |
| Dec. 19 | Boca Raton Bowl | South Florida vs. Marshall |
| Dec. 20 | Frisco Bowl | Wyoming vs. Central Michigan* |
| Dec. 21 | Bad Boy Mowers Gasparilla Bowl | Temple vs. FIU |
| Dec. 22 | Popeyes Bahamas Bowl | Ohio vs. Florida Atlantic |
| Dec. 22 | Famous Idaho Potato Bowl | Western Michigan vs. Utah State |
| Dec. 23 | Birmingham Bowl | Memphis vs. UAB |
| Dec. 23 | Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl | Western Kentucky* vs. Army |
| Dec. 23 | Dollar General Bowl | Akron vs. Appalachian State |
| Dec. 24 | Hawaii Bowl | Houston vs. Fresno State |
| Dec. 26 | Cactus Bowl | West Virginia vs. Oregon |
| Dec. 26 | Quick Lane Bowl | Indiana* vs. Northern Illinois* |
| Dec. 26 | Zaxby's Heart of Dallas Bowl | Kansas State vs. North Texas |
| Dec. 27 | Independence Bowl | Southern Miss vs. Utah |
| Dec. 27 | New Era Pinstripe Bowl | Iowa vs. Virginia |
| Dec. 27 | Texas Bowl | Iowa State vs. Stanford |
| Dec. 27 | Foster Farms Bowl | Arizona vs. Purdue |
| Dec. 28 | Military Bowl by Northrop Grunman | Navy vs. Boston College |
| Dec. 28 | Camping World Bowl | Oklahoma State vs. Florida State |
| Dec. 28 | Valero Alamo Bowl | TCU vs. Washington State |
| Dec. 28 | SDCCU Holiday Bowl | Washington vs. Michigan |
| Dec. 29 | Belk Bowl | Wake Forest vs. Mississippi State |
| Dec. 29 | Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl | Louisville vs. Missouri |
| Dec. 29 | Goodyear Cotton Bowl | Penn State vs. Notre Dame |
| Dec. 30 | TaxSlayer Bowl | Virginia Tech vs. Kentucky |
| Dec. 30 | AutoZone Liberty Bowl | Texas vs. South Carolina |
| Dec. 30 | Hyundai Sun Bowl | Arizona State vs. N.C. State |
| Dec. 30 | Nova Home Loans Arizona Bowl | Colorado State vs. Arkansas State |
| Dec. 30 | Fiesta Bowl | USC vs. Ohio State |
| Dec. 30 | Orange Bowl | Georgia vs. Clemson |
| Jan. 1 | Outback Bowl | Northwestern vs. Texas A&M |
| Jan. 1 | Citrus Bowl | Michigan State vs. LSU |
| Jan. 1 | Peach Bowl | UCF 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. Oklahoma |
