Conference championship weekend is here.
The final College Football Playoff rankings will be unveiled on Sunday, and there are several intriguing scenarios for the final week. Georgia appears to be the only sure bet heading into the SEC championship game, and we still have the Bulldogs beating Alabama on Saturday.
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Michigan also moves into our projection after finally beating Ohio State. The Wolverines can clinch their first playoff berth with a win against Iowa on Saturday.
Cincinnati will be the first Group of 5 team to make the playoff if it beats Houston in the American Athletic Conference championship game. (We think that's the case, anyway). That leaves a fourth spot and a debate among Notre Dame, Oklahoma State if it wins the Big 12 championship game and a potential two-loss Alabama team. We think the Irish win that debate by a small margin.
With that, here are our championship week bowl projections. SN has projections for all 42 bowl games here, and they will be updated throughout the season:
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College football bowl projections for championship week
| Date | Bowl | Matchup |
| Dec. 17 | Bahamas Bowl | Miami (Ohio) vs. UTEP |
| Dec. 17 | Cure Bowl | Ball State vs. East Carolina |
| Dec. 18 | RoofClaim.com Boca Raton Bowl | Eastern Michigan vs. Liberty* |
| Dec. 18 | New Mexico Bowl | Air Force vs. Old Dominion |
| Dec. 18 | Radiance Technologies Independence Bowl | BYU vs. UTSA |
| Dec. 18 | Lendingtree Bowl | Kent State vs. Georgia State |
| Dec. 18 | Los Angeles Bowl | San Diego State vs. Washington State |
| Dec. 18 | R&L Carriers New Orleans Bowl | Louisiana vs. UAB |
| Dec. 20 | Myrtle Beach Bowl | Coastal Carolina vs. Tulsa |
| Dec. 21 | Famous Idaho Potato Bowl | Western Michigan vs. Boise State |
| Dec. 21 | Tropical Smoothie Cafe Frisco Bowl | Toledo vs. North Texas |
| Dec. 22 | Armed Forces Bowl | Army* vs. Western Kentucky |
| Dec. 23 | Union Home Mortgage Gasparilla Bowl | Florida* vs. Texas Tech |
| Dec. 24 | Hawai'i Bowl | Utah State vs. Memphis** |
| Dec. 25 | Camellia Bowl | Northern Illinois vs. App State |
| Dec. 27 | Quick Lane Bowl | UCF vs. Marshall* |
| Dec. 27 | Military Bowl | Fresno State* vs. Missouri* |
| Dec. 28 | TicketSmarter Birmingham Bowl | Houston vs. Mississippi State |
| Dec. 28 | First Responder Bowl | FAU vs. Virginia Tech* |
| Dec. 28 | AutoZone Liberty Bowl | Kansas State vs. Auburn |
| Dec. 28 | Holiday Bowl | Arizona State vs. Miami |
| Dec. 28 | Guaranteed Rate Bowl | Louisville vs. LSU* |
| Dec. 29 | Fenway Bowl | SMU vs. Virginia |
| Dec. 29 | Pinstripe Bowl | Maryland vs. Boston College |
| Dec. 29 | Cheez-It Bowl | West Virginia vs. North Carolina |
| Dec. 29 | Valero Alamo Bowl | Oregon vs. Oklahoma |
| Dec. 30 | Duke's Mayo Bowl | Minnesota vs. Clemson |
| Dec. 30 | Transperfect Music City Bowl | Penn State vs. Texas A&M |
| Dec. 30 | SRS Las Vegas Bowl | Oregon State vs. Purdue |
| Dec. 31 | TaxSlayer Gator Bowl | South Carolina vs. Wake Forest |
| Dec. 31 | Tony the Tiger Sun Bowl | UCLA vs. N.C. State |
| Dec. 31 | Arizona Bowl | Central Michigan vs. Nevada |
| Jan. 1 | Outback Bowl | Wisconsin vs. Tennessee |
| Jan. 1 | Vrbo Citrus Bowl | Iowa vs. Kentucky |
| Jan. 4 | Texas Bowl | Iowa State vs. Arkansas |
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College Football New Year's Day 6 projections
| Date | Bowl | Matchup |
| Dec. 30 | Chick-Fil-A Peach Bowl | Ole Miss vs. Pitt |
| Jan. 1 | PlayStation Fiesta Bowl | Baylor vs. Michigan State |
| Jan. 1 | Rose Bowl Game | Utah vs. Ohio State |
| Jan. 1 | Allstate Sugar Bowl | Oklahoma State vs. Alabama |
| Dec. 31 | Capital One Orange Bowl (semifinal) | Notre Dame vs. Georgia |
| Dec. 31 | Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic (semifinal) | Cincinnati vs. Michigan |
College Football Playoff championship projection
| Date | Bowl | Matchup |
| Jan. 10 | College Football Playoff championship | Georgia vs. Michigan |
