The 2019 college football postseason schedule features 40 bowl games between FBS teams, with the finale at the national title game on Jan. 13 at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome. This year's semifinal games will be on Dec. 28.
Sporting News' final set of bowl projections feature a College Football Playoff field that includes Ohio State, LSU, Clemson and Oklahoma. We have LSU taking the No. 1 seed and playing Oklahoma in the Peach Bowl national semifinals. Ohio State and Clemson will meet in the Fiesta Bowl national semifinal.
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Sporting News has projections for all 40 bowl games here. Our projections heading into conference championship weekend of the college football season:
Final college football bowl projections
| Date | Bowl | Teams |
| Dec. 20 | Makers Wanted Bahamas Bowl | Buffalo** vs. Charlotte** |
| Dec. 20 | DXL Frisco Bowl | Western Michigan vs. SMU |
| Dec. 21 | New Mexico Bowl | Western Kentucky vs. Utah State |
| Dec. 21 | AutoNation Cure Bowl | Georgia State vs. UCF |
| Dec. 21 | Cheribundi Tart Cherry Boca Raton Bowl | FIU vs. Ohio |
| Dec. 21 | Raycom Media Camellia Bowl | Miami (Ohio) vs. Louisiana |
| Dec. 21 | Mitsubishi Motors Las Vegas Bowl | Boise State vs. Washington State |
| Dec. 21 | R&L Carriers New Orleans Bowl | Louisiana Tech vs. Appalachian State |
| Dec. 23 | Bad Boy Mowers Gasparilla Bowl | Marshall vs. Cincinnati |
| Dec. 24 | SoFi Hawai'i Bowl | BYU** vs. Hawaii |
| Dec. 26 | Walk-On's Independence Bowl | Southern Miss vs. Miami |
| Dec. 26 | Quick Lane Bowl | Liberty vs. Boston College |
| Dec. 27 | Military Bowl Presented by Northrop Grumman | North Carolina vs. Temple |
| Dec. 27 | New Era Pinstripe Bowl | Michigan State vs. Wake Forest |
| Dec. 27 | Academy Sports and Outdoors Texas Bowl | Texas vs. Pitt |
| Dec. 27 | SDCU Holiday Bowl | USC vs. Indiana |
| Dec. 27 | Cheez-It Bowl | Washington vs. Nevada |
| Dec. 28 | Camping World Bowl | Oklahoma State vs. Notre Dame |
| Dec. 30 | SERVPRO First Responders Bowl | Tulane vs. Wyoming |
| Dec. 30 | Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl | UAB vs. Louisville |
| Dec. 30 | Redbox Bowl | Cal vs. Illinois |
| Dec. 31 | Belk Bowl | Tennessee vs. Virginia Tech |
| Dec. 31 | Hyundai Sun Bowl | Arizona State vs. Florida State |
| Dec. 31 | AutoZone Liberty Bowl | Kansas State vs. Kentucky |
| Dec. 31 | Valero Alamo Bowl | Utah vs. Iowa State |
| Dec. 31 | NOVA Home Loans Arizona Bowl | Arkansas State vs. Air Force |
| Jan. 1 | Outback Bowl | Minnesota vs. Auburn |
| Jan. 1 | Buffalo Wild Wings Citrus Bowl | Michigan vs. Alabama |
| Jan. 2 | Birmingham Bowl | FAU vs. Mississippi State |
| Jan. 2 | TaxSlayer Bowl | Texas A&M vs. Iowa |
| Jan. 3 | Famous Idaho Potato Bowl | Kent State vs. San Diego State |
| Jan. 4 | Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl | Central Michigan* vs. Navy |
| Jan. 6 | LendingTree Bowl | Toledo vs. Georgia Southern |
Final College Football Playoff/New Year's Day 6 projections
| Dec. 28 | Goodyear Cotton Bowl | Penn State vs. Memphis |
| Dec. 30 | Capital One Orange Bowl | Virginia vs. Florida |
| Jan. 1 | Rose Bowl | Wisconsin vs. Oregon |
| Jan. 1 | Allstate Sugar Bowl | Georgia vs. Baylor |
| Dec. 28 | Fiesta Bowl | Clemson vs. Ohio State |
| Dec. 28 | Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl | LSU vs. Oklahoma |
| Jan. 13 | College Football Playoff Championship | Ohio State vs. LSU |
