There are two weeks left until the first set of College Football Playoff rankings are unveiled, but the four-team picture is starting to come into focus.
Notre Dame jumps into our College Football Playoff after a thrilling 47-40 double-overtime victory against Clemson on Saturday. The Tigers are squeezed out for the time being, but a potential rematch in the ACC championship with Trevor Lawrence still looms. Alabama, Ohio State and Oregon remain in our four-team Playoff.
Florida replaced Georgia in our New Year’s Day Six after beating the Bulldogs 44-28.
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This season's semifinals are Jan. 1 at the Rose Bowl Game and Sugar Bowl. The Playoff championship game will be Jan. 11 at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Fla.
With that in mind, here are Sporting News' picks for the College Football Playoff and New Year's Day Six heading into Week 11:
Week 11 Bowl projections
| DATE | BOWL | TEAMS |
| Dec. 19 | Tropical Smoothie Cafe Frisco Bowl | UTSA vs. Nevada |
| Dec. 21 | Myrtle Beach Bowl | UCF vs. Appalachian State |
| Dec. 22 | Famous Idaho Potato Bowl | Buffalo vs. San Diego State |
| Dec. 22 | Boca Raton Bowl | Memphis vs. FAU |
| Dec. 23 | R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl | Louisiana Tech vs. Coastal Carolina |
| Dec. 23 | Montgomery Bowl* | Toledo vs. Iowa |
| Dec. 24 | New Mexico Bowl | Hawaii vs. Washington State |
| Dec. 25 | Camellia Bowl | Central Michigan vs. Troy |
| Dec. 26 | Union Home Mortgage Gasparilla Bowl | BYU vs. Tulane |
| Dec. 26 | Cure Bowl | Louisiana vs. Miami, Ohio |
| Dec. 26 | SERVPRO First Responder Bowl | TCU vs. Liberty |
| Dec. 26 | LendingTree Bowl | UAB vs. Georgia Southern |
| Dec. 26 | Radiance Technologies Independence Bowl | Army vs. Arizona State |
| Dec. 26 | Guaranteed Rate Bowl | West Virginia vs. Penn State |
| Dec. 28 | Military Bowl Presented by Perspecta | Navy vs. Boston College |
| Dec. 29 | New Era Pinstripe Bowl | Michigan vs. Virginia Tech |
| Dec. 29 | Cheez-It Bowl | Texas vs. Wake Forest |
| Dec. 29 | Valero Alamo Bowl | Iowa State vs. Washington |
| Dec. 30 | Duke’s Mayo Bowl | Maryland vs. Pitt |
| Dec. 30 | TransPerfect Music City Bowl | Kentucky vs. Purdue |
| Dec. 30 | LA Bowl | Cal vs. Boise State |
| Dec. 31 | Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl | SMU vs. Marshall |
| Dec. 31 | Tony the Tiger Sun Bowl | Utah vs. N.C. State |
| Dec. 31 | AutoZone Liberty Bowl | Oklahoma vs. Missouri |
| Dec. 31 | Arizona Bowl | Kent State vs. San Jose State |
| Dec. 31 | Texas Bowl | Kansas State vs. LSU |
| Jan. 1 | TicketSmarter Birmingham Bowl | Tulsa vs. Tennessee |
| Jan. 1 | Vrbo Citrus Bowl | Georgia vs. Indiana |
| Jan. 2 | TaxSlayer Gator Bowl | Arkansas vs. North Carolina |
| Jan. 2 | Outback Bowl | Auburn vs. Northwestern |
Week 11 New Year's Day Six projections
| DATE | BOWL | MATCHUP |
| Dec. 30 | Goodyear Cotton Bowl | Oklahoma State vs. Texas A&M |
| Jan. 1 | Chick-Fil-A Peach Bowl | Cincinnati vs. Miami (Fla.) |
| Jan. 2 | PlayStation Fiesta Bowl | USC vs. Wisconsin |
| Jan. 2 | Capital One Orange Bowl | Florida vs. Clemson |
Week 11 College Football Playoff projections
| DATE | BOWL | MATCHUP |
| Jan. 1 | Rose Bowl Game (semifinal) | Ohio State vs. Notre Dame |
| Jan. 1 | Allstate Sugar Bowl (semifinal) | Alabama vs. Oregon |
| Jan. 11 | CFP Championship Game | Ohio State vs. Alabama |
