Week 12 of the college football season is here, leaving just five weeks until the College Football Playoff committee unveils its selections for this year's four-team College Football Playoff.
Sporting News will release bowl projections every Sunday leading up to that event; there weren't many changes in this week's projections, and the Playoff field of Alabama, Ohio State, Notre Dame and Oregon remains intact. The New Year's Day 6 picks are the same, as well.
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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 12:
Bowl projections after Week 11
| Date | Bowl | Matchup |
| Dec. 19 | Tropical Smoothie Cafe Frisco Bowl | UTSA vs. Nevada |
| Dec. 21 | Myrtle Beach Bowl | Memphis vs. Appalachian State |
| Dec. 22 | Famous Idaho Potato Bowl | Buffalo vs. San Diego State |
| Dec. 22 | Boca Raton Bowl | UCF vs. FAU |
| Dec. 23 | R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl | Marshall vs. Coastal Carolina |
| Dec. 23 | Montgomery Bowl* | Western Michigan vs. Maryland |
| Dec. 24 | New Mexico Bowl | Houston vs. Hawaii |
| 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 | Fresno State 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. Michigan |
| Dec. 28 | Military Bowl Presented by Perspecta | Navy vs. Boston College |
| Dec. 29 | New Era Pinstripe Bowl | Iowa vs. Wake Forest |
| Dec. 29 | Cheez-It Bowl | Kansas State vs. Pitt |
| Dec. 29 | Valero Alamo Bowl | Iowa State vs. Washington |
| Dec. 30 | Duke’s Mayo Bowl | Nebraska vs. Virginia Tech |
| 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. Louisiana Tech |
| Dec. 31 | Tony the Tiger Sun Bowl | Utah vs. N.C. State |
| Dec. 31 | AutoZone Liberty Bowl | Oklahoma State vs. Missouri |
| Dec. 31 | Arizona Bowl | Kent State vs. San Jose State |
| Dec. 31 | Texas Bowl | Texas vs. LSU |
| Jan. 1 | TicketSmarter Birmingham Bowl | Tulsa vs. Ole Miss |
| Jan. 1 | Vrbo Citrus Bowl | Georgia vs. Indiana |
| Jan. 2 | TaxSlayer Gator Bowl | Arkansas vs. North Carolina |
| Jan. 2 | Outback Bowl | Auburn vs. Northwestern |
New Year's Day 6 projections after Week 11
| Date | Bowl | Matchup |
| Dec. 30 | Goodyear Cotton Bowl | Oklahoma vs. Texas A&M |
| Jan. 1 | Chick-Fil-A Peach Bowl | Cincinnati vs. Miami |
| Jan. 2 | PlayStation Fiesta Bowl | USC vs. Wisconsin |
| Jan. 2 | Capital One Orange Bowl | Florida vs. Clemson |
College Football Playoff projections after Week 11
| 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 |
