Clemson and Notre Dame are both in the College Football Playoff — at least for now.
Sporting News' bowl projections after Week 13 have both the Tigers and Fighting Irish in the four-team Playoff as they move toward a possible rematch in the ACC championship game.
Notre Dame (9-0) and Clemson (8-1) make up half the field. Alabama (8-0) and Ohio State (4-0) are as well, despite the latter's uncertainty regarding its eligibility to make the Big Ten championship.
As long as those teams win, they're in.
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This season's semifinals are scheduled for Jan. 1 at the Rose Bowl Game and the 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 6 heading into Week 14:
College football bowl projections
| Date | Bowl | Teams |
| 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. Boise 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* | Ball State vs. Fresno State |
| Dec. 24 | New Mexico Bowl | Houston vs. Wyoming |
| Dec. 25 | Camellia Bowl | Central Michigan vs. Georgia State |
| Dec. 26 | Union Home Mortgage Gasparilla Bowl | Utah vs. Boston College |
| Dec. 26 | Cure Bowl | Louisiana vs. Western Michigan |
| 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. Oregon State |
| Dec. 26 | Guaranteed Rate Bowl | West Virginia vs. Maryland |
| Dec. 28 | Military Bowl Presented by Perspecta | SMU vs. Virginia |
| Dec. 29 | Cheez-It Bowl | Kansas State vs. Pitt |
| Dec. 29 | Valero Alamo Bowl | Iowa State vs. Oregon |
| Dec. 30 | Duke’s Mayo Bowl | Purdue vs. Wake Forest |
| Dec. 30 | TransPerfect Music City Bowl | Kentucky vs. Iowa |
| Dec. 30 | LA Bowl | Colorado vs. San Jose State |
| Dec. 31 | Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl | Tulane vs. Louisiana Tech |
| Dec. 31 | Tony the Tiger Sun Bowl | Washington vs. N.C. State |
| Dec. 31 | AutoZone Liberty Bowl | Oklahoma State vs. Ole Miss |
| Dec. 31 | Arizona Bowl | Kent State vs. San Diego State |
| Dec. 31 | Texas Bowl | Texas vs. LSU |
| Jan. 1 | TicketSmarter Birmingham Bowl | Tulsa vs. North Texas |
| Jan. 1 | Vrbo Citrus Bowl | Auburn vs. Indiana |
| Jan. 2 | TaxSlayer Gator Bowl | Missouri vs. North Carolina |
| Jan. 2 | Outback Bowl | Georgia vs. Wisconsin |
New Year's Day 6 projections
| DATE | BOWL | TEAMS |
| Dec. 30 | Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic | Oklahoma vs. Texas A&M |
| Jan. 1 | Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl | Cincinnati vs. Northwestern |
| Jan. 2 | PlayStation Fiesta Bowl | USC vs. BYU |
| Jan. 2 | Capital One Orange Bowl | Florida vs. Miami |
College Football Playoff projections
| DATE | BOWL | TEAMS |
| Jan. 1 | Rose Bowl Game (CFP semifinal) | Ohio State vs. Notre Dame |
| Jan. 1 | Sugar Bowl (CFP semifinal) | Alabama vs. Clemson |
| Jan. 11 | CFP National Championship Game | Ohio State vs. Alabama |
