Sporting News' Week 7 bowl projections are here, and it features the usual combination of Clemson, Alabama, Oklahoma and Ohio State in our projected College Football Playoff field.
Oklahoma can solidify its Playoff case with a victory against one-loss Texas in the Red River Rivalry this week. The Sooners have three Playoff appearances, and that would help hold off the momentum for two SEC teams to make the final cut. Week 7 is full of matchups that could shake up the landscape, so stay tuned.
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The 2019 college 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. The first College Football Playoff Rankings will be released on Nov. 5.
Sporting News has projections for all 40 bowl games here, and they will be updated each week during the college football season. Our projections heading into Week 7 of the college football season:
Week 7 college football bowl projections
| DATE | BOWL | TEAMS |
| Dec. 20 | Makers Wanted Bahamas Bowl | Western Michigan vs. Southern Miss |
| Dec. 20 | DXL Frisco Bowl | Toledo vs. Cincinnati |
| Dec. 21 | Gildan New Mexico Bowl | Louisiana Tech vs. San Diego State |
| Dec. 21 | AutoNation Cure Bowl | Georgia State vs. UCF |
| Dec. 21 | Cheribundi Tart Cherry Boca Raton Bowl | MTSU vs. Temple |
| Dec. 21 | Raycom Media Camellia Bowl | Central Michigan vs. Troy |
| Dec. 21 | Mitsubishi Motors Las Vegas Bowl | Wyoming vs. USC |
| Dec. 21 | R&L Carriers New Orleans Bowl | Western Kentucky vs. Appalachian State |
| Dec. 23 | Bad Boy Mowers Gasparilla Bowl | UAB vs. Memphis |
| Dec. 24 | SoFi Hawai'i Bowl | BYU vs. Hawaii |
| Dec. 26 | Walk-On's Independence Bowl | Cal* vs. Syracuse |
| Dec. 26 | Quick Lane Bowl | Maryland vs. Louisville |
| Dec. 27 | Military Bowl Presented by Northrop Grumman | Army* vs. Tulane |
| Dec. 27 | New Era Pinstripe Bowl | Nebraska vs. North Carolina |
| Dec. 27 | Academy Sports and Outdoors Texas Bowl | West Virginia vs. Ole Miss |
| Dec. 27 | SDCU Holiday Bowl | Arizona vs. Michigan State |
| Dec. 27 | Cheez-It Bowl | Washington State vs. Kansas State |
| Dec. 28 | Camping World Bowl | TCU vs. Pittsburgh |
| Dec. 30 | SERVPRO First Responders Bowl | Iowa State vs. Stanford* |
| Dec. 30 | Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl | Colorado* vs. Virginia Tech |
| Dec. 30 | Redbox Bowl | Arizona State vs. Iowa |
| Dec. 31 | Belk Bowl | South Carolina vs. Florida State |
| Dec. 31 | Hyundai Sun Bowl | Washington vs. Wake Forest |
| Dec. 31 | AutoZone Liberty Bowl | Oklahoma State vs. Mississippi State |
| Dec. 31 | Valero Alamo Bowl | Utah vs. Baylor |
| Dec. 31 | NOVA Home Loans Arizona Bowl | Louisiana vs. Air Force |
| Jan. 1 | Outback Bowl | Auburn vs. Michigan |
| Jan. 1 | Buffalo Wild Wings Citrus Bowl | Florida vs. Penn State |
| Jan. 2 | Birmingham Bowl | SMU vs. Liberty* |
| Jan. 2 | TaxSlayer Bowl | Texas A&M vs. Minnesota |
| Jan. 3 | Famous Idaho Potato Bowl | Miami vs. Utah State |
| Jan. 4 | Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl | Texas Tech vs. Navy |
| Jan. 6 | Mobile Alabama Bowl | Ohio vs. UL-Monroe |
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College Football Playoff/New Year’s Day Six projections
| Dec. 28 | Goodyear Cotton Bowl | Notre Dame vs. Boise State |
| Dec. 30 | Capital One Orange Bowl | Virginia vs. LSU |
| Jan. 1 | Rose Bowl | Oregon vs. Wisconsin |
| Jan. 1 | Allstate Sugar Bowl | Georgia vs. Texas |
| Dec. 28 | PlayStation Fiesta Bowl (semifinal) | Clemson vs. Ohio State |
| Dec. 28 | Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl (semifinal) | Alabama vs. Oklahoma |
College Football Playoff championship projection
| Jan. 13 | College Football Playoff championship | Clemson vs. Alabama |
