Four leading College Football Playoff contenders have emerged through the first three weeks of the season.
No. 1 Georgia and No. 2 Alabama, last year's CFP championship game participants, hold the top two spots. No. 3 Ohio State and No. 4 Michigan, the eternal Big Ten rivals, have the next two spots.
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All four schools won in dominant fashion in Week 3.
Georgia, Alabama, Ohio State and Michigan combined to win by an average of 53 points per game today.
— Bill Bender (@BillBender92) September 18, 2022
After all the offseason talk of the SEC and Big Ten pulling away from the rest of the Power 5, would it be possible for those two to monopolize the ninth installment of the CFP this season? The Bulldogs and Crimson Tide have played in two championship games, which shows that end of it is possible. Michigan and Ohio State would have to enter The Game with matching identical 11-0 records since they are in the same division. That hasn't happened since the legendary No. 1 vs. No. 2 showdown in 2006.
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Still, these are the four best teams right now, and that's how we have it in our Week 4 Bowl Projections. No. 5 Clemson, No. 6 Oklahoma and No. 7 USC also are in the mix as our picks to win those Power 5 conferences.
The College Football Playoff semifinals will be on Dec. 31 this season. Those semifinals will be played at the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl in Atlanta and the Fiesta Bowl in Glendale, Ariz. The College Football Playoff championship game is on Jan. 9 at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, Calif.
Here our our latest bowl projections:
Week 4 College Football Bowl Projections
| DATE | BOWL | MATCHUP |
| Dec. 16 | Bahamas Bowl | North Texas vs. Miami, Ohio |
| Dec. 16 | Cure Bowl | Georgia State vs. Kent State |
| Dec. 17 | Wasabi Fenway Bowl | Cincinnati vs. Boston College |
| Dec. 17 | New Mexico Bowl | BYU vs. Air Force |
| Dec. 17 | Jimmy Kimmel LA Bowl | Boise State vs. Arizona |
| Dec. 17 | Lending Tree Bowl | Toledo vs. Marshall |
| Dec. 17 | Las Vegas Bowl | UCLA vs. South Carolina |
| Dec. 17 | Frisco Bowl | UTEP vs. Tulane |
| Dec. 19 | Myrtle Beach Bowl | FAU vs. Old Dominion |
| Dec. 20 | Famous Idaho Potato Bowl | Western Michigan vs. Wyoming |
| Dec. 20 | Boca Raton Bowl | East Carolina vs. UAB |
| Dec. 21 | New Orleans Bowl | UTSA vs. Appalachian State |
| Dec. 22 | Armed Forces Bowl | Texas Tech vs. Liberty |
| Dec. 23 | Independence Bowl | Army vs. UCF |
| Dec. 23 | Gasparilla Bowl | SMU vs. Fresno State |
| Dec. 24 | Hawaii Bowl | WKU vs. San Diego State |
| Dec. 26 | Quick Lane Bowl | Central Michigan vs. Illinois |
| Dec. 27 | Camellia Bowl | Northern Illinois vs. Louisiana |
| Dec. 27 | First Responder Bowl | Kansas State vs. Washington State |
| Dec. 27 | Birmingham Bowl | Memphis vs. Syracuse |
| Dec. 27 | Guaranteed Rate Bowl | TCU vs. Maryland |
| Dec. 28 | Military Bowl | Wake Forest vs. Cincinnati |
| Dec. 28 | Liberty Bowl | Kansas vs. LSU |
| Dec. 28 | Holiday Bowl | Washington vs. North Carolina |
| Dec. 28 | Texas Bowl | Iowa State vs. Florida |
| Dec. 29 | Pinstripe Bowl | Purdue vs. Notre Dame |
| Dec. 29 | Cheez-It Bowl | Texas vs. Miami, Fla. |
| Dec. 29 | Alamo Bowl | Oklahoma State vs. Oregon |
| Dec. 30 | Duke's Mayo Bowl | Iowa vs. NC State |
| Dec. 30 | Tony the Tiger Sun Bowl | Oregon State vs. Florida State |
| Dec. 30 | Gator Bowl | Pitt vs. Arkansas |
| Dec. 30 | Arizona Bowl | Eastern Michigan vs. San Diego State |
| Dec. 31 | Music City Bowl | Michigan State vs. Kentucky |
| Jan. 2 | Tampa Bay Bowl | Wisconsin vs. Texas A&M |
| Jan. 2 | Citrus Bowl | Minnesota vs. Ole Miss |
College football New Year's Day Six picks
| DATE | BOWL | MATCHUP |
| Dec. 30 | Capital One Orange Bowl | Clemson vs. Coastal Carolina |
| Dec. 31 | Allstate Sugar Bowl | Oklahoma vs. Tennessee |
| Jan. 2 | Goodyear Cotton Bowl | Utah vs. Baylor |
| Jan. 2 | Rose Bowl Game | Penn State vs. USC |
| Dec. 31 | Chick-Fil-A Peach Bowl (semifinal) | Georgia vs. Michigan |
| Dec. 31 | Fiesta Bowl (semifinal) | Ohio State vs. Alabama |
College Football Playoff championship pick
| DATE | BOWL | MATCHUP |
| Jan. 11 | CFP championship game | Georgia vs. Alabama |
