Sporting News' Week 8 bowl projections still have two SEC teams in the College Football Playoff.
They are in the same division, too. There is room for No. 1 Georgia and No. 3 Tennessee right now. The Bulldogs and Volunteers meet on Nov. 5, and there is a good chance the loser of that match-up could back-door into the CFP depending on how the rest of the field shakes out. The Vols do have a trump card after Saturday's 52-49 victory against No. 6 Alabama.
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Heading into Week 8, we have No. 5 Clemson vs. Georgia in the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl semifinal in a rematch of last year's 10-3 slugfest. Then, we have Ohio State vs. Tennessee in the Vrbo Fiesta Bowl in a matchup of the top two scoring offenses in the FBS. That would be fun, too.
Those were not the only shakeups in our New Year's Day Six picks. Oregon, Cincinnati and TCU moved in. Oklahoma State, Coastal Carolina and USC moved out.
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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.
Week 8 College Football Bowl Projections
| DATE | BOWL | MATCHUP |
| Dec. 16 | Bahamas Bowl | North Texas vs. Miami, Ohio |
| Dec. 16 | Cure Bowl | Georgia Southern vs. UTEP |
| Dec. 17 | Wasabi Fenway Bowl | Houston vs. South Carolina* |
| Dec. 17 | New Mexico Bowl | BYU vs. Air Force |
| Dec. 17 | Jimmy Kimmel LA Bowl | UNLV vs. Arizona |
| Dec. 17 | Lending Tree Bowl | Buffalo vs. South Alabama |
| Dec. 17 | Las Vegas Bowl | Washington vs. Arkansas |
| Dec. 17 | Frisco Bowl | FAU vs. East Carolina |
| Dec. 19 | Myrtle Beach Bowl | UAB vs. Appalachian State |
| Dec. 20 | Famous Idaho Potato Bowl | Ball State vs. Boise State |
| Dec. 20 | Boca Raton Bowl | UCF vs. Western Kentucky |
| Dec. 21 | New Orleans Bowl | UTSA vs. Old Dominion |
| Dec. 22 | Armed Forces Bowl | Baylor vs. Liberty |
| Dec. 23 | Independence Bowl | Georgia Tech* vs. Army |
| Dec. 23 | Gasparilla Bowl | Troy vs Wyoming |
| Dec. 24 | Hawaii Bowl | Rice vs. San Jose State |
| Dec. 26 | Quick Lane Bowl | Eastern Michigan vs. Wisconsin |
| Dec. 27 | Camellia Bowl | Toledo vs. Coastal Carolina |
| Dec. 27 | First Responder Bowl | Texas Tech vs. Washington State |
| Dec. 27 | Birmingham Bowl | Tulane vs. Miami, Fla. |
| Dec. 27 | Guaranteed Rate Bowl | Kansas vs. Michigan State |
| Dec. 28 | Military Bowl | Pitt vs. Memphis |
| Dec. 28 | Liberty Bowl | Kansas State vs. Florida |
| Dec. 28 | Holiday Bowl | USC vs. North Carolina |
| Dec. 28 | Texas Bowl | Oklahoma vs. Texas A&M |
| Dec. 29 | Pinstripe Bowl | Maryland vs. NC State |
| Dec. 29 | Cheez-It Bowl | Texas vs. Florida State |
| Dec. 29 | Alamo Bowl | Oklahoma State vs. Utah |
| Dec. 30 | Duke's Mayo Bowl | Iowa vs. Notre Dame |
| Dec. 30 | Tony the Tiger Sun Bowl | Oregon State vs. Duke |
| Dec. 30 | Gator Bowl | Wake Forest vs. Mississippi State |
| Dec. 30 | Arizona Bowl | Ohio vs. San Diego State |
| Dec. 31 | Music City Bowl | Minnesota vs. LSU |
| Jan. 2 | ReliaQuest Bowl | Purdue vs. Kentucky |
| Jan. 2 | Citrus Bowl | Illinois vs. Ole Miss |
College football New Year's Day Six picks
| DATE | BOWL | MATCHUP |
| Dec. 30 | Capital One Orange Bowl | Syracuse vs. Penn State |
| Dec. 31 | Allstate Sugar Bowl | TCU vs. Alabama |
| Jan. 2 | Goodyear Cotton Bowl | Cincinnati vs. Oregon |
| Jan. 2 | Rose Bowl Game | Michigan vs. UCLA |
| Dec. 31 | Chick-Fil-A Peach Bowl (semifinal) | Georgia vs. Clemson |
| Dec. 31 | Fiesta Bowl (semifinal) | Ohio State vs. Tennessee |
College Football Playoff championship pick
| DATE | BOWL | MATCHUP |
| Jan. 11 | CFP championship game | Georgia vs. Ohio State |
