In what’s becoming the norm it was another crazy week in college football. One of the top teams was upset at home and overall six ranked teams lost. As a result we’ve got not only a change in our playoff teams but welcome a new squad to the selection committee games. As always if you’d like to check how things changed from last week you can click right here.<\/a> There’s a lot to cover so let’s get to it with our LWOS Week Seven Bowl Projections.<\/p>\n Orange Bowl- December 31st- (1) Georgia vs. (4) Cincinnati- <\/strong>A week ago the talk was “can the Bearcats make the playoff.” As other teams keep losing they are solidly in following another blowout win, this time 56-21 over Central Florida. However we are projecting Ohio State jumps over them to the three seed. On the other side of the ball Kirby Smart<\/a>‘s squad pretty much punched their ticket to the SEC title game following their 30-13 win over Kentucky.<\/p>\n Cotton Bowl- December 31st- (2) Oklahoma vs. (3) Ohio State- <\/strong>There’s no doubt it’s now Caleb Williams<\/a>‘ world in Norman. The Sooner signal caller threw for 295 yards and four touchdowns in a 52-31 win. With Iowa’s loss we’re moving another Big 10 team back into the playoff. Ryan Day’s<\/strong> squad isn’t projected to lose another game. In addition you could make the case for Michigan however in the end we went with OSU based on the fact they will beat them.<\/p>\n College Football National Championship- January 10th- (1) Georgia vs. (2) Oklahoma<\/strong>– If these two schools give us anything resembling the 2018 Rose Bowl classic then a great title game is on tap.<\/p>\n Peach Bowl- December 3oth- Kentucky vs. Wake Forest<\/strong>– Mark Stoops’ Wildcats played Georgia better than anyone in the SEC has all year before losing 30-13.<\/a> In addition, UK controls its own destiny. All they need to do is keep winning. You’d probably get 35,000 of the Big Blue Nation heading to “Catlanta” for the New Year.\u00a0 The Demon Deacons remain our ACC squad for now. However no team has a tougher finishing schedule than Dave Clawson’<\/strong>s club. North Carolina State and Pittsburgh are two other options for the ACC representative.<\/p>\n Fiesta Bowl- January 1st- Michigan vs. Notre Dame-<\/strong> This match up is so much fun we’re keeping it around for another week. This would be the 45th all-time meeting between the two schools but the first in a bowl game.<\/p>\n Rose Bowl- January 1st-\u00a0 Iowa vs. Oregon-<\/strong> As mentioned earlier, with the Hawkeyes surprising 24-7 loss to Purdue <\/a>\u00a0they drop out of the playoff but still head to Pasadena. The Ducks still have an outside shot at the playoff but will need some help.<\/p>\n Sugar Bowl- January 1st- Alabama vs. Oklahoma State- <\/strong>No two loss squad has ever made the college football playoff and the committee won’t make an exception for Alabama this year. \u00a0We here at Last Word have been high on the Cowboys for a few weeks and they proved us right by beating Texas on the road. These two teams have only met once in history, the 2006 Independence Bowl with OSU winning 34-31. If you’re curious that’s the last game before Nick Saban<\/strong> took over in Tuscaloosa.<\/p>\n Now that we’ve gone through our playoff and selection committee picks let’s turn to the other games played on January 1st.<\/p>\n Citrus Bowl- January 1st- Michigan State vs. Ole Miss-<\/strong> The Spartans went into Bloomington and knocked off Indiana.\u00a0 A lot’s already been said about what happened in Knoxville on Saturday night. However, at the end of the day Matt Corral<\/a> and the Rebels got a big road win. Much like Kentucky they control their own destiny towards a major bowl game.<\/p>\n Outback Bowl- January 1st- Penn State vs. Texas A&M-<\/strong> The Nittany Lions drop down to Tampa this week based on the fact we’re projecting one or two more loses. There was no post-Alabama win hangover for Jimbo Fisher’<\/strong>s squad as they beat Missouri on the road 35-14.<\/p>\n Texas Bowl- January 4th- Arkansas vs. Iowa State-\u00a0<\/strong>After a fast start the bottom’s fallen out for the Razorbacks dropping three straight.<\/p>\n Barstool Sports Arizona Bowl- December 31st- Buffalo vs. Nevada<\/strong><\/p>\n Tony The Tiger Sun Bowl- December 31st- Virginia vs. Utah<\/strong><\/p>\n TaxSlayer Gator Bowl- December 31st- Auburn vs. Pittsburgh-<\/strong> The Panthers are a very good squad who aren’t getting near enough love from the national media.<\/p>\n Continuing our LWOS Week Seven Bowl Projections we now head to the games between Christmas and the New Year.<\/p>\n Duke\u2019s Mayo Bowl- December 30th- Boston College vs. Florida <\/strong><\/p>\n Music City Bowl- December 30th-\u00a0 Maryland vs. Tennessee<\/strong><\/p>\n Las Vegas Bowl- December 30th- Oregon State vs. Purdue<\/strong><\/p>\n Alamo Bowl- December 29th- Arizona State vs. Baylor<\/strong><\/p>\n Cheez-It Bowl- December 29th-\u00a0 Clemson vs. Texas<\/strong><\/p>\n Fenway Bowl- December 29th- North Carolina vs. Memphis<\/strong><\/p>\n Pinstripe Bowl- December 29th-\u00a0 Virginia Tech vs. Wisconsin\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Continuing our LWOS Week Seven Bowl Projections we now head to the games between Christmas and the New Year.<\/p>\n Birmingham<\/strong> Bowl<\/strong>\u2013 December 28th- Central Florida vs. Mississippi State<\/strong><\/p>\n First Responder Bowl- December 28th- Houston vs. USC Guaranteed Rate Bowl- December 28th-\u00a0 Minnesota vs. Texas Tech<\/strong><\/p>\n Holiday Bowl- December 28th- North Carolina State vs. UCLA-\u00a0<\/strong>The Bruins went on the road and got a big win at Washington.<\/a> They host Oregon this Saturday.<\/p>\nCollege Football Playoff<\/h4>\n
Selection Committee Games<\/h4>\n
Other New Year’s Day Games<\/h4>\n
New Year’s Eve Games<\/h4>\n
Bowl Games After Christmas<\/h3>\n
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