{"id":4306,"date":"2016-11-30T16:42:35","date_gmt":"2016-11-30T21:42:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordoncollegefootball.com\/?p=4306"},"modified":"2017-12-30T16:22:32","modified_gmt":"2017-12-30T21:22:32","slug":"lwos-bowl-projections-week-14","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/collegefootball\/2016\/11\/30\/lwos-bowl-projections-week-14\/","title":{"rendered":"LWOS Bowl Projections Week 14"},"content":{"rendered":"

The final full weekend of the college football season gives us 16 games, with eight conference championship contests. The\u00a0College Football Playoff\u00a0<\/strong>selections will be made this coming Sunday. All the guessing and debating will be put to bed as bowl season kicks off in earnest. For one last gaze into the crystal ball, here are\u00a0the LWOS Bowl Projections Week 14.<\/p>\n

Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl
\n<\/strong>CFP Semifinal
\n#1 Alabama vs. #4 Wisconsin<\/strong><\/p>\n

PlayStation Fiesta Bowl
\n<\/strong>CFP Semifinal
\n#2 Ohio State vs. #3 Clemson<\/strong><\/p>\n

National Championship Game<\/strong>
\nRaymond James Stadium, Tampa, FL
\n#1 Alabama vs. #2 Ohio State<\/strong><\/p>\n

New Years Six Bowls<\/u><\/p>\n

Rose Bowl
\n<\/strong>Big Ten vs. Pac-12
\nMichigan vs. Colorado<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sugar Bowl
\n<\/strong>Big 12 vs. SEC
\nOklahoma vs. Auburn<\/strong><\/p>\n

Capital One Orange Bowl
\n<\/strong>ACC vs. Big Ten
\nFlorida State vs. Penn State <\/strong><\/p>\n

Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic
\n<\/strong>At Large vs. At Large
\nWashington vs. Western Michigan<\/strong><\/p>\n

Explanation
\n<\/em>The Group of Five<\/strong> slot is down to the winner of the MAC<\/strong> or the American<\/strong>. WMU should stay ahead of Navy <\/strong>in the final CFP Poll<\/a>, unless the Midshipmen<\/strong> destroy Temple <\/strong>in the AAC Championship Game<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

If the Broncos go 13 \u2013 0, it will be hard to leave them out of the Cotton Bowl. Navy\u2019s loss at South Florida <\/strong>(52 \u2013 45) will likely keep them out of the New Year\u2019s Six.<\/p>\n

Michigan vs. Colorado in the Rose Bowl can happen no matter the outcome of their respective conference title games. Colorado can win their way into the Rose with a Pac-12 title. If Washington wins, the Huskies<\/strong> have a shot at the CFP. Colorado would be a fitting replacement.<\/p>\n

If Colorado can\u2019t compete with the Huskies on Friday night, the Rose Bowl may take USC <\/strong>to replace the Buffaloes<\/strong>. My only projected upset this weekend is in the Pac-12 Championship Game.<\/strong> If Colorado can keep the game close, and hold Washington under 30 points, they can pull out a win.<\/p>\n

Michigan is on the outside looking in, along with Ohio State, in the Big Ten<\/strong>. Wisconsin and Penn State will battle for the B1G Championship<\/strong>. There is no guarantee the winner of that conference goes to the CFP. If Washington makes the playoff, the Nittany Lions <\/strong>or Badgers <\/strong>can go to the Rose Bowl as the winner of the B1G.<\/p>\n

Bowl Season Projections<\/u><\/p>\n

Outback Bowl
\n<\/strong>Big Ten vs. SEC
\nNebraska vs. Texas A&M<\/strong><\/p>\n

TaxSlayer Bowl
\n<\/strong>SEC vs. ACC\/Big Ten\/Notre Dame
\nKentucky vs. Georgia Tech<\/strong><\/p>\n

Buffalo Wild Wings Citrus Bowl
\n<\/strong>SEC vs. ACC\/Big Ten\/Notre Dame
\nFlorida vs. Louisville<\/strong><\/p>\n

Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl
\n<\/strong>ACC\/Big Ten vs. SEC
\nIowa vs. Tennessee<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hyundai Sun Bowl
\n<\/strong>ACC\/Notre Dame vs. Pac-12
\nPittsburgh vs. Utah<\/strong><\/p>\n

AutoZone Liberty Bowl
\n<\/strong>Big 12 vs. SEC
\nTCU vs. Georgia<\/strong><\/p>\n

Arizona Bowl
\n<\/strong>Mountain West vs. Sun Belt
\nAir Force vs. Idaho <\/strong><\/p>\n

Valero Alamo Bowl
\n<\/strong>Big 12 vs. Pac-12
\nWest Virginia vs. USC<\/strong><\/p>\n

Belk Bowl
\n<\/strong>ACC vs. SEC
\nUNC vs. Arkansas<\/strong><\/p>\n

Birmingham Bowl
\n<\/strong>AAC vs. SEC
\nTulsa vs. Vanderbilt<\/strong><\/p>\n

AdvoCare V100 Texas Bowl
\n<\/strong>Big 12 vs. SEC
\nKansas State vs. LSU<\/strong><\/p>\n

Foster Farms Bowl
\n<\/strong>Big Ten vs. Pac-12
\nIndiana vs. Washington State<\/strong><\/p>\n

Russell Athletic Bowl
\n<\/strong>ACC vs. Big 12
\nVirginia Tech vs. Oklahoma State<\/strong><\/p>\n

New Era Pinstripe Bowl
\n<\/strong>ACC\/Notre Dame vs. Big Ten
\nMiami (FL) vs. Northwestern <\/strong><\/p>\n

Cactus Bowl
\n<\/strong>Big 12 vs. Pac-12
\nBaylor vs. Colorado State *<\/strong><\/p>\n

Holiday Bowl
\n<\/strong>Big Ten vs. Pac-12
\nMinnesota vs. Stanford<\/strong><\/p>\n

Military Bowl
\n<\/strong>AAC vs. ACC
\nMemphis vs. NC State<\/strong><\/p>\n

Zaxby\u2019s Heart of Dallas Bowl
\n<\/strong>Big Ten vs. C-USA
\nArmy * vs. UT San Antonio<\/strong><\/p>\n

Camping World Independence Bowl
\n<\/strong>ACC vs. SEC
\nBoston College vs. South Carolina<\/strong><\/p>\n

Quick Lane Bowl
\n<\/strong>ACC vs. Big Ten
\nWake Forest vs. Maryland <\/strong><\/p>\n

St. Petersburg Bowl
\n<\/strong>AAC vs. ACC
\nTemple vs. North Texas **<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hawai\u2019i Bowl
\n<\/strong>C-USA vs. Mountain West
\nSouthern Mississippi vs. Hawai\u2019i<\/strong><\/p>\n

Dollar General Bowl
\n<\/strong>MAC vs. Sun Belt
\nCentral Michigan vs. Troy<\/strong><\/p>\n

Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl
\n<\/strong>AAC vs. Big 12
\nNavy vs. Mississippi State **<\/strong><\/p>\n

Popeyes Bahamas Bowl
\n<\/strong>C-USA vs. MAC
\nOld Dominion vs. Ohio<\/strong><\/p>\n

Famous Idaho Potato Bowl
\n<\/strong>MAC vs. Mountain West
\nToledo vs. Boise State<\/strong><\/p>\n

San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl
\n<\/strong>BYU vs. Mountain West
\nBYU vs. San Diego State<\/strong><\/p>\n

Marmot Boca Raton Bowl
\n<\/strong>AAC vs. C-USA
\nSouth Florida vs. Western Kentucky<\/strong><\/p>\n

Miami Beach Bowl
\n<\/strong>AAC vs. MAC
\nHouston vs. Eastern Michigan<\/strong><\/p>\n

R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl
\n<\/strong>C-USA vs. Sun Belt
\nLouisiana Tech vs. Appalachian State<\/strong><\/p>\n

AutoNation Cure Bowl
\n<\/strong>AAC vs. Sun Belt
\nCentral Florida vs. South Alabama<\/strong><\/p>\n

Raycom Media Camellia Bowl
\n<\/strong>MAC vs. Sun Belt
\nMiami (OH) vs. Arkansas State<\/strong><\/p>\n

Las Vegas Bowl
\n<\/strong>Mountain West vs. Pac-12
\nWyoming vs. UL Lafayette *<\/strong><\/p>\n

Gildan New Mexico Bowl
\n<\/strong>C-USA vs. Mountain West
\nMiddle Tennessee vs. New Mexico<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

* = Replacement team
\n** = APR (Academic Progress Rate) <\/strong>waiver<\/p>\n

Explanation
\n<\/em>If UL Lafayette and South Alabama win this weekend, they will become bowl eligible. With those two teams replacing the Pac-12 and filling out the Sun Belt slots, there will only be room for two APR teams in North Texas and Mississippi State.<\/p>\n

Army and Colorado State will also fill in for conferences that won\u2019t have enough .500 teams.<\/p>\n

If the Big Ten does not put two teams in the CFP, these bowls wil look different. The Big Ten will have enough teams to fill out their slots, but the Pac-12 teams would slide up in rank if Washington is in the CFP, Colorado is in the Rose, and USC lands the Cotton.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The final full weekend of the college football season gives us 16 games, with eight conference championship contests. The\u00a0College Football Playoff\u00a0selections will be made this coming Sunday. All the guessing and debating will be put to bed as bowl season kicks off in earnest. For one last gaze into the crystal ball, here are\u00a0the LWOS […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1048,"featured_media":702,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2,8],"tags":[1145,300,536,184,40,334,299],"class_list":["post-4306","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-fbs","tag-bowl-games","tag-bowl-projections","tag-bowl-season","tag-cfb","tag-college-football-playoff","tag-college-football-predictions","tag-new-years-six"],"modified_by":"Ben Kerr","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/collegefootball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4306","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/collegefootball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/collegefootball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/collegefootball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1048"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/collegefootball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4306"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/collegefootball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4306\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/collegefootball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/702"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/collegefootball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4306"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/collegefootball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4306"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/collegefootball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4306"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}