{"id":54224,"date":"2023-11-07T09:00:57","date_gmt":"2023-11-07T14:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/collegefootball\/?p=54224"},"modified":"2025-09-16T23:06:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-17T03:06:08","slug":"2023-week-10-bowl-projections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/collegefootball\/2023\/11\/07\/2023-week-10-bowl-projections\/","title":{"rendered":"2023 Week 10 Bowl Projections"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Who&#8217;s The Odd Team Out?<\/h3>\n<p>Hello everyone and welcome to our 2023 Week 10 Bowl Projections. The big news of the past week was the release of the first selection committee rankings. In case you missed it Ohio State was number one followed by Georgia, Michigan, Florida State, and Washington.<\/p>\n<p>As it stands right now there are five teams for four playoff spots. Of course, there&#8217;s still a lot of football to be played.\u00a0 Let&#8217;s get going with how we think things will play out. If you&#8217;d like to see how things changed from last week <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/collegefootball\/2023\/10\/31\/2023-week-nine-bowl-projections\/\" target=\"_self\">click here.<\/a><\/p>\n<h3><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">College Football Playoff<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Rose Bowl: January 1st- (2)- Michigan vs. (3)- Florida State- <\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"><strong>Connor Stalions<\/strong> resigned from the Wolverine staff but the investigation remains. On the field, it was another blowout, this time over Purdue. Business picks up this week when they travel to Penn State. The Seminoles got an ugly win over Pittsburgh and clinched their first ACC title game berth since 2014.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Sugar Bowl: January 1st- (1)- Georgia vs. (4)- Washington-<\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> The Bulldogs had all they could handle from Missouri before winning by nine. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sports-reference.com\/cfb\/players\/michael-penix-jr-1.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-11-06_cfb\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Michael Penix<\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> and the Huskies outgunned USC 52-42 on the road in a very entertaining game. They host always dangerous Utah this week.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">College Football National Championship: January 8th- (1)- Georgia vs. (2)- Michigan-<\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0Our title game remains the same as the last few weeks.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Heading into our next set of matchups ups there are all kinds of changes as three of our teams lost. As a result, all three are pretty much out of contention now.<\/p>\n<h3><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Selection Committee Games<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Goodyear Cotton Bowl: December 29th- Ole Miss vs. Texas- <\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">With Notre Dame and Oklahoma both losing <strong>Lane Kiffin&#8217;s<\/strong> Rebels move into a New Year&#8217;s Six game. If the Longhorns win it&#8217;s going to be tough keeping them out of the playoff.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl: December 30th- Alabama vs. Penn State-\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sports-reference.com\/cfb\/players\/jalen-milroe-1.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-11-06_cfb\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jalen Milroe<\/a> put on a show in the Crimson Tide&#8217;s 42-28 win over LSU. After a week out the Nittany Lions are back in and can cement their place with a win over Michigan.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Capital One Orange Bowl: December 30th- Louisville vs. Ohio State<\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u2013 This is the only game that didn&#8217;t change from last week. <strong>Jeff Brohm&#8217;s<\/strong> squad had no trouble with Virginia Tech while the Buckeyes struggled with Rutgers before eventually winning by 19. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">VRBO Fiesta Bowl: January 1st- Oregon vs. Tulane-<\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> As a result of Air Force losing to Army the Green Wave has returned as our Group Of Five team. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sports-reference.com\/cfb\/players\/bo-nix-1.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-11-06_cfb\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bo Nix<\/a> and the Ducks blew out California and a rematch with Washington in the Pac-12 title game is an almost certainty.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Continuing with our 2023 Week 10 Bowl Projections let\u2019s roll through the games by date. One thing to note there are no games on December 24th or 31st so as to not go up against the NFL schedule.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Currently, there are 51 bowl-eligible teams and with James Madison and Jacksonville State included we are up to 53. That leaves 29 spots left which means most likely they&#8217;re going to be some 5-7 teams. Going on APR ratings Northwestern, Wake Forest, Iowa State, Rice, and Mississippi State are the top schools. However, they need to get to five wins. You&#8217;ll see most of them sprinkled in this week.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Games Around the New Year<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Cheez-It Citrus Bowl: January 1st- Big 10 vs. SEC- Tennessee vs. Iowa- <\/span>Brian Ferentz<\/strong> is out as Hawkeye offensive coordinator at the end of the year. Even with their issues Iowa is in control of the Big 10 west and returns to Orlando.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">ReliaQuest Bowl: January 1st- SEC vs. Big 10- LSU vs. Notre Dame- <\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">As a result of the Fighting Irish&#8217;s loss to Clemson<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> we&#8217;re going back to the &#8220;<strong>Brian Kelly<\/strong>&#8221; bowl matchup.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">TransPerfect Music City Bowl: December 30th- SEC vs. Big 10- Auburn vs. Nebraska<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Barstool Sports Arizona Bowl: December 30th- MAC vs. MWC<\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u2013\u00a0<\/span><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">UNLV vs. Toledo<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">TaxSlayer Gator Bowl: December 29th- SEC vs. Big 10 or ACC\/Notre Dame- North Carolina vs. Missouri<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Tony The Tiger Sun Bowl: December 29th- ACC\/Notre Dame vs. Pac-12- Miami (Florida) vs. USC<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">AutoZone Liberty Bowl: December 29th- Big 12 vs. SEC- Kentucky vs. Kansas State- <\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The Wildcats are bowl eligible for a school-record eighth straight year <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/collegefootball\/2023\/11\/05\/kentucky-beats-mississippi-state-24-3\/\" target=\"_self\">after beating Mississippi State.<\/a><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">With Ole Miss moving into the Selection Committee games it makes for an interesting situation with the SEC. As it stands right now there won&#8217;t be enough teams to fill all the available bowl slots. That helps leagues like the Big 10 and Sun Belt who have more teams eligible than slots.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Post Christmas Games<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Quick Lane Bowl: December 26th- Big 10 vs. MAC- Northwestern vs. Ohio<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">SERVPRO First Responder Bowl: December 26th- American\/ACC\/Big 12\/ SEC- Air Force* vs. Rice<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Guaranteed Rate Bowl: December 26th- Big 12 vs. Big 10- West Virginia vs. Minnesota<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">DirecTV Holiday Bowl: December 27th- ACC vs. Pac-12- Clemson vs. Oregon State-\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Sometimes these things write themselves. The new sponsor of the game in San Diego featuring a Pac-12 team is a television provider that doesn\u2019t carry the Pac-12 Network.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Military Bowl: December 27th- ACC\/Notre Dame vs. American- Georgia Tech vs. Navy<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Duke\u2019s Mayo Bowl: December 27th- ACC\/Notre Dame vs. SEC- Duke vs. Florida<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">TaxAct Texas Bowl: December 27th- Big 12 vs. SEC- Oklahoma vs. Texas A&amp;M- <\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The final &#8220;Bedlam&#8221; game was certainly that as the Sooners suffered a second straight loss. Most likely we would have slotted them for the Pop-Tarts Bowl. However, they played Florida State in that game a year ago.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Wasabi Fenway Bowl: December 28th- ACC\/Notre Dame vs. American- Syracuse vs. Memphis<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Bad Boy Motors Pinstripe Bowl: December 28th- ACC\/Notre Dame vs. Big 10- Virginia Tech vs. Rutgers<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Pop Tarts Bowl- December 28th: ACC\/Notre Dame vs. Big 12- North Carolina State vs. Kansas\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Valero Alamo Bowl: December 28th- Big 12 vs. Pac-12- Oklahoma State vs. Utah<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">As we roll on with our 2023 Week 10 Bowl Projections let\u2019s move to the set of games just before Christmas. That includes a whopping seven games on December 23rd.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Games Right Before Christmas<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">TicketSmarter Birmingham Bowl December 23rd: American vs. SEC-\u00a0 Wake Forest* vs. Mississippi State- <\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">As a result of their APR scores we&#8217;re projecting two 5-7 schools to meet in Birmingham.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Camellia Bowl- December 23rd: MAC vs. Sun Belt- Bowling Green vs. Coastal Carolina<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl: December 23rd- Big 12 vs. Pool- Maryland* vs. *James Madison<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Famous Idaho Potato Bowl: December 23rd- MAC vs. MWC- Miami (Ohio) vs. San Jose State<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">68 Ventures Bowl: December 23rd- Pool vs. Sun Belt- Georgia Southern vs. Florida Atlantic<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">RS Distribution Las Vegas Bowl: December 23rd- Big 10 vs. Pac-12- Wisconsin vs. Arizona<\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Easy Post Hawai\u2019i Bowl: December 23rd- Conference USA\/MWC\/American- SMU vs. Wyoming<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Union Home Mortgage Gasparilla Bowl: December 22nd- American\/ACC\/Notre Dame\/SEC- South Florida vs. South Alabama*<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">RoofClaim.com Boca Raton Bowl: December 21st- Group Of Five vs. Group Of Five- Appalachian State vs. New Mexico State<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">We wrap up our 2023 Week 10 Bowl Projections with the first set of bowls on the schedule. That includes a massive seven-game slate on December 16th alone.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">First Weekend Games<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">HomeTown Lenders Bahamas Bowl: December 16th- Conference USA vs. MAC- Central Michigan vs. Marshall-\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The Bahamas Bowl&#8230;played in Charlotte doesn&#8217;t quite have the same ring to it, does it?\u00a0<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Cricket Celebration Bowl: December 16th- MEAC vs. SWAC- Florida A&amp;M vs. North Carolina Central<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl: December 16th- Conference USA vs. Sun Belt- Georgia State vs. Liberty- <\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The Flames are likely going undefeated and<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> you could make the case for them being the group of five selection over a one-loss Tulane.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Duluth Trading Cure Bowl: December 16th- Group Of Five vs. Group Of Five- Jacksonville State vs. Louisiana<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Isleta New Mexico Bowl: December 16th- C-USA vs. MWC- Boise State vs. Western Kentucky<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">LA Bowl Hosted By Gronk: December 16th- Pac-12 vs. Mountain West- UCLA vs. Fresno State-\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">In case you hadn\u2019t heard\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sports-reference.com\/cfb\/players\/rob-gronkowski-1.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-11-06_cfb\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rob Gronkowski<\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0is now the title sponsor of the game replacing\u00a0<\/span><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Jimmy Kimmel<\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Radiance Technologies Independence Bowl: December 16th-Big 12 vs. Pac-12- BYU vs. Washington State<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Myrtle Beach Bowl: American\/MAC\/Sun Belt- December 18th- Northern Illinois vs. Troy<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Scooter&#8217;s Coffee Frisco Bowl: December 19th-Group of Five vs. Group Of Five- Texas San-Antonio vs. Texas State<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">*Denotes a replacement team.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Thanks for checking out our Week 10 2023 Bowl Projections here at<\/span><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0Last Word On College Football.\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_54348\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-54348\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-54348 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/collegefootball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/11\/USATSI_19713959_168400562_lowres-2-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/collegefootball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/11\/USATSI_19713959_168400562_lowres-2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/collegefootball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/11\/USATSI_19713959_168400562_lowres-2-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/collegefootball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/11\/USATSI_19713959_168400562_lowres-2-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/collegefootball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/11\/USATSI_19713959_168400562_lowres-2-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/collegefootball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/11\/USATSI_19713959_168400562_lowres-2-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/collegefootball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/11\/USATSI_19713959_168400562_lowres-2-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/collegefootball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/11\/USATSI_19713959_168400562_lowres-2-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-54348\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Credit: Jerome Miron-USA TODAY Sports<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Who&#8217;s The Odd Team Out? Hello everyone and welcome to our 2023 Week 10 Bowl Projections. The big news of the past week was the release of the first selection committee rankings. In case you missed it Ohio State was number one followed by Georgia, Michigan, Florida State, and Washington. 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