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A Big Change At The Top<\/h3>\n

Hello everyone and welcome to our 2024 Week Seven Bowl Projections. It was another crazy and exciting weekend in college football. A thriller on the West Coast caused a change in our top four. In addition, we have some shuffling around with the rest of our playoff teams. As always if you want to see how things changed from last week click here. <\/a><\/p>\n

College Football Playoff First Round<\/h3>\n

Friday, December 20th- (12) Boise State at (5) Penn State-<\/strong> Ashton Jeanty<\/a> ran for 217 yards and a score as the Broncos beat Hawaii 41-17. He continues as a legit Heisman threat. <\/a> They remain our Group Of Five Team. The Nittany Lions rallied from 10 down late to beat USC on the road. With Ohio State losing they move up to the fifth spot.<\/p>\n

Saturday, December 21st- (9) Clemson at (8) Iowa State- <\/strong>The Cyclones easily passed a road test at West Virginia winning by 12. Dabo’s Tigers keep winning and move up a spot each week.<\/p>\n

Saturday, December 21st- (11) Texas A&M at (6) Ohio State- <\/strong>As we mentioned earlier the Buckeyes fell at Oregon <\/a>and out of our top four. Most likely OSU and Oregon will meet again in the Big Ten title game. The Aggies had the week off and remain at number 11.
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Saturday, December 21st- (10) Georgia at (7) Alabama<\/strong>\u2013 A rematch of arguably the greatest game of the year in the playoff? Sign us up.<\/p>\n

College Football Playoff Quarterfinals<\/h3>\n

VRBO Fiesta Bowl- Tuesday, December 31st- (5) Penn State vs. (4) BYU-<\/strong> The Cougars remain our Big 12 Champion after having no trouble with Arizona. Penn State holds a 2-1 lead all-time. However, they haven’t played since 1992.<\/p>\n

Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl- Wednesday, January 1st- (6) Ohio State vs. (3) Miami (Florida)-<\/strong>\u00a0Cam Ward<\/a> and the Hurricanes had the week off to face a tough one at Louisville on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Rose Bowl- Wednesday, January 1st- (7) Alabama vs. (2) Oregon-<\/strong> The Ducks get to play close to home as the Big Ten champ.<\/p>\n

Allstate Sugar Bowl- Wednesday, January 1st- (9) Clemson vs. (1) Texas- <\/strong>Quinn Ewers<\/a> shook off some rust in his return before the Longhorns easily handled Oklahoma 34-3.<\/p>\n

College Football Semi-Finals And Final<\/h3>\n

Capital One Orange Bowl- Thursday, January 9th- (5) Penn State vs (1) Texas- <\/strong>The Nittany Lions lead the all-time series 3-2. However, they haven’t played since the 1997 Fiesta Bowl.<\/p>\n

Goodyear Cotton Bowl- Friday, January 10th-<\/strong> (6) Ohio State vs. (2) Oregon-<\/strong> Can the Ducks beat the Buckeye three times? We could potentially find out at “Jerry Word.”<\/p>\n

College Football National Championship- Atlanta, Georgia- Monday, January 20th- (2) Oregon vs. (1) Texas-<\/strong> The Longhorns hold a 4-2 lead all-time. However, the Ducks have won the last two.<\/p>\n

Well, that\u2019s a lot to digest but we\u2019ve still got a lot more to come. Let\u2019s move on with the 2024 Week Seven Bowl Projections.<\/p>\n

Filling The Void<\/h3>\n

A few things to consider as we go through the remainder of the games. With the end of the Pac-12, many of the old teams from the league are eligible to fill those bowl slots. Those are the Alamo, Holiday Independence, LA, Las Vegas, and Tony The Tiger Sun Bowl. While Oregon State and Washington State are of course eligible don\u2019t be surprised to see former Pac-12 schools as well.<\/p>\n

In addition, bowls try to avoid teams playing in the same game in back-to-back years. However, with all the conference swapping madness duplicates are a definite possibility.<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s check out our next set of games with our 2024 Week Seven Bowl Projections.<\/p>\n

Games Around The New Year<\/h3>\n

TransPerfect Music City Bowl- December 30th Big Ten vs. SEC- Illinois vs. Missouri<\/strong>
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Reliaquest Bowl- December 31st- SEC vs. Big Ten- LSU vs. Michigan- <\/strong>The Tigers still have an outside shot of making the playoff.<\/p>\n

Tony The Tiger Sun Bowl- December 31st- ACC\/Notre Dame vs. Pac-12- Louisville vs. Colorado- <\/strong>The Buffaloes let one slip away on Saturday against Kansas State. Going forward the injury status of Travis Hunter<\/a> is something to pay attention to.<\/p>\n

Cheez-It Citrus Bowl- December 31st- Big Ten vs. SEC- Tennessee vs. Indiana- <\/strong>Tennessee survived a scare against Florida and could be back in the playoff if they beat Alabama on Saturday. Curt Cignetti’s Hoosiers have a legitimate chance at being 10-0 when they face Ohio State on November 23rd.<\/p>\n

Texas Bowl- December 31st- Big 12 vs. SEC- Arkansas vs. Oklahoma State<\/strong><\/p>\n

TaxSlayer Gator Bowl- January 2nd- ACC\/Notre Dame vs. SEC- Ole Miss vs. Syracuse- <\/strong>The Rebels hopes for the playoff likely ended in an overtime loss at LSU.\u00a0
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ServPro First Responder Bowl- January 3rd- American\/ACC\/Big 12- TCU vs. Sam Houston State<\/strong><\/p>\n

Duke\u2019s Mayo Bowl- January 3rd- ACC\/Notre Dame vs. Big Ten- Pittsburgh vs. Nebraska-<\/strong> The SEC and Big Ten alternate every other year in this contest and 2024 it\u2019s the Big Ten\u2019s turn.<\/p>\n

Bahamas Bowl- January 4th- Conference USA vs. MAC- Jacksonville State vs. Western Michigan
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Continuing with our 2024 Week Seven Bowl Projections let\u2019s move to the contests held just after Christmas.<\/p>\n

After Christmas Bowl Games<\/h3>\n

Detroit Bowl- December 26th- Big Ten vs. MAC- Wisconsin vs. Toledo<\/strong><\/p>\n

Guaranteed Rate Bowl- December 26th- Big 12 vs. Big Ten- West Virginia vs. Rutgers
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68 Ventures Bowl- December 26th- Conference USA\/MAC\/Sun Belt- Ohio vs. Texas State<\/strong><\/p>\n

76 Birmingham Bowl- December 27th- ACC\/SEC vs. Pool- Virginia vs. Kentucky- <\/strong>Let’s be honest here. Kentucky’s bowl hopes are hanging by the smallest of threads. A self-destructing loss to Vanderbilt <\/a>means they have to win against Florida and Auburn in the next two weeks.<\/p>\n

Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl- December 27th- Big 12 vs. Pool- Arizona vs. Connecticut
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AutoZone Liberty Bowl- December 27th- Big 12 vs. SEC- Vanderbilt vs. Cincinnati- <\/strong>As we just mentioned the Commodores followed up the win over Alabama by beating Kentucky. Clark Lea’s club hosts Ball State on Saturday and should be just one win from bowl eligibility. It would be their first bowl since 2018.
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SRS Distribution Las Vegas Bowl- December 27th- SEC vs. Pac-12- Oklahoma vs. Washington State- <\/strong>With the Big Ten playing in the Mayo Bowl it\u2019s the SEC\u2019s turn to head to Las Vegas.<\/p>\n

DirecTV Holiday Bowl- December 27th- ACC vs. Pac-12- SMU vs. Utah
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The biggest date as far as the number of games is December 28th with eight bowls total. Let\u2019s go through each of them with our 2024 Week Seven Bowl Projections.<\/p>\n

A Huge Day Of Games<\/h3>\n

Wasabi Fenway Bowl- December 28th- ACC\/Notre Dame vs. American- Virginia Tech vs. East Carolina<\/strong><\/p>\n

Bad Boy Mowers Pinstripe Bowl- December 28th- ACC\/Notre Dame vs. Big Ten- Duke vs. Iowa<\/strong><\/p>\n

Isleta New Mexico Bowl- December 28th- Mountain West vs. American\/Conference USA\/MAC\/Sun Belt- Louisiana-Monroe vs. San Jose State<\/strong><\/p>\n

Pop-Tarts Bowl- December 28th- ACC\/Notre Dame vs. Big 12- Texas Tech vs. Notre Dame<\/strong><\/p>\n

Snoop Dogg Arizona Bowl- December 28th- MAC vs. Mountain West- Utah State vs. Central Michigan<\/strong><\/p>\n

Go Bowling Military Bowl- December 28th- ACC\/Notre Dame vs. American- Georgia Tech vs. Navy
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Valero Alamo Bowl- December 28th- Big 12 vs. Pac-12- Kansas State vs. USC
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Radiance Technologies Independence Bowl- December 28th- Army\/ American vs. Pac-12- Army vs. Oregon State
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Army is already bowl eligible and Navy isn’t far behind. Is it too early to imagine a scenario where the schools play in back-to-back weeks? First to decide the AAC title and then their regularly scheduled game the next week.<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s finish up our 2024 Week Seven Bowl Projections with a look at the first slate of contests.<\/p>\n

Early Season Bowl Games<\/h3>\n

Cricket Celebration Bowl- December 14th- MEAC vs. SWAC- Jackson State vs. North Carolina Central<\/strong><\/p>\n

Camellia Bowl- December 14th- MAC vs. Sun Belt- Coastal Carolina vs. Charlotte<\/strong><\/p>\n

Boca Raton Bowl- December 17th- American\/Conference USA\/MAC\/Mountain West\/Sun Belt- Georgia Southern vs. Western Kentucky<\/strong><\/p>\n

Scooter\u2019s Coffee Frisco Bowl- December 17th- Pool vs. Pool- Minnesota vs. Northern Illinois
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LA Bowl Presented By Gronk- December 18th- Pac-12 vs. Mountain West- UNLV vs. Arizona State<\/strong>
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R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl- December 19th- Conference USA vs. Sun Belt- Louisiana vs. Liberty<\/strong><\/p>\n

Staff DNA Cure Bowl- December 20th American\/Conference USA\/MAC\/Mountain West\/Sun Belt- James Madison vs. North Texas<\/strong><\/p>\n

Union Home Mortgage Gasparilla Bowl- December 20th- American vs. ACC\/SEC<\/strong>\u2013 Memphis vs. Boston College
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Myrtle Beach Bowl- December 23rd- American\/MAC\/Sun Belt- Marshall vs. Eastern Michigan<\/strong><\/p>\n

Famous Idaho Potato Bowl- December 23rd- MAC vs. Mountain West- Colorado State vs. Buffalo<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hawai\u2019i Bowl- December 24th- Conference USA vs. Mountain West- Fresno State vs. Tulane<\/strong>
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*Denotes a replacement team for a conference without enough bowl-eligible teams.<\/p>\n

Games We Are Watching This Weekend<\/strong><\/p>\n

The third weekend in October could go down as one of the best in recent memory. It’s headlined by a couple of mammoth SEC tilts. Texas hosts Georgia while Alabama heads to Tennessee. In addition, Miami travels to Louisville, Indiana hosts Nebraska and Michigan travels to Illinois. Thanks for checking out our 2024 Week Seven Bowl Projections here at Last Word On College Football.<\/p>\n

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