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Updated College Football Bowl Projections: Brett McMurphy’s Final Bowl Picks & CFP Predictions

LFG! Here are my final projections before the College Football Playoff field is announced.

My final bowl projections feature the projected point spread of each matchup from Action Network senior writer Collin Wilson’s betting power ratings.

Let’s dive into my college football bowl projections.

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*Conference champions projected to receive automatic bids

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[teamlogo linktoteampage=”false” fullname=”Oregon Ducks” logo=”https://static.sprtactn.co/teamlogos/ncaaf/100/ore.png” width=”36″ height=”36″][/teamlogo]

Oregon*

Big Ten
2
[teamlogo linktoteampage=”false” fullname=”Georgia Bulldogs” logo=”https://static.sprtactn.co/teamlogos/ncaaf/100/uga.png” width=”36″ height=”36″][/teamlogo]

Georgia*

SEC
3
[teamlogo linktoteampage=”false” fullname=”Boise State Broncos” logo=”https://static.sprtactn.co/teamlogos/ncaaf/100/boise.png” width=”36″ height=”36″][/teamlogo]

Boise State*

MW
4
[teamlogo linktoteampage=”false” fullname=”Arizona State Sun Devils” logo=”https://static.sprtactn.co/teamlogos/ncaab/100/asu.png” width=”36″ height=”36″][/teamlogo]

Arizona State*

Big 12
5
[teamlogo linktoteampage=”false” fullname=”Texas Longhorns” logo=”https://static.sprtactn.co/teamlogos/ncaaf/100/tex.png” width=”36″ height=”36″][/teamlogo]

Texas

SEC
6
[teamlogo linktoteampage=”false” fullname=”Penn State Nittany Lions” logo=”https://static.sprtactn.co/teamlogos/ncaaf/100/psu.png” width=”36″ height=”36″][/teamlogo]

Penn State

Big Ten
7
[teamlogo linktoteampage=”false” fullname=”Notre Dame Fighting Irish” logo=”https://static.sprtactn.co/teamlogos/ncaaf/100/nd.png” width=”36″ height=”36″][/teamlogo]

Notre Dame

Independent
8
[teamlogo linktoteampage=”false” fullname=”Ohio State Buckeyes” logo=”https://static.sprtactn.co/teamlogos/ncaaf/100/osu.png” width=”36″ height=”36″][/teamlogo]

Ohio State

Big Ten
9
[teamlogo linktoteampage=”false” fullname=”Tennessee Volunteers” logo=”https://static.sprtactn.co/teamlogos/ncaaf/100/ten.png” width=”36″ height=”36″][/teamlogo]

Tennessee

SEC
10
[teamlogo linktoteampage=”false” fullname=”Indiana Hoosiers” logo=”https://static.sprtactn.co/teamlogos/ncaaf/100/iu.png” width=”36″ height=”36″][/teamlogo]

Indiana

Big Ten
11
[teamlogo linktoteampage=”false” fullname=”Clemson Tigers” logo=”https://static.sprtactn.co/teamlogos/ncaaf/100/cle.png” width=”36″ height=”36″][/teamlogo]

Clemson*

ACC
12
[teamlogo linktoteampage=”false” fullname=”SMU Mustangs” logo=”https://static.sprtactn.co/teamlogos/ncaaf/100/smu.png” width=”36″ height=”36″][/teamlogo]

SMU

ACC

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[subheader sizedown=”false” text=”College Football Playoff Quarterfinals” center=”true”][/subheader]


[subheader sizedown=”false” text=”College Football Playoff Semifinals” center=”true”][/subheader]

[subheader sizedown=”false” text=”CFP National Championship Prediction” center=”true”][/subheader]

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[subheader sizedown=”false” text=”Projections for All Other Bowl Games” center=”true”][/subheader]

Note: Teams with an asterisk are confirmed to be playing in their respective bowl games, according to Action Network’s Brett McMurphy.


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