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College Football Bowl Projections: Brett McMurphy’s Week 8 Bowl Predictions, College Football Playoff Picks

“Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.”

Who knew the Bible would accurately predict my Week 8 bowl projections in 2024?

But that’s where we are: the meek are taking over college football. For the first time since I started my bowl projections — approximately right around when man invented fire — my projections will include Vanderbilt, ULM and UConn.

I need to confirm it, but this might be a sign of the apocalypse.

Vanderbilt (4-2) and ULM (5-1), who were both predicted to finish last in their respective conferences, and independent UConn (4-2) could clinch a bowl bid before Halloween. All three schools have never been to a bowl in the same season.

So, before the world ends, here are my latest — and hopefully not my last — bowl projections.

Included in my bowl projections is the projected point spread of each matchup from Action Network senior writer Collin Wilson’s betting power ratings.

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*Conference champions projected to receive automatic bids

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1
[teamlogo linktoteampage=”false” fullname=”Texas Longhorns” logo=”https://static.sprtactn.co/teamlogos/ncaaf/100/tex.png” width=”36″ height=”36″][/teamlogo]

Texas*

SEC
2
[teamlogo linktoteampage=”false” fullname=”Oregon Ducks” logo=”https://static.sprtactn.co/teamlogos/ncaaf/100/ore.png” width=”36″ height=”36″][/teamlogo]

Oregon*

Big Ten
3
[teamlogo linktoteampage=”false” fullname=”Miami Hurricanes” logo=”https://static.sprtactn.co/teamlogos/ncaaf/100/mfl.png” width=”36″ height=”36″][/teamlogo]

Miami*

ACC
4
[teamlogo linktoteampage=”false” fullname=”Iowa State Cyclones” logo=”https://static.sprtactn.co/teamlogos/ncaaf/100/isu.png” width=”36″ height=”36″][/teamlogo]

Iowa State*

Big 12
5
[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
6
[teamlogo linktoteampage=”false” fullname=”Georgia Bulldogs” logo=”https://static.sprtactn.co/teamlogos/ncaaf/100/uga.png” width=”36″ height=”36″][/teamlogo]

Georgia

SEC
7
[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
8
[teamlogo linktoteampage=”false” fullname=”Clemson Tigers” logo=”https://static.sprtactn.co/teamlogos/ncaaf/100/cle.png” width=”36″ height=”36″][/teamlogo]

Clemson

ACC
9
[teamlogo linktoteampage=”false” fullname=”LSU Tigers” logo=”https://static.sprtactn.co/teamlogos/ncaaf/100/lsu.png” width=”36″ height=”36″][/teamlogo]

LSU

SEC
10
[teamlogo linktoteampage=”false” fullname=”Texas A&M Aggies” logo=”https://static.sprtactn.co/teamlogos/ncaaf/100/txam.png” width=”36″ height=”36″][/teamlogo]

Texas A&M

SEC
11
[teamlogo linktoteampage=”false” fullname=”BYU Cougars” logo=”https://static.sprtactn.co/teamlogos/ncaaf/100/byu.png” width=”36″ height=”36″][/teamlogo]

BYU

Big 12
12
[teamlogo linktoteampage=”false” fullname=”Army Black Knights” logo=”https://static.sprtactn.co/teamlogos/ncaaf/100/arm.png” width=”36″ height=”36″][/teamlogo]

Army*

AAC

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[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]


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