Sporting News’ Week 9 bowl projections are here, and for the first time this season it looks like Alabama-Clemson V is on hold.
We moved Ohio State into the College Football Playoff championship game against Alabama, which would be an incredible rematch from the 2015 Sugar Bowl. It’s not a bad pick, considering their respective point differentials through seven games. Ohio State (plus-292) and Alabama (plus-225) have the best marks in that statistic among the eight remaining unbeatens in the Power 5. Of course, Tua Tagovailoa’s health will be a major factor over the next few weeks.
Clemson and Oklahoma are the other two semifinalists, and Penn State, Virginia and SMU moved into our New Year’s Day 6 projections this week. Wisconsin, North Carolina and Boise State dropped out.
MORE: Week 9 Playoff picture
The 2019 college postseason schedule features 40 bowl games between FBS teams, with the finale at the national title game on Jan. 13 at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome. This year’s semifinal games will be on Dec. 28. The first College Football Playoff Rankings will be released on Nov. 5.
Sporting News has projections for all 40 bowl games here, and they will be updated each week during the college football season. Our projections heading into Week 8 of the college football season:
Week 9 college football bowl projections
| Date | Bowl | Teams |
| Dec. 20 | Makers Wanted Bahamas Bowl | Ball State vs. North Texas |
| Dec. 20 | DXL Frisco Bowl | Eastern Michigan vs. UCF |
| Dec. 21 | Gildan New Mexico Bowl | Louisiana Tech vs. San Diego State |
| Dec. 21 | AutoNation Cure Bowl | UL-Monroe vs. Temple |
| Dec. 21 | Cheribundi Tart Cherry Boca Raton Bowl | FAU vs. Cincinnati |
| Dec. 21 | Raycom Media Camellia Bowl | Toledo vs. Troy |
| Dec. 21 | Mitsubishi Motors Las Vegas Bowl | Boise State vs. USC |
| Dec. 21 | R&L Carriers New Orleans Bowl | Western Kentucky vs. Appalachian State |
| Dec. 23 | Bad Boy Mowers Gasparilla Bowl | UAB vs. Tulane |
| Dec. 24 | SoFi Hawai’i Bowl | BYU vs. Fresno State |
| Dec. 26 | Walk-On’s Independence Bowl | Stanford* vs. Miami |
| Dec. 26 | Quick Lane Bowl | Indiana vs. Louisville |
| Dec. 27 | Military Bowl Presented by Northrp Grumman | Army* vs. Memphis |
| Dec. 27 | New Era Pinstripe Bowl | Michigan State vs. North Carolina |
| Dec. 27 | Academy Sports and Outdoors Texas Bowl | West Virginia vs. Mississippi State |
| Dec. 27 | SDCU Holiday Bowl | Arizona State vs. Iowa |
| Dec. 27 | Cheez-It Bowl | Washington State vs. TCU |
| Dec. 28 | Camping World Bowl | Oklahoma State vs. N.C. State |
| Dec. 30 | SERVPRO First Responders Bowl | Kansas State vs. Virginia Tech* |
| Dec. 30 | Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl | Cal* vs. Pitt |
| Dec. 30 | Redbox Bowl | Arizona vs. Nebraska |
| Dec. 31 | Belk Bowl | Tennessee vs. Florida State |
| Dec. 31 | Hyundai Sun Bowl | Washington vs. Wake Forest |
| Dec. 31 | AutoZone Liberty Bowl | Iowa State vs. South Carolina |
| Dec. 31 | Valero Alamo Bowl | Utah vs. Texas |
| Dec. 31 | NOVA Home Loans Arizona Bowl | Louisiana vs. Air Force |
| Jan. 1 | Outback Bowl | Auburn vs. Minnesota |
| Jan. 1 | Buffalo Wild Wings Citrus Bowl | Florida vs. Wisconsin |
| Jan. 2 | Birmingham Bowl | Boston College* vs. Liberty* |
| Jan. 2 | TaxSlayer Bowl | Texas A&M vs. Michigan |
| Jan. 3 | Famous Idaho Potato Bowl | Miami (Ohio) vs. Utah State |
| Jan. 4 | Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl | Marshall* vs. Navy |
| Jan. 6 | Mobile Alabama Bowl | Ohio vs. Georgia State |
*No conference tie-in to bowl
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College Football Playoff/New Year’s Day Six projections
| Dec. 28 | Goodyear Cotton Bowl | Notre Dame vs. SMU |
| Dec. 30 | Capital One Orange Bowl | Virginia vs. Georgia |
| Jan. 1 | Rose Bowl | Oregon vs. Penn State |
| Jan. 1 | Allstate Sugar Bowl | LSU vs. Baylor |
| Dec. 28 | PlayStation Fiesta Bowl (semifinal) | Clemson vs. Ohio State |
| Dec. 28 | Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl (semifinal) | Alabama vs. Oklahoma |
College Football Playoff championship projection
| Jan. 13 | College Football Playoff championship | Ohio State vs. Alabama |
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