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

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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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Projected College Football Playoff Field

*Conference champions projected to receive automatic bids

1
Oregon Ducks Logo

Oregon*

Big Ten
2
Georgia Bulldogs Logo

Georgia*

SEC
3
Boise State Broncos Logo

Boise State*

MW
4
Arizona State Sun Devils Logo

Arizona State*

Big 12
5
Texas Longhorns Logo

Texas

SEC
6
Penn State Nittany Lions Logo

Penn State

Big Ten
7
Notre Dame Fighting Irish Logo

Notre Dame

Independent
8
Ohio State Buckeyes Logo

Ohio State

Big Ten
9
Tennessee Volunteers Logo

Tennessee

SEC
10
Indiana Hoosiers Logo

Indiana

Big Ten
11
Clemson Tigers Logo

Clemson*

ACC
12
SMU Mustangs Logo

SMU

ACC

College Football Playoff First Round


College Football Playoff Quarterfinals


College Football Playoff Semifinals

CFP National Championship Prediction

National Championship
Jan. 20 •
Atlanta, GA
Oregon
-2
Georgia

Projections for All Other Bowl Games

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


About the Author
Brett is "America's College Football Insider" for the Action Network. Brett was nominated twice for a Pulitzer Prize in investigative reporting, but wasn’t a nominee finalist. A long-time voter in the AP Top 25 poll and for the Heisman Trophy, Brett was named the 2019 Beat Writer of the Year by the Football Writers Association of America. Before joining Action Network, Brett’s previous stops included ESPN, CBS Sports, the New York Times, Stadium, AOL Fanhouse and the Tampa Tribune.

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