With three weeks remaining, we’re up to 53 bowl-eligible teams to fill the 82 available spots. There are still 43 teams within two wins of reaching the magic six-win mark: 27 five-win teams and 16 four-win teams.
The biggest challenge isn’t necessarily figuring out what teams in which bowls; it’s projecting the College Football Playoff field.
This week, I’m projecting Oregon (Big Ten), Texas (SEC), Miami (ACC), Colorado (Big 12) and Boise State (Mountain West/Group of Five) as the conference champions receiving the automatic bids.
Good luck to the committee determining which at-large teams make the cut. I’m sure their selections won’t be controversial. They never are.
Included in my Week 12 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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Projected College Football Playoff Field
*Conference champions projected to receive automatic bids
| 1 |  Oregon* | Big Ten | ||||
| 2 |  Texas* | SEC | ||||
| 3 |  Miami* | ACC | ||||
| 4 |  Colorado* | Big 12 | ||||
| 5 |  Ohio State | Big Ten | ||||
| 6 |  Ole Miss | SEC | ||||
| 7 |  Notre Dame | Independent | ||||
| 8 |  Penn State | Big Ten | ||||
| 9 |  Tennessee | SEC | ||||
| 10 |  Indiana | Big Ten | ||||
| 11 |  Georgia | SEC | ||||
| 12 |  Boise State* | MWC | ||||
College Football Playoff First Round
 CFP First Round Dec. 20 • State College, PA Tennessee -0.5 Penn State  | CFP First Round Dec. 21 • Columbus, OH Boise State Ohio State -16.5 |
CFP First Round Dec. 21 • Oxford, MS Georgia -1 Ole Miss | CFP First Round Dec. 21 • South Bend, IN Indiana Notre Dame -4.5 |
College Football Playoff Quarterfinals
 Vrbo Fiesta Bowl Dec. 31 • Glendale, AZ Colorado Ohio State -15 |  Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl Jan. 1 • Atlanta, GA Miami Ole Miss -5 |
 Rose Bowl Jan. 1 • Pasadena, CA Oregon -5.5 Penn State |  Allstate Sugar Bowl Jan. 1 • New Orleans, LA Texas -6.5 Notre Dame |
College Football Playoff Semifinals
 Capital One Orange Bowl Jan. 9 • Miami, FL Texas -3.5 Ole Miss |  Goodyear Cotton Bowl Jan. 10 • Arlington, TX Oregon Ohio State -1 |
CFP National Championship Prediction
Projections for All Other Bowl Games
 Bahamas Bowl Jan. 4 • Nassau, Bahamas  NIU -2  Sam Houston |  Duke's Mayo Bowl Jan. 3 • Charlotte, NC  Duke  Nebraska -6 |  First Responder Bowl Jan. 3 • Dallas, TX  Syracuse -9.5  Toledo |  TaxSlayer Gator Bowl Jan. 2 • Jacksonville, FL  Missouri PK  Louisville |  Texas Bowl Dec. 31 • Houston, TX  Kansas State -5  Arkansas |  Cheez-It Citrus Bowl Dec. 31 • Orlando, FL  Alabama -18  Illinois |  Tony the Tiger Sun Bowl Dec. 31 • El Paso, TX  Georgia Tech  USC -4 |  ReliaQuest Bowl Dec. 31 • Tampa, FL  S. Carolina -3.5  Iowa |  Music City Bowl Dec. 30 • Nashville, TN  LSU -4.5  Wisconsin |  Independence Bowl Dec. 28 • Shreveport, LA  Army  Cincinnati -1.5 |  Valero Alamo Bowl Dec. 28 • San Antonio, TX  BYU -5  Washington St. |  Military Bowl Dec. 28 • Annapolis, MD  UNC -5  Navy |  Snoop Dogg Arizona Bowl Dec. 28 • Tucson, AZ  W. Michigan  San Jose St. -6.5 |  Pop-Tarts Bowl Dec. 28 • Orlando, FL  SMU -3.5  Iowa State |  New Mexico Bowl Dec. 28 • Albuquerque, NM  North Texas  Texas State -6.5 |  Pinstripe Bowl Dec. 28 • Bronx, NY  Pittsburgh  Michigan -2.5 |  Wasabi Fenway Bowl Dec. 28 • Boston, MA  Virginia Tech -3  Tulane |  Holiday Bowl Dec. 27 • San Diego, CA  Clemson -12  Arizona State |  Las Vegas Bowl Dec. 27 • Las Vegas, NV  Texas A&M -10  Washington |  AutoZone Liberty Bowl Dec. 27 • Memphis, TN  Vanderbilt  TCU PK |  Birmingham Bowl Dec. 27 • Birmingham, AL  NC State  Texas Tech -3 |  Armed Forces Bowl Dec. 27 • Fort Worth, TX  West Virginia  Minnesota -1 |  68 Ventures Bowl Dec. 26 • Mobile, AL  ULM  UConn -8 |  Rate Bowl Dec. 26 • Phoenix, AZ  Baylor -3.5  Rutgers |  Detroit Bowl Dec. 26 • Detroit, MI  Michigan St. -21  E. Michigan |  Hawai'i Bowl Dec. 24 • Honolulu, HI  Colorado St.  Memphis -4.5 |  Famous Idaho Potato Bowl Dec. 23 • Boise, ID  Ohio  JMU -12 |  Myrtle Beach Bowl Dec. 23 • Conway, SC  WKU  East Carolina -0.5 |  Gasparilla Bowl Dec. 20 • Tampa, FL  Boston College -1  Louisiana |  StaffDNA Cure Bowl Dec. 20 • Orlando, FL  South Florida -2  Coastal Carolina |  New Orleans Bowl Dec. 19 • New Orleans, LA  Jacksonville St. -5  Georgia Southern |  LA Bowl Hosted by Gronk Dec. 18 • Inglewood, CA  California -1  UNLV |  Boca Raton Bowl Dec. 18 • Boca Raton, FL  Marshall -3  Bowling Green |  Frisco Bowl Dec. 17 • Frisco, TX  Miami OH  Liberty -3 |  Camellia Bowl Dec. 14 • Montgomery, AL  Arkansas St. -5.5  Buffalo |
