In honor of Tennessee’s decision to increase next year’s ticket prices by 10% to pay the players, I, Brett McMurphy, pledge to put 10% more effort into this week’s bowl projections, one College Football Playoff under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.
This week’s projections include some new teams in the College Football Playoff: Clemson as an at-large team and UNLV as the highest-ranked Group of Five conference champion.
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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Projected College Football Playoff Field
| 1 |  Georgia* | SEC | ||||
| 2 |  Ohio State* | Big Ten | ||||
| 3 |  Miami* | ACC | ||||
| 4 |  Utah* | Big 12 | ||||
| 5 |  Texas | SEC | ||||
| 6 |  Alabama | SEC | ||||
| 7 |  Tennessee | SEC | ||||
| 8 |  Ole Miss | SEC | ||||
| 9 |  Oregon | Big Ten | ||||
| 10 |  Penn State | Big Ten | ||||
| 11 |  Clemson | ACC | ||||
| 12 |  UNLV* | MWC | ||||
College Football Playoff First Round
 CFP First Round Dec. 20 • Oxford, MS Oregon -1.5 Ole Miss  | CFP First Round Dec. 21 • Austin, TX  UNLV Texas -24 |
CFP First Round Dec. 21 • Tuscaloosa, AL Clemson  Alabama -11.5 | CFP First Round Dec. 21 • Knoxville, TN Penn State -4.5 Tennessee |
College Football Playoff Quarterfinals
 Vrbo Fiesta Bowl Dec. 31 • Glendale, AZ Utah Texas -13.5 |  Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl Jan. 1 • Atlanta, GA Miami Alabama -7 |
 Rose Bowl Jan. 1 • Pasadena, CA Ohio State -6.5 Tennessee |  Allstate Sugar Bowl Jan. 1 • New Orleans, LA Georgia -8 Oregon |
College Football Playoff Semifinals
 Capital One Orange Bowl Jan. 9 • Miami, FL Georgia -3 Texas |  Goodyear Cotton Bowl Jan. 10 • Arlington, TX Ohio State -2 Alabama |
CFP National Championship Prediction
National Championship
Jan. 20 •
Atlanta, GA
Georgia
-5.5
Alabama
Projections for All Other Bowl Games
 Bahamas Bowl Jan. 4 • Nassau, Bahamas  NIU -1.5  Georgia St. |  Duke's Mayo Bowl Jan. 3 • Charlotte, NC  Duke  Indiana -15 |  First Responder Bowl Jan. 3 • Dallas, TX  Maryland -5  Arizona State |  TaxSlayer Gator Bowl Jan. 2 • Jacksonville, FL  Arkansas  Louisville -5.5 |  Texas Bowl Dec. 31 • Houston, TX  BYU  Kentucky -8 |  Cheez-It Citrus Bowl Dec. 31 • Orlando, FL  Missouri -8  Illinois |  Tony the Tiger Sun Bowl Dec. 31 • El Paso, TX  UNC  Arizona -4 |  ReliaQuest Bowl Dec. 31 • Tampa, FL  Michigan PK  Texas A&M |  Music City Bowl Dec. 30 • Nashville, TN  LSU -11  Nebraska |  Independence Bowl Dec. 28 • Shreveport, LA  Cincinnati -1.5  Oregon State |  Valero Alamo Bowl Dec. 28 • San Antonio, TX  Iowa State  USC -1 |  Military Bowl Dec. 28 • Annapolis, MD  Syracuse -7.5  Navy |  Snoop Dogg Arizona Bowl Dec. 28 • Tucson, AZ  E. Michigan  San Jose St. -9 |  Pop-Tarts Bowl Dec. 28 • Orlando, FL  Notre Dame -6.5  UCF |  New Mexico Bowl Dec. 28 • Albuquerque, NM  UTSA -6  C. Michigan |  Pinstripe Bowl Dec. 28 • Bronx, NY  Boston College  Wisconsin -3.5 |  Wasabi Fenway Bowl Dec. 28 • Boston, MA  NC State -4.5  South Florida |  Holiday Bowl Dec. 27 • San Diego, CA  Pittsburgh  Washington St. -0.5 |  Las Vegas Bowl Dec. 27 • Las Vegas, NV  Oklahoma -4  Washington |  AutoZone Liberty Bowl Dec. 27 • Memphis, TN  Oklahoma St. -3  S. Carolina |  Birmingham Bowl Dec. 27 • Birmingham, AL  Virginia  Michigan St. -1 |  Armed Forces Bowl Dec. 27 • Fort Worth, TX  Texas Tech -5.5  Army |  68 Ventures Bowl Dec. 26 • Mobile, AL  Arkansas St.  North Texas -3.5 |  Guaranteed Rate Bowl Dec. 26 • Phoenix, AZ  Kansas State -2.5  Iowa |  Detroit Bowl Dec. 26 • Detroit, MI  Rutgers -21  Buffalo |  Hawai'i Bowl Dec. 24 • Honolulu, HI  Fresno State -0.5  Tulane |  Famous Idaho Potato Bowl Dec. 23 • Boise, ID  Bowling Green -8  Coastal Carolina |  Myrtle Beach Bowl Dec. 23 • Conway, SC  Toledo  Kansas -12 |  Gasparilla Bowl Dec. 20 • Tampa, FL  Virginia Tech  West Virginia -3.5 |  StaffDNA Cure Bowl Dec. 20 • Orlando, FL  S. Alabama PK  WKU |  New Orleans Bowl Dec. 19 • New Orleans, LA  Liberty -0.5  JMU |  LA Bowl Hosted by Gronk Dec. 18 • Inglewood, CA  California PK  Boise State |  Boca Raton Bowl Dec. 18 • Boca Raton, FL  Memphis -3  Louisiana |  Frisco Bowl Dec. 17 • Frisco, TX  SMU -9  Texas State |  Camellia Bowl Dec. 14 • Montgomery, AL  W. Michigan  Sam Houston -7 |
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