Officials with Circa Sports, a Las Vegas casino and resort, contacted UNLV last week, offering $100,000 to compensate what quarterback Matthew Sluka said he was allegedly promised from an assistant coach.
UNLV declined the offer as Sluka has been dismissed from the program. Circa Sports vice president of operations Mike Palm said they made the offer, wanting to “help keep UNLV’s playoff hopes alive.”
If Palm and Circa Sports CEO Derek Stevens really want to help UNLV’s College Football Playoff hopes, do I have a proposition. My bowl projections can be extremely influential with the CFP selection committee, so for only $90,000, I will project UNLV as my highest-ranked Group of Five champion each week.
Have your people contact my people to get everything finalized.
Onto this week’s projections — which include 4-0 UNLV in the College Football Playoff.
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
Projected College Football Playoff Field
| 1 |  Alabama* | SEC | ||||
| 2 |  Ohio State* | Big Ten | ||||
| 3 |  Miami* | ACC | ||||
| 4 |  Iowa State* | Big 12 | ||||
| 5 |  Georgia | SEC | ||||
| 6 |  Texas | SEC | ||||
| 7 |  Tennessee | SEC | ||||
| 8 |  Penn State | Big Ten | ||||
| 9 |  Oregon | Big Ten | ||||
| 10 |  Clemson | ACC | ||||
| 11 |  USC | Big Ten | ||||
| 12 |  UNLV* | MWC | ||||
College Football Playoff First Round
 CFP First Round Dec. 20 • State College, PA Oregon -0.5 Penn State  | CFP First Round Dec. 21 • Athens, GA  UNLV Georgia -21 |
CFP First Round Dec. 21 • Austin, TX  USC Texas -11 | CFP First Round Dec. 21 • Knoxville, TN Clemson Tennessee -5 |
College Football Playoff Quarterfinals
 Vrbo Fiesta Bowl Dec. 31 • Glendale, AZ Iowa State Georgia -10 |  Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl Jan. 1 • Atlanta, GA Miami Texas -10 |
 Rose Bowl Jan. 1 • Pasadena, CA Ohio State -6.5 Tennessee |  Allstate Sugar Bowl Jan. 1 • New Orleans, LA  Alabama -4 Oregon |
College Football Playoff Semifinals
 Capital One Orange Bowl Jan. 9 • Miami, FL Alabama -0.5 Georgia |  Goodyear Cotton Bowl Jan. 10 • Arlington, TX Ohio State Texas -0.5 |
CFP National Championship Prediction
Projections for All Other Bowl Games
 Bahamas Bowl Jan. 4 • Nassau, Bahamas  NIU -0.5  Sam Houston |  Duke's Mayo Bowl Jan. 3 • Charlotte, NC  Louisville -1.5  Nebraska |  First Responder Bowl Jan. 3 • Dallas, TX  Arizona State  Michigan St. -0.5 |  TaxSlayer Gator Bowl Jan. 2 • Jacksonville, FL  LSU -11.5  Pittsburgh |  Texas Bowl Dec. 31 • Houston, TX  Texas Tech  Kentucky -13 |  Cheez-It Citrus Bowl Dec. 31 • Orlando, FL  Missouri -3  Michigan |  Tony the Tiger Sun Bowl Dec. 31 • El Paso, TX  Boston College  Colorado -4 |  ReliaQuest Bowl Dec. 31 • Tampa, FL  Indiana  Texas A&M -3 |  Music City Bowl Dec. 30 • Nashville, TN  Oklahoma -5.5  Illinois |  Independence Bowl Dec. 28 • Shreveport, LA  West Virginia -5.5  Oregon State |  Valero Alamo Bowl Dec. 28 • San Antonio, TX  Kansas State -6  Washington |  Military Bowl Dec. 28 • Annapolis, MD  UNC  Navy -1 |  Snoop Dogg Arizona Bowl Dec. 28 • Tucson, AZ  E. Michigan  San Jose St. -9.5 |  Pop-Tarts Bowl Dec. 28 • Orlando, FL  Notre Dame -10.5  BYU |  New Mexico Bowl Dec. 28 • Albuquerque, NM  North Texas  Texas State -3.5 |  Pinstripe Bowl Dec. 28 • Bronx, NY  Iowa -11.5  Duke |  Wasabi Fenway Bowl Dec. 28 • Boston, MA  Syracuse -1  Memphis |  Holiday Bowl Dec. 27 • San Diego, CA  SMU  Utah -2 |  Las Vegas Bowl Dec. 27 • Las Vegas, NV  Ole Miss -10  Arizona |  AutoZone Liberty Bowl Dec. 27 • Memphis, TN  UCF -1  S. Carolina |  Birmingham Bowl Dec. 27 • Birmingham, AL  NC State  Cincinnati -6 |  Armed Forces Bowl Dec. 27 • Fort Worth, TX  Oklahoma St. -9.5  Army |  68 Ventures Bowl Dec. 26 • Mobile, AL  Arkansas St. -3  Ohio |  Guaranteed Rate Bowl Dec. 26 • Phoenix, AZ  TCU -1  Rutgers |  Detroit Bowl Dec. 26 • Detroit, MI  Wisconsin -12.5  Toledo |  Hawai'i Bowl Dec. 24 • Honolulu, HI  Fresno State  Tulane -1.5 |  Famous Idaho Potato Bowl Dec. 23 • Boise, ID  Buffalo  Colorado St. -3.5 |  Myrtle Beach Bowl Dec. 23 • Conway, SC  South Florida -8  Coastal Carolina |  Gasparilla Bowl Dec. 20 • Tampa, FL  Virginia -5.5  East Carolina |  StaffDNA Cure Bowl Dec. 20 • Orlando, FL  Georgia Southern -4.5  W. Michigan |  New Orleans Bowl Dec. 19 • New Orleans, LA  Liberty  JMU -3.5 |  LA Bowl Hosted by Gronk Dec. 18 • Inglewood, CA  Washington St.  Boise State -8.5 |  Boca Raton Bowl Dec. 18 • Boca Raton, FL  S. Alabama -1  Bowling Green |  Frisco Bowl Dec. 17 • Frisco, TX  Louisiana -9  UTSA |  Camellia Bowl Dec. 14 • Montgomery, AL  WKU -8.5  C. Michigan |
