Sam Hartman likely won’t win the Heisman Trophy, but Notre Dame’s quarterback put the Fighting Irish in position for a monster New Year’s Six bowl payday.
Hartman’s successful fourth-and-16 scramble rallied Notre Dame past Duke, 21-14, on Saturday.
It also very much kept alive Notre Dame’s New Year’s Six bowl hopes. The Irish (5-1) still must play at No. 25 Louisville Saturday and host No. 9 USC the following week. In November, Clemson also could present a challenge.
If Notre Dame wins out, it would be in College Football Playoff contention, but a 10-2 finish would still likely keep the Irish in the top 12 of CFP rankings. That's why in my Week 6 bowl projections, I have Notre Dame in a New Year’s Six bowl (Peach vs. Alabama).
Here are my full Week 6 projections — and each projection includes the projected point spread for each bowl based on Action Network senior writer Collin Wilson’s updated college football betting power ratings.
CFP National Championship Prediction
College Football Playoff Semifinals Projections
 Rose Bowl Jan. 1 • Pasadena, CA  Michigan -2 Florida State |  Allstate Sugar Bowl Jan. 1 • New Orleans, LA Georgia -1.5  Texas |
New Year's Six Bowl Games
 Vrbo Fiesta Bowl Jan. 1 • Glendale, AZ  Oregon -19  Fresno State |  Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl Dec. 30 • Atlanta, GA  Notre Dame  Alabama -3 |
 Capital One Orange Bowl Dec. 30 • Miami, FL  UNC  Penn State -9.5 |  Goodyear Cotton Bowl Dec. 29 • Arlington, TX  Ohio State -0.5  Washington |
Projections for All Other Bowl Games
 Cheez-It Citrus Bowl Jan. 1 • Orlando, FL  Ole Miss -8.5  Maryland |  ReliaQuest Bowl Jan. 1 • Tampa, FL  Wisconsin  Texas A&M -6.5 |  Arizona Bowl Dec. 30 • Tucson, AZ  San Diego St. -5  NIU |  Music City Bowl Dec. 30 • Nashville, TN  Florida -7.5  Illinois |  AutoZone Liberty Bowl Dec. 29 • Memphis, TN  Missouri -6.5  BYU |  Tony the Tiger Sun Bowl Dec. 29 • El Paso, TX  Syracuse  Utah -6 |  TaxSlayer Gator Bowl Dec. 29 • Jacksonville, FL  Tennessee -3  Miami |  Valero Alamo Bowl Dec. 28 • San Antonio, TX  Oklahoma  USC PK |  Pop-Tarts Bowl Dec. 28 • Orlando, FL  Louisville  Kansas State -6 |  Pinstripe Bowl Dec. 28 • Bronx, NY  NC State  Rutgers PK |  Wasabi Fenway Bowl Dec. 28 • Boston, MA  Tulane  UCF -0.5 |  TaxAct Texas Bowl Dec. 27 • Houston, TX  Kentucky -7.5  West Virginia |  Holiday Bowl Dec. 27 • San Diego, CA  Duke  Oregon State -7.5 |  Duke's Mayo Bowl Dec. 27 • Charlotte, NC  LSU  Clemson -2 |  Military Bowl Dec. 27 • Annapolis, MD  Wake Forest  Memphis -6 |  Guaranteed Rate Bowl Dec. 26 • Phoenix, AZ  Arizona  Kansas -4.5 |  First Responder Bowl Dec. 26 • Dallas, TX  Troy  Air Force -5 |  Quick Lane Bowl Dec. 26 • Detroit, MI  Minnesota -5.5  Ohio |  EasyPost Hawai'i Bowl Dec. 23 • Honolulu, HI  UNLV  SMU -8.5 |  Las Vegas Bowl Dec. 23 • Las Vegas, NV  Washington St. -2.5  Iowa |  68 Ventures Bowl Dec. 23 • Mobile, AL  Arkansas St.  LA Tech -5.5 |  Famous Idaho Potato Bowl Dec. 23 • Boise, ID  Boise State -8.5  Miami OH |  Armed Forces Bowl Dec. 23 • Fort Worth, TX  TCU -14  Texas State |  Camellia Bowl Dec. 23 • Montgomery, AL  Tulsa  S. Alabama -5.5 |  Birmingham Bowl Dec. 23 • Birmingham, AL  S. Carolina -1.5  Baylor |  Gasparilla Bowl Dec. 22 • Tampa, FL  Auburn -16.5  South Florida |  Boca Raton Bowl Dec. 21 • Boca Raton, FL  Georgia St. -3.5  Rice |  Frisco Bowl Dec. 19 • Frisco, TX  Louisiana  Liberty -1.5 |  Myrtle Beach Bowl Dec. 18 • Conway, SC  Marshall  Toledo -2 |  Independence Bowl Dec. 16 • Shreveport, LA  Oklahoma St.  Colorado -3 |  LA Bowl Dec. 16 • Inglewood, CA  UCLA -16  Wyoming |  New Mexico Bowl Dec. 16 • Albuquerque, NM  Colorado St.  Texas Tech -19.5 |  Cure Bowl Dec. 16 • Orlando, FL  App State -11  North Texas |  New Orleans Bowl Dec. 16 • New Orleans, LA  Georgia Southern -3.5  WKU |  Bahamas Bowl Dec. 16 • Nassau, Bahamas  C. Michigan -4  FIU |
