College Football's Post-Week 8 Bowl Projections
Deshaun Watson
The start of college football’s 2015-16 bowl season is just under two months away, but it’s never too early to take a peek at the potential matchups this postseason.
The bowl season is bigger and better than ever with 41 matchups, starting on Dec. 19 with five games. The postseason concludes on Jan. 11 with the national championship, while the playoff semifinals are on Dec. 31 this year.
The post-Week 8 bowl projections are a mixture between picks for the next few weeks, how things would look if the season ended today, and the results from the first six weeks of action. Expect several changes over the next two months.
College Football's Post-Week 8 Bowl Projections
Bowl | Date | Tie-In | Projection |
AutoNation Cure | Dec. 19 | Sun Belt vs. | Georgia Southern vs. Tulsa |
Gildan New Mexico | Dec. 19 | C-USA vs. | Colorado State vs.Rice |
Royal Purple | Dec. 19 | MW/BYU vs. | Washington State vs.Boise State |
Raycom Media | Dec. 19 | MAC vs. | Arkansas State vs.Ohio |
R+L Carriers | Dec. 19 | C-USA vs. | UL Lafayette vs.MTSU |
Miami Beach | Dec. 21 | American vs. | Houston vs.WKU |
Famous Idaho Potato | Dec. 22 | MAC vs. | Nevada vs. Northern Illinois |
Boca Raton | Dec. 22 | American vs. | East Carolina vs.Western Michigan |
SDCCU Poinsettia | Dec. 23 | Mountain West vs. | San Diego State vs.California* |
GoDaddy | Dec. 23 | MAC vs.Sun Belt | Appalachian State vs.Toledo |
Popeyes Bahamas | Dec. 24 | C-USA vs.MAC | Bowling Green vs.Marshall |
Hawaii | Dec. 24 | American vs. | Temple vs. BYU |
St. Petersburg | Dec. 26 | C-USA vs. | USF vs.FIU |
Hyundai Sun | Dec. 26 | ACC/ND vs. | North Carolina vs.Oregon |
Zaxby's Heart of | Dec. 26 | Big 12 vs. | Southern Miss vs.Kansas State |
New Era Pinstripe | Dec. 26 | ACC/ND vs. | Pittsburgh vs.Nebraska |
Independence | Dec. 26 | ACC/ND vs. | Georgia Tech vs.Missouri |
Foster Farms | Dec. 26 | Big Ten vs. | Arizona State vs.Northwestern |
Military | Dec. 28 | ACC/ND vs. | NC State vs.Navy |
Quick Lane | Dec. 28 | ACC/ND vs. | Miami vs.Illinois |
Lockheed Martin | Dec. 29 | MW vs. | Indiana vs.Air Force |
Russell Athletic | Dec. 29 | ACC/ND vs. | Florida State vs.Oklahoma State |
NOVA Home Loans Arizona | Dec. 29 | C-USA vs. Mountain West | Utah State vs.Louisiana Tech |
AdvoCare V100 | Dec. 29 | Big 12 vs. | Texas Tech vs.Mississippi State |
Birmingham | Dec. 30 | American vs. | Auburn vs.Cincinnati |
Belk | Dec. 30 | ACC/ND vs. | Duke vs.Tennessee |
Franklin American | Dec. 30 | ACC/ND/Big Ten vs. | Arkansas vs.Penn State |
National University | Dec. 30 | Big Ten vs. | UCLA vs.Wisconsin |
Outback | Jan. 1 | Big Ten vs. | Georgia vs.Michigan |
Buffalo Wild Wings | Jan. 1 | Big Ten vs. | Ole Miss vs.Iowa |
TaxSlayer | Jan. 2 | ACC/ND/Big Ten vs. | Louisville vs.Texas A&M |
AutoZone Liberty | Jan. 2 | Big 12 vs. | Texas vs.Kentucky |
Valero Alamo | Jan. 2 | Big 12 vs. | Oklahoma vs.USC |
Cactus | Jan. 2 | Big 12 vs. | West Virginia vs.Arizona |
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Chick-fil-A Peach | Dec. 31 | At-large vs. | Memphis vs. Florida |
Fiesta | Jan. 1 | At-large vs. | Notre Dame vs.Utah |
Rose | Jan. 1 | Big Ten vs. | Stanford vs. Michigan State |
Sugar | Jan. 1 | SEC vs. | TCU vs.LSU |
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Cotton | Dec. 31 | Playoff | Ohio State vs.Baylor |
Orange | Dec. 31 | Playoff | Alabama vs.Clemson |
National Championship | Jan. 11 | Cotton Bowl Winner vs. | Ohio State vs.Alabama |
