Just when you thought you had things figured out, college football happened. Week 8 gave fans some excitement and shook up the postseason picture. Penn State pulled off the upset over No. 2 Ohio State while No. 11 Houston was upset by SMU. Things are starting to get interesting.
Heavy has projected all the college football bowl games. If the season were to end today, we like No. 1 Alabama, No. 2 Michigan, No. 3 Washington and No. 4 Clemson to be the top four teams.
This would make one of the College Football Playoff semifinal matchups Alabama-Clemson. It would provide a rematch of what was an epic national championship game a season ago. Michigan and Washington would square off in the other semifinal in a matchup reminiscent of old Rose Bowl games.
As we learned yesterday, there is still plenty of football left to be played. Click here for a full breakdown of the conference bowl tie-ins.
Here’s the latest college football bowl projections and schedule.
Saturday, December 17, 2016
AFR Celebration Bowl
North Carolina Central vs. Grambling State Georgia Dome
Atlanta, GA Noon ABC
Gildan New Mexico Bowl
UTSA vs. New Mexico University Stadium
Albuquerque, NM 2 p.m. ESPN
Las Vegas Bowl
UNLV vs. Cal Sam Boyd Stadium
Las Vegas, NV 3:30 p.m. ABC
AutoNation Cure Bowl
UCF vs. Appalachian State Citrus Bowl Stadium
Orlando, FL 5:30pm CBSSN
Raycom Media Camellia Bowl
Toledo vs. Idaho Cramton Bowl
Montgomery, AL 5:30 p.m. ESPN
R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl
Louisiana Tech vs. South Alabama Mercedes-Benz Superdome
New Orleans, LA 9 p.m. ESPN
Monday, December 19, 2016
Miami Beach Bowl
Temple vs. Western Michigan Marlins Park
Miami, FL 2:30 p.m. ESPN
Tuesday, December 20, 2016
Boca Raton Bowl
Memphis vs. Southern Miss FAU Stadium
Boca Raton, FL 7 p.m. ESPN
Wednesday, December 21, 2016
San Diego County Poinsettia Bowl
BYU vs. San Diego State Qualcomm Stadium
San Diego, CA 9 p.m. ESPN
Thursday, December 22, 2016
Famous Idaho Potato Bowl
Ohio vs. Wyoming Albertson’s Stadium
Boise, ID 7 p.m. ESPN
Friday, Deccember 23, 2016
Popeyes Bahamas Bowl
USF vs. Western Kentucky Thomas Robinson Stadium
Nassau, Bahamas 1 p.m. ESPN
Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl
Navy vs. Texas Tech Amon G. Carter Stadium
Fort Worth, TX 4:30 p.m. ESPN
Dollar General Bowl
Akron vs. Troy Ladd-Peebles Stadium
Mobile, AL 8 p.m. ESPN
Saturday, December 24, 2016
Hawai’i Bowl
Middle Tennessee vs. Hawai’i Aloha Stadium
Honolulu, HI 8 p.m. ESPN
Monday, December 26, 2016
St. Petersburg Bowl
Georgia Tech vs. Cincinnati Tropicana Field
St. Petersburg, FL 11 a.m. ESPN
Quick Lane Bowl
Syracuse vs. Minnesota Ford Field
Detroit, MI 2:30 p.m. ESPN
Camping World Independence Bowl
North Carolina vs. Vanderbilt Independence Stadium
Shreveport, LA 5 p.m. ESPN2
Tuesday, December 27, 2016
Zaxby’s Heart of Dallas Bowl
Iowa vs. North Texas Cotton Bowl Stadium
Dallas, TX Noon ESPN
Military Bowl
Wake Forest vs. Tulsa Navy-Marine Corps. Stadium
Annapolis, MD 3:30 p.m. ESPN
Holiday Bowl
Penn State vs. USC Qualcomm Stadium
San Diego, CA 7 p.m. ESPN
Motel 6 Cactus Bowl
TCU vs. Arizona State Chase Field
Phoenix, AZ 10:15 P.M. ESPN
Wednesday, December 28, 2016
New Era Pinstripe Bowl
Pitt vs. Maryland Yankee Stadium
Bronx, NY 2 p.m. ESPN
Russell Athletic Bowl
Virginia Tech vs. West Virginia Camping World Stadium
Orlando, FL 5:30 p.m. ESPN
Foster Farms Bowl
Northwestern vs. Stanford Levi’s Stadium
Santa Clara, CA 8:30 p.m. FOX
AdvoCare V100 Texas Bowl
Oklahoma State vs. Auburn NRG Stadium
Houston, TX 9 p.m. ESPN
Thursday, December 29, 2016
Birmingham Bowl
Houston vs. Kentucky Legion Field
Birmingham, AL 2 p.m. ESPN
Belk Bowl
Miami vs. Arkansas Bank of America Stadium
Charlotte, NC 5:30 p.m. ESPN
Valero Alamo Bowl
Oklahoma vs. Colorado Alamodome
San Antonio, TX 9 p.m. ESPN
Friday, December 30, 2016
AutoZone Liberty Bowl
Kansas State vs. Georgia Liberty Bowl
Memphis, TN Noon ESPN
Hyundai Sun Bowl
NC State vs. Washington State Sun Bowl Stadium
El Paso, TX 2 p.m. CBS
Franklin Music City Bowl
Ole Miss vs. Duke Nissan Stadium
Nashville, TN 3:30 p.m. ESPN
Nova Home Loans Arizona Bowl
Georgia Southern vs. Colorado State Arizona Stadium
Tucson, AZ 5:30 p.m.
Orange Bowl
Louisville vs. Wisconsin Hard Rock Stadium
Miami Gardens, FL 8 p.m. ESPN
Saturday, December 31, 2016
Buffalo Wild Wings Citrus Bowl
LSU vs. Florida State Camping World Stadium
Orlando, FL 11 a.m. ABC
TaxSlayer Bowl
South Carolina vs. Indiana EverBank Field
Jacksonville, FL 11 a.m. ESPN
Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl
Semifinal Game
1 Alabama vs. 4 Clemson
Georgia Dome
Atlanta, GA 3 or 7 p.m. ESPN
Fiesta Bowl
Semifinal Game
2 Michigan vs. 3 Washington
University of Phoenix Stadium
Glendale, AZ 3 or 7 p.m. ESPN
Monday, January 2, 2017
Outback Bowl
Nebraska vs. Florida Raymond James Stadium
Tampa, FL 1 p.m. ABC
Cotton Bowl
Boise State vs. Texas A&M AT&T Stadium
Arlington, TX 1 p.m. ESPN
Rose Bowl Game
Ohio State vs. Utah Rose Bowl
Pasadena, California 5 p.m. ESPN
Sugar Bowl
Baylor vs. Tennessee Mercedes-Benz Superdome
New Orleans, Louisiana 8:30 p.m. ESPN
Monday, January 9, 2017
College Football Playoff National Championship
Alabama vs. Michigan Raymond James Stadium
Tampa, FL 8:30 p.m. ESPN