The College Football Playoff chase is sure to heat up in October.
Heading into Week 6, our College Football Playoff picks have not changed, but we switched the matchups.
We have No. 1 Alabama meeting No. 5 Clemson in the CFP semifinal at the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl, and that means No. 2 Georgia and No. 3 Ohio State would be in the other semifinal in the Vrbo Fiesta Bowl. Why is this significant? If the SEC gets two teams, then the conference champion is going to want that semifinal in Atlanta. Granted, Clemson would not be affected that much, but it is something to watch as long as the Crimson Tide and Bulldogs stay unbeaten.
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No. 4 Michigan and No. 6 USC are the next two teams, and we have them in the Rose Bowl. No. 7 Oklahoma State jumps into our New Year’s Day projections after beating Baylor 36-25 in Week 5.
The College Football Playoff semifinals will be on Dec. 31 this season. Those semifinals will be played at the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl in Atlanta and the Fiesta Bowl in Glendale, Ariz. The College Football Playoff championship game is on Jan. 9 at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, Calif.
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Week 6 College Football Bowl Projections
| DATE | BOWL | MATCHUP |
| Dec. 16 | Bahamas Bowl | Rice vs. Miami, Ohio |
| Dec. 16 | Cure Bowl | Marshall vs. Kent State |
| Dec. 17 | Wasabi Fenway Bowl | Houston vs. South Carolina* |
| Dec. 17 | New Mexico Bowl | BYU vs. Air Force |
| Dec. 17 | Jimmy Kimmel LA Bowl | UNLV vs. Arizona |
| Dec. 17 | Lending Tree Bowl | Toledo vs. Georgia Southern |
| Dec. 17 | Las Vegas Bowl | Washington vs. Texas A&M |
| Dec. 17 | Frisco Bowl | MTSU vs. East Carolina |
| Dec. 19 | Myrtle Beach Bowl | UTEP vs. Old Dominion |
| Dec. 20 | Famous Idaho Potato Bowl | Buffalo vs. Boise State |
| Dec. 20 | Boca Raton Bowl | Tulane vs. UTSA |
| Dec. 21 | New Orleans Bowl | North Texas vs. South Alabama |
| Dec. 22 | Armed Forces Bowl | Texas Tech vs. Liberty |
| Dec. 23 | Independence Bowl | Army vs. UCF |
| Dec. 23 | Gasparilla Bowl | SMU vs. Wyoming |
| Dec. 24 | Hawaii Bowl | Western Kentucky vs. San Jose State |
| Dec. 26 | Quick Lane Bowl | Central Michigan vs. Michigan State |
| Dec. 27 | Camellia Bowl | Western Michigan vs. Appalachian State |
| Dec. 27 | First Responder Bowl | Kansas State vs. Washington State |
| Dec. 27 | Birmingham Bowl | Cincinnati vs. Duke |
| Dec. 27 | Guaranteed Rate Bowl | Texas vs. Wisconsin |
| Dec. 28 | Military Bowl | Miami, Fla. vs. Memphis |
| Dec. 28 | Liberty Bowl | Kansas vs. Texas A&M |
| Dec. 28 | Holiday Bowl | UCLA vs. Syracuse |
| Dec. 28 | Texas Bowl | Oklahoma vs. Florida |
| Dec. 29 | Pinstripe Bowl | Minnesota vs. Pitt |
| Dec. 29 | Cheez-It Bowl | Baylor vs. North Carolina |
| Dec. 29 | Alamo Bowl | TCU vs. Oregon |
| Dec. 30 | Duke’s Mayo Bowl | Iowa vs. Notre Dame |
| Dec. 30 | Tony the Tiger Sun Bowl | Oregon State vs. Florida State |
| Dec. 30 | Gator Bowl | Wake Forest vs. Arkansas |
| Dec. 30 | Arizona Bowl | Ball State vs. San Diego State |
| Dec. 31 | Music City Bowl | Purdue vs. LSU |
| Jan. 2 | Tampa Bay Bowl | Maryland vs. Kentucky |
| Jan. 2 | Citrus Bowl | Illinois vs. Ole Miss |
College football New Year’s Day Six picks
| DATE | BOWL | MATCHUP |
| Dec. 30 | Capital One Orange Bowl | NC State vs. Penn State |
| Dec. 31 | Allstate Sugar Bowl | Oklahoma State vs. Tennessee |
| Jan. 2 | Goodyear Cotton Bowl | Coastal Carolina vs. Utah |
| Jan. 2 | Rose Bowl Game | Michigan vs. USC |
| Dec. 31 | Chick-Fil-A Peach Bowl (semifinal) | Clemson vs. Georgia |
| Dec. 31 | Fiesta Bowl (semifinal) | Ohio State vs. Alabama |
College Football Playoff championship pick
| DATE | BOWL | MATCHUP |
| Jan. 11 | CFP championship game | Alabama vs. Ohio State |