College football predictions for every 2019 bowl game, Playoff semifinals, national championship

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The 2019 college postseason schedule features 40 bowl games between FBS teams, with the finale at the College Football Playoff championship game on Jan. 13 at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome. This year’s semifinal games will be on Dec. 28 at the Peach Bowl and Fiesta Bowl.  

The big question is whether anybody other than Clemson or Alabama make their way to the Big Easy for the championship game. Georgia, Ohio State, Texas and Oklahoma are among the teams we believe could be in the hunt for the other two Playoff spots as the sixth College Football Playoff chase begins.

Sporting News has projections for all 40 bowl games here, and they will be updated throughout the season as dates for bowls outside the New Year’s Day Six are revealed.

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2019 college football bowl projections

Bowl Teams
R&L Carriers New Orleans Bowl Marshall vs. Appalachian State
AutoNation Cure Bowl Arkansas State vs. Tulane
Las Vegas Bowl Fresno State vs. UCLA
Gildan New Mexico Bowl FIU vs. Boise State
Raycom Media Camellia Bowl Western Michigan vs. Troy
Cheribundi Tart Cherry Boca Raton Bowl North Texas* vs. Memphis
DXL Frisco Bowl Toledo vs. South Florida
Bad Boy Mowers Gasparilla Bowl UAB vs. Cincinnati
Bahamas Bowl Northern Illinois vs. Louisiana Tech
Famous Idaho Potato Bowl Eastern Michigan vs. Utah State
Jared Birmingham Bowl Houston vs. Vanderbilt
Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl Arizona State* vs. Boston College*
Dollar General Bowl Ohio vs. Louisiana
Hawa'ii Bowl BYU vs. Nevada
SERVPRO First Responders Bowl Texas Tech vs. Northwestern
Quick Lane Bowl Purdue vs. N.C. State
Cheez-It Bowl USC vs. Baylor
Walk-On's Independence Bowl South Carolina vs. Wake Forest
New Era Pinstripe Bowl Michigan State vs. Virginia Tech
Redbox Bowl Stanford vs. Minnesota
Academy Sports and Outdoors Texas Bowl TCU vs Mississippi State
Military Bowl Presented by Northrup Grumman Army* vs. North Carolina
Camping World Bowl Oklahoma State vs. Pittsburgh
Valero Alamo Bowl Utah vs. Iowa State
San Diego County Credit Union Holiday Washington vs. Iowa
Belk Bowl Ole Miss vs. Florida State
Hyundai Sun Bowl Washington State vs. Miami
Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl Kentucky vs. Virginia
NOVA Home Loans Arizona Bowl Georgia Southern vs. San Diego State
TaxSlayer Bowl Tennessee vs. Nebraska
AutoZone Liberty Bowl West Virginia vs. Texas A&M
Outback Bowl Auburn vs. Penn State
Buffalo Wild Wings Citrus Bowl LSU vs. Wisconsin
*No conference tie-in to bowl

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College Football Playoff/New Year’s Day Six projections

Dec. 28 Goodyear Cotton Bowl Notre Dame vs. UCF
Dec. 28 Capital One Orange Bowl Syracuse vs. Florida
Jan. 1 Rose Bowl Michigan vs. Oregon
Jan. 1 Allstate Sugar Bowl Georgia vs. Oklahoma
Dec. 28 PlayStation Fiesta Bowl (semifinal) Clemson vs. Texas
Dec. 28 Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl (semifinal) Alabama vs. Ohio State

College Football Playoff championship projection

Jan. 13 College Football Playoff championship Clemson vs. Alabama
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Bill Bender is a national college football writer for The Sporting News.
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