2017 College Football Playoff & Bowl Projections: After Week 5
2017-2018 College Football Playoff & Bowl Projections: After Week 5
The bowl projections will change and adapt as the season goes on. Where are all the good teams expected to play in the post-season and who’ll get into the College Football Playoff?
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2017-2018 Projected Bowl Matchups
*All times Eastern
Week 5 CFN Rankings
ACC | Big Ten | Big 12 | Pac-12 | SEC
AAC | C-USA | IND | MAC | MW | Sun Belt
Week 5 CFN Bowl Projections
ACC | Big Ten | Big 12 | Pac-12 | SEC
AAC | C-USA | IND | MAC | MW | Sun Belt
– CFN Rankings & Thoughts No. 1-130 After Week 5
R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl
Saturday, December 16th, 2017
Mercedes-Benz Superdome, New Orleans, LA
ESPN, 1:00 pm
Louisiana Tech vs. Arkansas State
AutoNation Cure Bowl
Saturday, December 16th, 2017
Citrus Bowl Stadium, Orlando, FL
CBS Sports Network, 2:30 pm
Cincinnati vs. Old Dominion*
(no AAC team projected available)
Las Vegas Bowl
Saturday, December 16th, 2017
Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas, NV
ABC, 3:30 pm
San Diego State vs. Colorado
Gildan New Mexico Bowl
Saturday, December 16th, 2017
University Stadium, Albuquerque, NM
ESPN, 4:30 pm
Southern Miss vs. Air Force
Raycom Media Camellia Bowl
Saturday, December 16th, 2017
Cramton Bowl, Montgomery, AL
ESPN, 8:00 pm
Eastern Michigan vs. Troy
Boca Raton Bowl
Tuesday, December 19th, 2017
FAU Stadium, Boca Raton, FL
ESPN, 7:00 pm
UCF vs. Middle Tennessee
Frisco Bowl
Wednesday, December 20th, 2017
Toyota Stadium, Frisco, TX
Houston vs. ULM
Bad Boy Mowers Gasparilla Bowl
Thursday, December 21st
Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, FL
ESPN, 8:00 pm
Marshall vs. Miami University*
(no AAC team projected available)
Bahamas Bowl
Friday, December 22nd, 2017
Thomas Robinson Stadium, Nassau, Bahamas
ESPN, 12:30 pm
WKU vs. Toledo
Famous Idaho Potato Bowl
Friday, December 22nd, 2017
Albertson’s Stadium, Boise, ID
ESPN, 4:00 pm
Boise State vs. Northern Illinois
Birmingham Bowl
Saturday, December 23rd, 2017
Legion Field, Birmingham, AL
ESPN, 12:00 pm
Memphis vs. Vanderbilt
Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl
Saturday, December 23rd, 2017
Amon G. Carter Stadium, Fort Worth, TX
ESPN, 3:30 pm
Army vs. UTSA
Dollar General Bowl
Saturday, December 23rd, 2017
Ladd-Peebles Stadium, Mobile, AL
ESPN, 7:00 pm
Ohio vs. Appalachian State
Hawai’i Bowl
Sunday, December 24th, 2017
Aloha Stadium, Honolulu, HI
ESPN, 8:30 pm
SMU vs. Hawaii
Zaxby’s Heart of Dallas Bowl
Tuesday, December 26th, 2017
Cotton Bowl Stadium, Dallas, TX
ESPN, 1:30 pm
Nebraska vs. North Texas*
(no Big 12 team projected available)
Quick Lane Bowl
Tuesday, December 26th, 2017
Ford Field, Detroit, MI
ESPN, 5:15 pm
Purdue vs. Western Michigan
Week 5 CFN Rankings
ACC | Big Ten | Big 12 | Pac-12 | SEC
AAC | C-USA | IND | MAC | MW | Sun Belt
Week 5 CFN Bowl Projections
ACC | Big Ten | Big 12 | Pac-12 | SEC
AAC | C-USA | IND | MAC | MW | Sun Belt
Cactus Bowl
Tuesday, December 26th, 2017
Chase Field, Phoenix, AZ
ESPN, 9:00 pm
Texas Tech vs. Utah
Independence Bowl
Wednesday, December 27th, 2017
Independence Stadium, Shreveport, LA
ESPN, 1:30 pm
Virginia vs. Arkansas
New Era Pinstripe Bowl
Wednesday, December 27th, 2017
Yankee Stadium, Bronx, NY
ESPN, 5:15 pm
Louisville vs. Maryland
Foster Farms Bowl
Wednesday, December 27th, 2017
Levi’s Stadium, Santa Clara, CA
FOX, 8:30 pm
Minnesota vs. Washington State
Texas Bowl
Wednesday, December 27th, 2017
NRG Stadium, Houston, TX
ESPN, 9:00 pm
Texas vs. Texas A&M
Military Bowl Presented By Northrup Grumman
Thursday, December 28th, 2017
Navy-Marine Corps. Stadium, Annapolis, MD
ESPN, 1:30 pm
Duke vs. Navy
Camping World Bowl
Thursday, December 28th, 2017
Orlando Citrus Bowl, Orlando, FL
ESPN, 5;15 pm
West Virginia vs. NC State
Valero Alamo Bowl
Thursday, December 28th, 2017
Alamodome, San Antonio, TX
ESPN, 9:00 pm
Oklahoma State vs. USC
San Diego County Credit Union Holiday Bowl
Thursday, December 28th, 2017
Qualcomm Stadium, San Diego, CA
FS1, 9:00 pm
Iowa vs. Stanford
Belk Bowl
Friday, December 29th, 2017
Bank of America Stadium, Charlotte, NC
ESPN, 1:00 pm
Florida State vs. LSU
Hyundai Sun Bowl
Friday, December 29th, 2017
Sun Bowl Stadium, El Paso, TX
CBS, 2:00 pm
Georgia Tech vs. Oregon
Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl
Friday, December 29th, 2017
Nissan Stadium, Nashville, TN
ESPN, 4:30 pm
South Carolina vs. Wake Forest
TaxSlayer Bowl
Friday, December 29th, 2017
EverBank Field, Jacksonville, FL
ESPN, 12:00
Michigan State vs. Florida
AutoZone Liberty Bowl
Friday, December 29th, 2017
Liberty Bowl, Memphis, TN
ABC, 12:30 pm
Tennessee vs. Kansas State
NOVA Home Loans Arizona Bowl
Friday, December 29th, 2017
Arizona Stadium, Tucson, AZ
CBS Sports Network, 5:30 pm
Colorado State vs. BYU*
(no Sun Belt team projected available)
Outback Bowl
Monday, January 1st, 2018
Raymond James Stadium, Tampa, FL
ESPN2, 12:00 pm
Mississippi State vs. Penn State
Citrus Bowl
Monday, January 1st, 2018
Camping World Stadium, Orlando, FL
ABC, 1:00 pm
Auburn vs. Virginia Tech
New Year’s Six Bowls
Goodyear Cotton Bowl
Friday, December 29th, 2017
AT&T Stadium, Arlington, TX
ESPN, 8:30 pm
TCU vs. Washington
Capital One Orange Bowl
Saturday, December 30th, 2017
New Miami Stadium, Miami Gardens, FL
ESPN, 8:00 pm
Miami vs. Ohio State
Fiesta Bowl
Saturday, December 30th, 2017
University of Phoenix Stadium, Glendale, AZ
ESPN, 4:00 pm
Notre Dame vs. Wisconsin
Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl
Monday, January 1st, 2018
Mercedes-Benz Stadium, Atlanta, GA
ESPN, 12:30 pm
Georgia vs. USF
2018 College Football Playoff
Rose Bowl
Monday, January 1st, 2018
Rose Bowl, Pasadena, CA
ABC, 5:00 pm
Oklahoma vs. Clemson
Sugar Bowl
Monday, January 1st, 2018
Mercedes-Benz Superdome, New Orleans, LA
ESPN, 8:45 pm
Alabama vs. Michigan
College Football Playoff National Championship
Monday, January 8th, 2018
Mercedes-Benz Stadium, Atlanta, GA
ESPN, 8:00 pm
Alabama vs. Clemson