College Soccer Qualifier Predictions for Championship Week: Michigan, Notre Dame Move in CFP
The weekend championship conference is here.
The final standings of the College Football League will be announced on Sunday and there are some intriguing scenarios for the final week. Georgia seems to be the only sure bet on the SEC championship game, and we still have the Bulldogs beating Alabama on Saturday.
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Michigan also switched to our prediction after finally beating Ohio State. The Wolverines could claim their first playoff berth with a win over Iowa on Saturday.
Cincinnati will be the first team from Group 5 to advance to the playoffs if they beat Houston in the American Athletic Conference championship game. (We think so, anyway.) That leaves fourth place and a debate between Notre Dame, Oklahoma State if it wins the Big 12 championship game and an Alabama team potentially losing two games. We think the Irish won that debate by a small margin.
With that, here are our championship predictions for the week. SN has predictions for all 42 bowl games here and they will be updated throughout the season:
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College football qualifying predictions for championship week
Day | Bowl | Fit |
December 17 | Bahamas Bowl | Miami (Ohio) vs UTEP |
December 17 | Cure Bowl | Ball State vs. East Carolina |
December 18 | RoofClaim.com Boca Raton Bowl | Eastern Michigan vs Liberty * |
December 18 | New Mexico Bowl | Air Force versus Old Dominion |
December 18 | Radiance Technologies Independence Bowl | BYU vs. UTSA |
December 18 | Lendingtree Bowl | State of Kent vs State of Georgia |
December 18 | Los Angeles Bowl | San Diego State and Washington State |
December 18 | R&L Carrier New Orleans Bowl | Louisiana vs UAB |
December 20 | Myrtle Beach Bowl | Coastal Carolina vs. Tulsa |
December 21 | Famous Idaho Potato Bowl | Western Michigan vs. Boise State |
December 21 | Tropical Smoothie Cafe Frisco Bowl | Toledo vs North Texas |
December 22 | Bat Armed Forces | Army * vs Western Kentucky |
December 23 | Union Home Mortgage Gasparilla Bowl | Florida *vs Fresno State* |
December 24th | Hawai’i Bowl | Wyoming vs Memphis ** |
December 25th | Camellia Bowl | Northern Illinois vs. App State |
December 27 | Quick Lane Bowl | UCF vs Marshall * |
December 27 | Eight troops | Wyoming *vs. Missouri* |
December 28 | TicketSmarter Birmingham Bowl | Houston vs. Mississippi State |
December 28 | First responder | FAU vs Virginia Tech * |
December 28 | AutoZone Liberty Bowl | Kansas State vs. Auburn |
December 28 | Holiday Bowl | State of Arizona vs Miami |
December 28 | Bowl guaranteed rate | Louisville vs LSU * |
December 29 | Fenway Bowl | SMU vs Virginia |
December 29 | Pinstripe Bowl | Maryland vs. Boston College |
December 29 | Cheez-It Bowl | West Virginia vs North Carolina |
December 29 | Valero Alamo Bowl | Oregon and Oklahoma |
December 30 | Duke’s Mayo Bowl | Minnesota vs. Wake Forest |
December 30 | Transperfect Music City Bowl | Penn State vs Texas A&M |
December 30 | SRS Las Vegas Bowl | Oregon State vs. Purdue |
December 31 | TaxSlayer Gator Bowl | South Carolina vs Clemson |
December 31 | Tony the Tiger Sun Bowl | UCLA State vs. NC |
December 31 | Arizona Bowl | Central Michigan vs Nevada |
January 1 | Outback Bowl | Wisconsin and Tennessee |
January 1 | Vrbo Citrus Bowl | Iowa vs. Kentucky |
January 4 | Texas Bowl | Iowa State vs. Arkansas |
* Indicates not associated with the game of bowls
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Day | Bowl | Fit |
December 30 | Chick-Fil-A Peach Bowl | Ole Miss vs. Pitt |
January 1 | PlayStation Fiesta Bowl | Baylor vs. Michigan State |
January 1 | Rose Bowl Game | Wyoming vs. Ohio |
January 1 | Allstate Sugar Bowl | Oklahoma State vs. Alabama |
December 31 | Capital One Orange Bowl (semi-final) | Notre Dame versus Georgia |
December 31 | Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic (semi-final) | Cincinnati and Michigan |
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Day | Bowl | Fit |
January 10 | College football championship | Georgia vs. Michigan |