College Football Playoff Projections: Week 7 Rankings and Bowl Forecast

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Here is the breakdown of bowl projections listed alphabetically by conference. New Year’s Six games have been italicized and underlined to help those of you who just scrolled to the bottom to find the marquee bowls.

American Athletic (7 teams): Cincinnati (Cotton), East Carolina (Myrtle Beach), Houston (Fenway), Memphis (Cure), SMU (Birmingham), Temple (Hawai’i), UCF (Military)

Atlantic Coast (9 teams): Boston College (Pinstripe), Clemson (Gator), Miami (First Responder), North Carolina (Fenway), North Carolina State (Duke’s Mayo), Pittsburgh (Holiday), Virginia (Military), Virginia Tech (Sun), Wake Forest (Peach)

Big 12 (8 teams): Baylor (Cheez-It), Iowa State (Texas), Kansas State (First Responder), Oklahoma (Orange), Oklahoma State (Sugar), TCU (Guaranteed Rate), Texas (Alamo), Texas Tech (Liberty)

Big Ten (11 teams): Iowa (Orange), Maryland (Music City), Michigan (Fiesta), Michigan State (Citrus), Minnesota (Outback), Nebraska (Guaranteed Rate), Ohio State (Rose), Penn State (Peach), Purdue (Pinstripe), Rutgers (Quick Lane), Wisconsin (Las Vegas)

Conference USA (6 teams): Charlotte (Bahamas), Florida Atlantic (Boca Raton), Marshall (New Mexico), UAB (New Orleans), UTEP (Armed Forces), UTSA (Independence)

Independents (4 teams): Army (Armed Forces), BYU (Independence), Liberty (Gasparilla), Notre Dame (Cheez-It)

Mid-American (7 teams): Ball State (Arizona), Central Michigan (Frisco), Eastern Michigan (Quick Lane), Kent State (Camellia), Northern Illinois (Lending Tree), Toledo (Famous Idaho Potato), Western Michigan (Bahamas)

Mountain West (7 teams): Air Force (Arizona), Boise State (Frisco), Fresno State (New Mexico), Nevada (Famous Idaho Potato), San Diego State (LA), Utah State (Hawai’i), Wyoming (Boca Raton)

Pac-12 (7 teams): Arizona State (Alamo), Oregon (Rose), Oregon State (Gasparilla), Stanford (Sun), UCLA (Holiday), USC (LA), Utah (Las Vegas)

Southeastern (11 teams): Alabama (Sugar), Arkansas (Duke’s Mayo), Auburn (Texas), Florida (Gator), Georgia (Cotton), Kentucky (Fiesta), LSU (Birmingham), Mississippi State (Music City), Ole Miss (Citrus), Tennessee (Liberty), Texas A&M (Outback)

Sun Belt (5 teams): Appalachian State (Myrtle Beach), Coastal Carolina (Cure), Louisiana (New Orleans), South Alabama (Lending Tree), Troy (Camellia)

Kerry Miller covers college football and men’s college basketball for Bleacher Report. You can follow him on Twitter, @kerrancejames.