College Football Playoff Projections: Week 9 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 (Orange), East Carolina (Cure), Houston (Fenway), Memphis (First Responder), SMU (Birmingham), Tulsa (Hawai’i), UCF (Military)

Atlantic Coast (10 teams): Boston College (Military), Clemson (Holiday), Louisville (Pinstripe), Miami (Fenway), North Carolina (Sun), North Carolina State (Duke’s Mayo), Pittsburgh (Cheez-It), Virginia (Gator), Virginia Tech (Gasparilla), Wake Forest (Peach)

Big 12 (7 teams): Baylor (Alamo), Iowa State (Cheez-It), Kansas State (Liberty), Oklahoma (Cotton), Oklahoma State (Sugar), Texas (Texas), Texas Tech (Guaranteed Rate)

Big Ten (9 teams): Iowa (Citrus), Maryland (Guaranteed Rate), Michigan (Rose), Michigan State (Peach), Minnesota (Music City), Ohio State (Cotton), Penn State (Outback), Purdue (Pinstripe), Wisconsin (Las Vegas)

Conference USA (7 teams): Charlotte (Bahamas), Florida Atlantic (Boca Raton), Marshall (New Mexico), UAB (Independence), UTEP (Armed Forces), UTSA (First Responder), Western Kentucky (New Orleans)

Independents (4 teams): Army (Armed Forces), BYU (Independence), Liberty (Quick Lane), Notre Dame (Fiesta)

Mid-American (8 teams): Ball State (Arizona), Buffalo (Bahamas), Eastern Michigan (Camellia), Kent State (Myrtle Beach), Miami-Ohio (Frisco), Northern Illinois (Lending Tree), Toledo (Famous Idaho Potato), Western Michigan (Quick Lane)

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 (Las Vegas), Oregon (Rose), Oregon State (Alamo), UCLA (Holiday), USC (LA), Utah (Sun), Washington (Gasparilla)

Southeastern (11 teams): Alabama (Sugar), Arkansas (Duke’s Mayo), Auburn (Gator), Florida (Texas), Georgia (Orange), Kentucky (Citrus), LSU (Music City), Mississippi State (Birmingham), Ole Miss (Fiesta), 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.