First, a big thanks to Texas A&M and LSU for making me stay up roughly an hour longer than I intended. Jerks.
With today's action in the books, here are my projected lines for the Power 5 Title Games:
Clemson (-30.2) vs. Pitt
Ohio State (-13) vs. NW
Oklahoma (-6.4) vs. Texas
Utah (-0.3) vs. Washington (but the Utes are down to BYU... so this one may not hold)
Alabama (-10.8) vs. Georgia
So, gun to my head, I say Ohio State somehow beats NW, but Oklahoma also beats Texas and the Sooners get the Playoff berth. I also think Washington wins the Pac 12 and UCF chokes against Memphis. So, the NY6 would be:
Cotton Bowl: Alabama vs. Oklahoma
Orange Bowl: Clemson vs. Notre Dame
Rose: Ohio State vs. Washington
Sugar: West Virginia vs. Florida
Peach: Georgia vs. Michigan
Fiesta: Washington State vs. Boise State (I will take a flyer here)
The Sugar Bowl is tricky, as they must take an SEC team and a Big 12 team, but I don't think that they have to be the highest ranked remaining team. So I suspect the committee will set up the Georgia vs. Michigan match-up in the Peach Bowl.
As for the remaining bowls:
Citrus: Penn State vs. LSU
Outback: MSU vs. Kentucky or Texas A&M?
Holiday: Northwestern
Music City: Iowa
Pinstripe: Wisconsin
Redbox: Minnesota
Quick Lane: Purdue
You could also put Iowa in the Holiday Bowl and send Northwestern to the Gator Bowl, which would substitute for Music City.
The scary thing is that if MSU would have lost today, the Quick Lane Bowl would have been an option.
With today's action in the books, here are my projected lines for the Power 5 Title Games:
Clemson (-30.2) vs. Pitt
Ohio State (-13) vs. NW
Oklahoma (-6.4) vs. Texas
Utah (-0.3) vs. Washington (but the Utes are down to BYU... so this one may not hold)
Alabama (-10.8) vs. Georgia
So, gun to my head, I say Ohio State somehow beats NW, but Oklahoma also beats Texas and the Sooners get the Playoff berth. I also think Washington wins the Pac 12 and UCF chokes against Memphis. So, the NY6 would be:
Cotton Bowl: Alabama vs. Oklahoma
Orange Bowl: Clemson vs. Notre Dame
Rose: Ohio State vs. Washington
Sugar: West Virginia vs. Florida
Peach: Georgia vs. Michigan
Fiesta: Washington State vs. Boise State (I will take a flyer here)
The Sugar Bowl is tricky, as they must take an SEC team and a Big 12 team, but I don't think that they have to be the highest ranked remaining team. So I suspect the committee will set up the Georgia vs. Michigan match-up in the Peach Bowl.
As for the remaining bowls:
Citrus: Penn State vs. LSU
Outback: MSU vs. Kentucky or Texas A&M?
Holiday: Northwestern
Music City: Iowa
Pinstripe: Wisconsin
Redbox: Minnesota
Quick Lane: Purdue
You could also put Iowa in the Holiday Bowl and send Northwestern to the Gator Bowl, which would substitute for Music City.
The scary thing is that if MSU would have lost today, the Quick Lane Bowl would have been an option.
