Sad as it is to say but we’ve got only one week left in the regular season for nearly everybody in the Power Five conferences and are just two weeks out from the all important Selection Sunday. The College Football Playoff race has turned into a modified eight team playoff with all of the conference title games going on and the continued jockeying for a New Year’s Six bid and other major bowl berths is filtering down to teams far and wide.
With all that in mind, CFTalk decided to peer into our crystal ball and take a look at the postseason picture -- figuring out which teams wind up in certain bowl games prior to the official announcement. Running through all the scenarios, here’s how the bowl picture could play out from the final four to the very first one on December 16th:
College Football Playoff
| Bowl | Teams | |
|---|---|---|
| Rose Bowl | No. 2 Clemson | No. 3 Oklahoma |
| Sugar Bowl | No. 1 Alabama | No. 4 Ohio State |
New Year’s Six
| Bowl | Teams | |
|---|---|---|
| Peach Bowl | UCF | TCU |
| Fiesta Bowl | USC | Wisconsin |
| Orange Bowl | Miami | Georgia |
| Cotton Bowl | Notre Dame | Penn State |
2016 FBS Bowl Games
| Bowl | Teams | |
|---|---|---|
| New Mexico Bowl | Colorado State | North Texas |
| Las Vegas Bowl | Oregon | Boise State |
| Cure Bowl | UTSA | Georgia State |
| Camellia Bowl | Arkansas State | Akron |
| New Orleans Bowl | Southern Miss | Troy |
| Boca Raton Bowl | Temple | Marshall |
| Frisco Bowl | Houston | Central Michigan |
| Gasparilla Bowl | USF | Florida Atlantic |
| Bahamas Bowl | Florida International | Northern Illinois |
| Famous Idaho Potato Bowl | Wyoming | Ohio |
| Birmingham Bowl | La. Tech | Memphis |
| Armed Forces Bowl | Army* | UAB |
| Dollar General Bowl | Toledo | App. State |
| Hawaii Bowl | Fresno State | SMU |
| Cactus Bowl | Kansas State | Utah |
| Quick Lane Bowl | Western Michigan | UNLV |
| Heart of Dallas Bowl | Western Kentucky | UCLA |
| Independence Bowl | Florida State | Arizona State |
| Pinstripe Bowl | Boston College | Purdue |
| Texas Bowl | Iowa State | Missouri |
| Foster Farms Bowl | Stanford | Iowa |
| Military Bowl | Virginia | Navy |
| Camping World Bowl | Virginia Tech | Oklahoma State |
| Alamo Bowl | Texas | Washington State |
| Holiday Bowl | Washington | San Diego State |
| Belk Bowl | Wake Forest | South Carolina |
| Sun Bowl | Louisville | Arizona |
| Music City Bowl | Kentucky | Northwestern |
| TaxSlayer Bowl | N.C. State | LSU |
| Liberty Bowl | West Virginia | Texas A&M |
| Arizona Bowl | Utah State | N.M. State |
| Outback Bowl | Mississippi State | Michigan |
| Citrus Bowl | Michigan State | Auburn |
*Accepted bowl invite