College Football Bowl Predictions Part III (New Year’s Day and Beyond): Auburn-Wisconsin, Kansas State-UCLA, and More

Nov 22, 2014; Pasadena, CA, USA; UCLA Bruins wide receiver Thomas Duarte (18) celebrates with teammates after scoring a touchdown against the Southern California Trojans during the first half at the Rose Bowl. Mandatory Credit: Richard Mackson-USA TODAY Sports

Outside of the New Year’s Six, which we are all excited about, the other college football bowl games starting on New Year’s Day and going on afterward are all incredibly exciting and worth tuning into.

With this set of Vegas College Football Bowl Predictions, we are filled with lots more Top 25 match-ups and major college football games. Many of these teams just missed out on playing in a New Year’s Six Bowl Game or possibly even one of the College Football Playoff games.

The college football bowl games from New Year’s Day and beyond that aren’t part of the New Year’s Six are highlighted by intriguing match-ups between Auburn and Wisconsin, Missouri and Minnesota, and Kansas State and UCLA. All of these teams were in contention to win their respective conferences at least until late November.

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And make no mistake, conference pride will be on the line with all of these games.

There are still plenty of low-level match-ups worth watching as well, though, including a Tennessee-Iowa SEC-Big Ten game and a Big 12-Pac-12 game between Washington and Oklahoma State.

All of these games could go either way based on how the seasons for all of these teams went.

Let’s take a look at how the games will play out in our Vegas College Football Bowl Predictions Part III, which is New Year’s Day games and beyond that are not part of the New Year’s Six.

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