College Football Playoff 2018: New Year’s Six projections after Week 1

Rose Bowl: Wisconsin vs. Washington

After Ohio State, the Wisconsin Badgers are the favorite to win the Big Ten. With a stingy defense and one of the best running backs in all of college football, the Badgers could make their first appearance in the College Football Playoff in 2018-19. If they were to fall just short, we should expect to see them in the “Granddaddy of Them All.”

For teams from the Big Ten and Pac-12, the Rose Bowl is the next best thing after winning a national title.

For the Pac-12 representative, we have the Washington Huskies. They opened up their 2018 season with a tough loss to the Auburn Tigers. Despite losing the game, the Huskies showed why they’re the favorite to win the Pac-12.

Contending with a team from the SEC on both sides of the ball for 60 minutes is a tough feat to accomplish but Washington did just that.

If the Huskies can go undefeated from here on, they may not be in the Rose Bowl, but in one of the playoff games instead.