College Football Bowl Projections 2018: Predictions ahead of Selection Sunday

Selection Sunday is here. Here are the latest college football bowl projections before all of the matchups and College Football Playoff field are set.

Championship Weekend across college football delivered with some thrilling games and some storybook endings.

There was no better example than in Atlanta for the SEC Championship, where Jalen Hurts rescued Alabama from the depths of defeat to nip Georgia once again. Hurts, a two-year starter, was benched in the National Championship Game last season against those same Bulldogs in that same venue.

His understudy, Tua Tagovailoa, came up with a brilliant second half to clinch the title, and birth a legend in the process. Hurts has been biding his time ever since, ignoring the outside noise of pundits and fans begging him to transfer. Instead, Hurts stuck it out with the belief that his number would get called eventually, and it did when Tua went down with an injury in the fourth quarter.

Jalen came in with the Crimson Tide trailing 28-21, and orchestrated two touchdown drives by going a perfect 3-for-3 on third downs. He hit Jerry Jeudy for a score to tie it, and then called his own number on a QB draw for the decisive score with just over a minute remaining in the game.

The win clinches Alabama’s place in the College Football Playoff alongside Clemson, who rolled past Pitt in the ACC Championship, and Notre Dame, which went undefeated in the regular season but didn’t have the benefit of a 13th game to pad the resume – their spot is seemingly secure anyway, however.

The argument will come down to the fourth and final playoff spot, with four teams lobbying for inclusion.

Which team will grab that coveted No. 4 seed, and how will the rest of the bowl games shake out?