College Football Bowl Projections 2018: Predictions ahead of Selection Sunday

December 15

New Mexico Bowl: Southern Miss vs. Nevada*
2 pm ET, ESPN – Albuquerque, New Mexico

AutoNation Cure Bowl: Tulane vs. Louisiana
2:30 pm ET, CBSSN – Orlando, Florida

Mitsubishi Motors Las Vegas Bowl: Fresno State vs. Arizona State
3:30 pm ET, ABC – Las Vegas, Nevada

Raycom Media Camellia Bowl: Georgia Southern vs. Miami (OH)
5:30 pm ET, ESPN – Montgomery, Alabama

R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl: Appalachian State vs. UAB
9 pm ET, ESPN – New Orleans, Louisiana

December 18

Cheribundi Tart Cherry Boca Raton Bowl: Temple vs. MTSU
7 pm ET, ESPN – Boca Raton, Florida

December 19

DXL Frisco Bowl: Houston vs. Ohio
8 pm ET, ESPN – Frisco, Texas

December 20

Bad Boy Mowers Gasparilla Bowl: South Florida vs. Marshall  
8 pm ET, ESPN – Tampa, Florida

December 21

Makers Wanted Bahamas Bowl: FIU vs. Toledo
12:30 pm ET, ESPN – Nassau, Bahamas

Famous Idaho Potato Bowl: Boise State vs. Northern Illinois
4 pm ET, ESPN – Boise, Idaho

December 22

Birmingham Bowl: Memphis vs. Duke*
Noon ET, ESPN – Birmingham, Alabama

Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl: Army* vs. San Diego State*
3:30 pm ET, ESPN – Fort Worth, Texas

Dollar General Bowl: Buffalo vs. Troy
7 pm ET, ESPN – Mobile, Alabama

Hawai’i Bowl: Hawai’i vs. Louisiana Tech
10:30 pm ET, ESPN – Honolulu, Hawai’i

December 26

SERVPRO First Responder Bowl: North Texas vs. Wake Forest*
1:30 pm ET, ESPN – Dallas, Texas

Quick Lane Bowl: Purdue vs. Virginia
5:15 pm ET, ESPN – Detroit, Michigan

Cheez-It Bowl: Baylor vs. California
9 pm ET, ESPN – Phoenix, Arizona

December 27

Walk-On’s Independence Bowl: Boston College vs. BYU*
1:30 pm ET, ESPN – Shreveport, Louisiana

New Era Pinstripe Bowl: Syracuse vs. Wisconsin
5:15 pm ET, ESPN – New York, New York

Academy Sports + Outdoors Texas Bowl: Missouri vs. TCU
9 pm ET, ESPN – Houston, Texas

December 28

Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl: Georgia Tech vs. South Carolina  
1:30 pm ET, ESPN – Nashville, Tennessee

Camping World Bowl: NC State vs. Iowa State
5:15 pm ET, ESPN – Orlando, Florida

Nova Home Loans Arizona Bowl: Utah State vs. Arkansas State
5:30 pm ET, CBSSN – Tuscon, Arizona

Valero Alamo Bowl: Washington State vs. West Virginia
9 pm ET, ESPN – San Antonio, Texas

December 29

Belk Bowl: Auburn vs. Miami (FL)
Noon ET, ESPN – Charlotte, North Carolina

December 31

Military Bowl Presented by Northrop Grumman: Cincinnati vs. Virginia Tech
Noon ET, ESPN – Annapolis, Maryland

Hyundai Sun Bowl: Utah vs. Pittsburgh
2 pm ET, CBS – El Paso, Texas

Redbox Bowl: Stanford vs. Minnesota
3 pm ET, Fox – Santa Clara, California

AutoZone Liberty Bowl: Oklahoma State vs. Vanderbilt
3:45 pm ET, ESPN – Memphis, Tennessee

San Diego County Credit Union Holiday Bowl: Oregon vs. Iowa
7 pm ET, FS1 – San Diego, California

TaxSlayer Gator Bowl: Texas A&M vs. Northwestern
7:30 pm ET, ESPN – Jacksonville, Florida

January 1

Outback Bowl: Mississippi State vs. Michigan State
Noon ET, ESPN2 – Tampa, Florida

Citrus Bowl: Penn State vs. Kentucky
1 pm ET, ABC – Orlando, Florida

There are 78 bowl slots and 82 eligible teams, so that means four teams are going to get left out in the cold. I’m projecting those four to be Eastern Michigan, Western Michigan, Wyoming, and UL Monroe.