College Football Bowl Projections 2019, Week 10: Oklahoma falls, LSU rises

December 23

Gasparilla Bowl: UCF vs. UAB
2:30 p.m. ET, ESPN – Tampa, Fla.

December 24

Hawaii Bowl: Hawaii vs. BYU
8 p.m. ET, ESPN – Honolulu, Hawaii

December 26

Independence Bowl: Miami (FL) vs. Southern Miss*
4 p.m. ET, ESPN – Shreveport, La.

Quick Lane Bowl: Nebraska vs. Duke
8 p.m. ET, ESPN – Detroit, Mich.

December 27

Military Bowl: Navy vs. Virginia
12 p.m. ET, ESPN – Annapolis, Md.

Pinstripe Bowl: Florida State vs. Michigan State
3:20 p.m. ET, ESPN – Bronx, N.Y.

Texas Bowl: Kansas State vs. Arizona*
6:45 p.m. ET, ESPN – Houston, Texas

Cheez-It Bowl: Oklahoma State vs. Cal
10:15 p.m. ET, ESPN – Phoenix, Ariz.

Holiday Bowl: Michigan vs. USC
Time TBA – San Diego, Calif.

The Skinny

With the SEC looking at potentially landing two playoff teams, and two other teams in the New Year’s Six, combined with Missouri being ineligible for postseason play, the conference is unlikely to come anywhere close to filling its bowl allotment. That means that bowls with SEC tie-ins will have to search the at-large pool in order to fill the vacated slots.

Michigan is alive once more for a New Year’s Six berth after hammering Notre Dame on Saturday night at the Big House. I’ve thrown a lot of shade toward Jim Harbaugh over the years, but it’s hard not to be impressed with the in-season turnaround the Wolverines have made.

I think the Irish were probably a good bit overrated themselves, but this Michigan team has made major strides since getting blown out by Wisconsin. I think the Holiday Bowl would be thrilled with his projected matchup, though.