College Football Playoff and NY6 bowl projections after Week 11
College Football Playoff
Peach Bowl
1 Georgia v 4 Michigan
Fiesta Bowl
2 Ohio State vs 3 Tennessee
Despite the results from this week’s results and rankings, we hold firm on our apocalypse scenario playoff, where the SEC and the Big Ten rule the world.
In the Peach Bowl Semifinal, we have a rematch of last year’s CFP semifinal when Georgia steamrolled the Michigan Wolverines 34-11 in a game that was over at halftime.
We project Georgia, the kings of the SEC East, to win out and take the top spot in the rankings, earning the valuable home game for a semifinal.
We’re projecting Michigan to take the final ranking, and this will no doubt be controversial. Through 11 weeks, Michigan has looked like one of the four best teams. We’re projecting they lose a close game at Ohio State which is important to note, and stay in the field. This will irate the potential champions of multiple conferences, but it’s about the four best teams making the field.
With Ohio State running the table, they slot in as the #2 seed and will take on our next controversial team with #3 Tennessee getting the nod.
I’ve been skeptical of Tennessee all season, and much of that was founded in their 27-13 loss at Georgia last week. However, the field has made their path to a playoff berth all but certain.
If TCU slips, Tennessee gets the 4th seed, and I’d expect Tennessee to get in over an ACC or PAC 12 champ.
A Fiesta Bowl playoff between Ohio State and Tennessee would be wild. The first team to 50 might win.
College Football Playoff National Championship
1 Georgia v 2 Ohio State