College Football Bowl Projections: Brett McMurphy’s Week 12 Predictions, College Football Playoff Picks

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With three weeks remaining, we’re up to 53 bowl-eligible teams to fill the 82 available spots. There are still 43 teams within two wins of reaching the magic six-win mark: 27 five-win teams and 16 four-win teams.

The biggest challenge isn’t necessarily figuring out what teams in which bowls; it’s projecting the College Football Playoff field.

This week, I’m projecting Oregon (Big Ten), Texas (SEC), Miami (ACC), Colorado (Big 12) and Boise State (Mountain West/Group of Five) as the conference champions receiving the automatic bids.

Good luck to the committee determining which at-large teams make the cut. I’m sure their selections won’t be controversial. They never are.

Included in my Week 12 bowl projections is the projected point spread of each matchup from Action Network senior writer Collin Wilson’s betting power ratings.

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Projected College Football Playoff Field

*Conference champions projected to receive automatic bids

1
Oregon Ducks Logo

Oregon*

Big Ten
2
Texas Longhorns Logo

Texas*

SEC
3
Miami Hurricanes Logo

Miami*

ACC
4
Colorado Buffaloes Logo

Colorado*

Big 12
5
Ohio State Buckeyes Logo

Ohio State

Big Ten
6
Ole Miss Rebela Logo

Ole Miss

SEC
7
Notre Dame Fighting Irish Logo

Notre Dame

Independent
8
Penn State Nittany Lions Logo

Penn State

Big Ten
9
Tennessee Volunteers Logo

Tennessee

SEC
10
Indiana Hoosiers Logo

Indiana

Big Ten
11
Georgia Bulldogs Logo

Georgia

SEC
12
Boise State Broncos Logo

Boise State*

MWC

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About the Author
Brett is "America's College Football Insider" for the Action Network. Brett was nominated twice for a Pulitzer Prize in investigative reporting, but wasn’t a nominee finalist. A long-time voter in the AP Top 25 poll and for the Heisman Trophy, Brett was named the 2019 Beat Writer of the Year by the Football Writers Association of America. Before joining Action Network, Brett’s previous stops included ESPN, CBS Sports, the New York Times, Stadium, AOL Fanhouse and the Tampa Tribune.

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