Without any major upsets, the bowl projections have not changed too much since last week. With Virginia Tech’s win, there are now four six-win teams who will not make a bowl. Joining Louisiana-Monroe, Wyoming, Miami (OH) on that unfortunate projected list is Southern Miss. All six win teams in mid-major conferences need to worry. More interesting are the teams at the other end of the spectrum. Alabama, Clemson and Notre Dame are clearly in the playoffs. The fourth team will come down to Georgia, Oklahoma and Ohio State (sorry UCF). The committee favored Oklahoma last week, but there is still plenty of drama heading into Sunday’s selection.
American: Cincinnati, Houston, Memphis, South Florida, Temple, Tulane, UCF
ACC: Boston College, Clemson, Duke, Georgia Tech, Miami, North Carolina State, Pittsburgh, Syracuse, Virginia, Virginia Tech, Wake Forest
Big 12: Baylor, Iowa State, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, TCU, Texas, West Virginia
Big Ten: Iowa, Michigan, Michigan State, Minnesota, Northwestern, Ohio State, Penn State, Purdue, Wisconsin
C-USA: Florida International, Louisiana Tech, Marshall, Middle Tennessee, North Texas, UAB
Independent: Army, BYU, Notre Dame
MAC: Buffalo, Eastern Michigan, Northern Illinois, Ohio, Toledo, Western Michigan
MWC: Boise State, Fresno State, Hawaii, Nevada, San Diego State, Utah State
Pac-12: Arizona State, California, Oregon, Stanford, Utah, Washington, Washington State
SEC: Alabama, Auburn, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, LSU, Mississippi State, Missouri, South Carolina, Texas A&M, Vanderbilt
Sun Belt: Appalachian State, Arkansas State, Georgia Southern, Louisiana, Troy
