Week 13 CFB Playoff & Bowl Projections

Week 13 CFB Playoff and bowl projections based on how the season is predicted to end.

Week 13 CFB Playoff and bowl projections based on how the season is predicted to end. Let's start with what I predict the final  CFB Playoff rankings to be through the highest-rated Group of Five team (Power Five teams need to be in the top 12 for at-large NY6 bowl consideration):

1) LSU (13-0)
2) Ohio State (12-1)
3) Clemson (13-0)
4) Utah (12-1)
5) Georgia (11-2)
6) Oklahoma (12-1)
7) Minnesota (11-2)
8) Michigan (10-2)
9) Florida (10-2)
10) Penn State (10-2)
11) Auburn (9-3)
12) Alabama (10-2) 
13) Baylor (11-2)
14) Notre Dame (10-2)
15) Wisconsin (9-3)
16) Oregon (10-3)
17) Memphis (12-1)  

These final rankings would result in the following playoff/Big Ten bowl pairings:

Peach Bowl National Semifinal
Utah (12-1) vs. LSU (13-0)

Fiesta Bowl National Semifinal
Clemson (13-0) vs. Ohio State (12-1) 

*Rose Bowl
Oregon (10-3) vs. Minnesota (11-2)

**Sugar Bowl
Oklahoma (12-1) vs. Georgia (11-2) 

***Orange Bowl
Virginia (9-4) vs. Florida (10-2) 

****Cotton Bowl
Memphis (12-1) vs. Michigan (10-2) 

Citrus Bowl
Wisconsin (9-3) vs. Alabama (10-2)

Outback Bowl
Auburn (9-3) vs. Penn State (10-2) 

Holiday Bowl
USC (8-4) vs. Iowa (8-4) 

Taxslayer Bowl
Texas A&M (7-5) vs. Indiana (8-4)

Pinstripe Bowl
Florida State (6-6) vs. Nebraska (6-6)

Redbox Bowl
California (6-6) vs. Illinois (7-5)

Quick Lane Bowl
North Carolina (6-6) vs. Michigan State (6-6) 

*=Rose Bowl selects highest-ranked Big Ten and Pac-12 teams available, which aren't in the playoff. 

**=Sugar Bowl selects highest-ranked Big 12 and SEC teams available, which aren't in the playoff. 

***=Orange Bowl selects highest-rated ACC team not in the playoff, versus the highest-ranked team from the SEC/Big Ten or Notre Dame. 

****=Cotton Bowl selects highest-ranked team available vs. the highest-ranked Group of Five team. 

Many of the Big Ten's bowl current bowl agreements restrict a team from playing in the game more than once in a five-year window whenever possible, and that was accounted for in how we slotted these teams.