The 2019 college postseason schedule features 40 bowl games between FBS teams, with the finale at the College Football Playoff championship game on Jan. 13 at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome. This year’s semifinal games will be on Dec. 28 at the Peach Bowl and Fiesta Bowl.

The big question is whether anybody other than Clemson or Alabama make their way to the Big Easy for the championship game. Georgia, Ohio State, Texas and Oklahoma are among the teams we believe could be in the hunt for the other two Playoff spots as the sixth College Football Playoff chase begins.

Sporting News has projections for all 40 bowl games here, and they will be updated throughout the season as dates for bowls outside the New Year’s Day Six are revealed.

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2019 college football bowl projections

Bowl Teams R&L Carriers New Orleans Bowl Marshall vs. Appalachian State AutoNation Cure Bowl Arkansas State vs. Tulane Las Vegas Bowl Fresno State vs. UCLA Gildan New Mexico Bowl FIU vs. Boise State Raycom Media Camellia Bowl Western Michigan vs. Troy Cheribundi Tart Cherry Boca Raton Bowl North Texas* vs. Memphis DXL Frisco Bowl Toledo vs. South Florida Bad Boy Mowers Gasparilla Bowl UAB vs. Cincinnati Bahamas Bowl Northern Illinois vs. Louisiana Tech Famous Idaho Potato Bowl Eastern Michigan vs. Utah State Jared Birmingham Bowl Houston vs. Vanderbilt Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl Arizona State* vs. Boston College* Dollar General Bowl Ohio vs. Louisiana Hawa'ii Bowl BYU vs. Nevada SERVPRO First Responders Bowl Texas Tech vs. Northwestern Quick Lane Bowl Purdue vs. N.C. State Cheez-It Bowl USC vs. Baylor Walk-On's Independence Bowl South Carolina vs. Wake Forest New Era Pinstripe Bowl Michigan State vs. Virginia Tech Redbox Bowl Stanford vs. Minnesota Academy Sports and Outdoors Texas Bowl TCU vs Mississippi State Military Bowl Presented by Northrup Grumman Army* vs. North Carolina Camping World Bowl Oklahoma State vs. Pittsburgh Valero Alamo Bowl Utah vs. Iowa State San Diego County Credit Union Holiday Washington vs. Iowa Belk Bowl Ole Miss vs. Florida State Hyundai Sun Bowl Washington State vs. Miami Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl Kentucky vs. Virginia NOVA Home Loans Arizona Bowl Georgia Southern vs. San Diego State TaxSlayer Bowl Tennessee vs. Nebraska AutoZone Liberty Bowl West Virginia vs. Texas A&M Outback Bowl Auburn vs. Penn State Buffalo Wild Wings Citrus Bowl LSU vs. Wisconsin

*No conference tie-in to bowl

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College Football Playoff/New Year’s Day Six projections

Dec. 28 Goodyear Cotton Bowl Notre Dame vs. UCF Dec. 28 Capital One Orange Bowl Syracuse vs. Florida Jan. 1 Rose Bowl Michigan vs. Oregon Jan. 1 Allstate Sugar Bowl Georgia vs. Oklahoma Dec. 28 PlayStation Fiesta Bowl (semifinal) Clemson vs. Texas Dec. 28 Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl (semifinal) Alabama vs. Ohio State

College Football Playoff championship projection