With the start of college football now just around the corner, it's never too early to predict where major Power 5 teams could end up during bowl season, icing on the cake for fans and players as the culmination of a 14-week grind we wouldn't know what to do without.

Preseason magazine guru Phil Steele, who studies rosters, determines schedule favorability and interviews coaches 12 months out of the year, believes he has a firm grasp on how each team could finish in 2018. He has compiled his annual 'College Football Bowl Projections' list of every matchup this postseason.

For this exercise, we've picked out the games we deem are the 25 most viewer-friendly matchups. Along with his preseason Top 25 rankings, Steele's preseason bowl projections are often the most accurate nationally against other well-known publications.

Our own 247Sports preseason bowl projections from national analyst Brad Crawford come out in August and will be updated every Sunday night throughout the season.

Without further ado, here's a look at Steele's preseason notables: