Never listen to anyone who tells you the college football season is proceeding in too orderly a fashion. We go through this ever year: people look up at the rankings in mid-October and declare there are too many unbeaten teams, too many teams with obvious paths to the Playoff, or what have you. Always have faith in college football chaos.

Below, updated picks for every bowl and Playoff game, after Week 8 unloaded its blessings upon us.

This week's biggest developments: Ohio State and Texas A&M are no longer unbeaten (only nine undefeated FBS teams are left, which is fewer than last year at this point), and the American seems to be down to just Navy in the New Year's Six mid-major race after Houston got destroyed by lil ole SMU.

We're running out of chances for Alabama to lose, and the Tide are almost to the point at which a loss wouldn't matter anyway, even without accounting for the annual Zombie Bama hulk-up that comes after an L.

Anyway, let's take a look at all of bowl season and how things might shape up in December.

College Football Playoff Fiesta

Dec. 31, Glendale, AZ Clemson Michigan Playoff rankings top 4 Peach

Dec. 31, Atlanta Alabama Washington Playoff rankings top 4 National Championship

Jan. 9, Tampa Alabama Michigan Fiesta winner vs. Peach winner

I know I just said that thing about chaos, but these teams are still the best choices to win Power 5 conferences. Once mayhem strikes, we'll adapt.

Something tells me this will be the first week of the year in which my pick of either Michigan or Ohio State to represent the Big Ten will be uncontroversial. Just have a sense.

OSU can still make it in. Winning out and beating Michigan would likely win the East, since Penn State's overall record would hurt it in a three-way tiebreaker scenario. But UM's the clear favorite now.

Bama and Washington dominated opponents of wildly varying quality (A&M and Oregon State, respectively), and Clemson was off, thanking the heavens it's already beaten Lamar Jackson.

New Year's Six bowls Cotton

Jan. 2, Arlington, TX Boise State Wisconsin At-large Rose

Jan. 2, Pasadena, CA Ohio State Utah Big Ten 1 vs. Pac-12 1 Sugar

Jan. 2, New Orleans Oklahoma Texas A&M Big 12 1 vs. SEC 1 Orange

Dec. 30, Miami Louisville Tennessee ACC vs. Big Ten/SEC/ND

One change in this group this week: Wisconsin in for Baylor. I think there's little separation at the top of the Big 12, where some records are about to get muddied. The Badgers have a good shot at 10-2 or 10-3, and the committee's shown it doesn't punish division champions much for losing conference title games. Nebraska's obviously right there as well.

Considered Wisconsin over Tennessee as well, but UT's strength of schedule should rank better, based on the committee's stated preference for bowl-eligible opponents.

Conference selection order, not based on standings Outback

Jan. 2, Tampa Penn State Florida Big Ten 2-4 vs. SEC 3-8 Citrus

Dec. 31, Orlando Nebraska LSU Big Ten 2-4/ACC vs. SEC 2 TaxSlayer

Dec. 31, Jacksonville Miami Arkansas ACC 3-6/Big Ten 5-7 vs. SEC 3-8 Music City

Dec. 30, Nashville Indiana Ole Miss ACC 3-6/Big Ten 5-7 vs. SEC 3-8 Liberty

Dec. 30, Memphis Oklahoma State Georgia Big 12 5 vs. SEC 3-8 Sun

Dec. 30, El Paso, TX Pitt Arizona State ACC 3-6 vs. Pac-12 5 Arizona

Dec. 30, Tucson Utah State Troy MWC vs. Sun Belt Alamo

Dec. 29, San Antonio TCU Washington State Big 12 2 vs. Pac-12 2 Belk

Dec. 29, Charlotte Virginia Tech Auburn ACC 3-6 vs. SEC 3-8 Birmingham

Dec. 29 USF Army* American vs. SEC 9 Foster Farms

Dec. 28, Santa Clara, CA Iowa USC Big Ten 5-7 vs. Pac-12 4 Pinstripe

Dec. 28, New York City North Carolina Maryland ACC 3-6 vs. Big Ten 5-7 Russell Athletic

Dec. 28, Orlando Florida State West Virginia ACC 2 vs. Big 12 3 Texas

Dec. 28, Houston Baylor Missouri** Big 12 4 vs. SEC 3-8 Cactus

Dec. 27, Tempe, AZ Texas Stanford Big 12 6 vs. Pac-12 7 Heart of Dallas

Dec. 27 Idaho* WKU Big Ten vs. C-USA Holiday

Dec. 27, San Diego Minnesota Colorado Big Ten 2-4 vs. Pac-12 3 Military

Dec. 27, Annapolis, MD Georgia Tech Houston ACC vs. American Independence

Dec. 26, Shreveport, LA UTEP** Akron* ACC vs. SEC St. Petersburg

Dec. 26 Wake Forest Cincinnati ACC vs. American Quick Lane

Dec. 26, Detroit, MI Syracuse** Northwestern ACC vs. Big Ten Hawaii

Dec. 24, Honolulu Temple* Hawaii C-USA vs. MWC Dollar General

Dec. 23, Mobile, AL WMU South Alabama MAC 1 vs. Sun Belt 2 Armed Forces

Dec. 23, Fort Worth, TX Kansas State Navy Big 12 vs. Navy Bahamas

Dec. 23, Nassau Tulsa Ohio American vs. MAC Potato

Dec. 22, Boise, ID Toledo Air Force MAC 2 vs. MWC Poinsettia

Dec. 21, San Diego BYU Wyoming BYU vs. MWC Boca Raton

Dec. 20 Memphis Southern Miss American vs. C-USA Miami Beach

Dec. 19 SMU EMU American vs. MAC Las Vegas

Dec. 17 San Diego State UCLA MWC 1 vs. Pac-12 6 Camelia

Dec. 17, Montgomery, AL CMU Appalachian State MAC 3 vs. Sun Belt 3 Cure

Dec. 17, Orlando UCF Georgia Southern American vs. Sun Belt New Mexico

Dec. 17, Albuquerque MTSU New Mexico C-USA vs. MWC New Orleans

Dec. 17 UL Lafayette LA Tech Sun Belt 1 vs. C-USA

* = taking another conference's unfilled bid

** = here at 5-7, thanks to APR scores

Todd Graham Bowl!

Any thoughts on all that?