The 2018 college football schedule is nearly halfway complete, meaning we're one week closer to the 40-game 2018 bowl season. Sporting News, of course, has projections for all of those bowls.
This week, we kept Alabama, Georgia, Clemson and Ohio State in the College Football Playoff — but did switch up the championship game for the first time since our preseason projections were released. Our New Year's Day Six picks remained in tact for at least another week.
MORE: Week 6 playoff picture
Here are our picks for every bowl game, with a familiar national championship game.
Week 6 College football bowl projections
| Date | Bowl | Projected teams |
| Dec. 15 | Gildan New Mexico Bowl | San Diego State vs. Southern Miss |
| Dec. 15 | AutoNation Cure Bowl | Appalachian State vs. Tulane |
| Dec. 15 | Las Vegas Bowl | Boise State vs. Colorado |
| Dec. 15 | Raycom Media Camellia Bowl | Georgia Southern vs. Fresno State |
| Dec. 15 | New Orleans Bowl | Arkansas State vs. Louisiana Tech |
| Dec. 18 | Cheribundi Tart Boca Raton Bowl | Ohio vs. FIU |
| Dec. 19 | Frisco Bowl | Akron vs. USF |
| Dec. 20 | Bad Boy Mowers Gasparilla Bowl | FAU vs. Cincinnati |
| Dec. 21 | Bahamas Bowl | Marshall vs. Toledo |
| Dec. 21 | Potato Bowl | Northern Illinois vs. Utah State |
| Dec. 22 | Birmingham Bowl | Houston vs. Tulane |
| Dec. 22 | Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl | BYU vs. Navy |
| Dec. 22 | Dollar General Bowl | Coastal Carolina vs. Buffalo |
| Dec. 22 | Hawai'i Bowl | Hawaii vs. North Texas |
| Dec. 26 | First Responder Bowl | MTSU vs. Purdue |
| Dec. 26 | Quick Lane Bowl | Virginia vs. Indiana |
| Dec. 26 | Cheez-It Bowl | Oklahoma State vs. Cal |
| Dec. 27 | Walk-On's Independence Bowl | Wake Forest vs. Vanderbilt |
| Dec. 27 | New Era Pinstripe Bowl | Duke vs. Minnesota |
| Dec. 27 | Academy Sports + Outdoors Texas Bowl | Texas Tech vs. Mississippi State |
| Dec. 28 | Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl | N.C. State vs. Missouri |
| Dec. 28 | Camping World Bowl | TCU vs. Syracuse |
| Dec. 28 | Arizona Bowl | Troy vs. Wyoming |
| Dec. 28 | Valero Alamo Bowl | West Virginia vs. Washington State |
| Dec. 29 | Chick-Fil-A Peach Bowl | Notre Dame vs. Miami (Fla.) |
| Dec. 29 | Belk Bowl | Florida State vs. South Carolina |
| Dec. 31 | Military Bowl | Army vs. Boston College |
| Dec. 31 | Hyundai Sun Bowl | Virginia Tech vs. Oregon |
| Dec. 31 | San Francisco Bowl | Maryland vs. Arizona State |
| Dec. 31 | AutoZone Liberty Bowl | Texas vs. Texas A&M |
| Dec. 31 | Holiday Bowl | Iowa vs. USC |
| Dec. 31 | TaxSlayer Gator Bowl | Michigan State vs. Florida |
| Jan. 1 | Outback Bowl | Wisconsin vs. Auburn |
| Jan. 1 | Citrus Bowl | Michigan vs. Kentucky |
| Jan. 1 | PlayStation Fiesta Bowl | UCF vs. Stanford |
| Jan. 1 | Rose Bowl Game | Penn State vs. Washington |
| Jan. 1 | AllState Sugar Bowl | Oklahoma vs. LSU |
MORE: SN's Week 6 Power Rankings
College Football Playoff predictions
| Dec. 29 | Capital One Orange Bowl | Georgia vs. Alabama |
| Dec. 29 | Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic | Clemson vs. Ohio State |
| Jan. 7 | College Football Playoff championship | Alabama vs. Ohio State |