College football Week 10 bowl projections: Alabama, LSU create SEC doubleheader in Playoff

Bill Bender

College football Week 10 bowl projections: Alabama, LSU create SEC doubleheader in Playoff image

Sporting News' Week 10 bowl projections are here and, for now, both Alabama and LSU are in the College Football Playoff.

The Crimson Tide and Tigers are both 8-0 heading into their Nov. 9 matchup at Bryant-Denny Stadium. For now, we have Alabama and Clemson in the Peach Bowl and LSU and Ohio State in the PlayStation Fiesta Bowl.

Oklahoma dropped out of the Playoff projections while Virginia and Baylor dropped out of the New Year's Day 6 consideration. Florida and Wake Forest moved in.

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The 2019 college football postseason schedule features 40 bowl games between FBS teams, with the finale at the national title game on Jan. 13 at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome. This year's semifinal games will be on Dec. 28. The first College Football Playoff Rankings will be released on Nov. 5.

Sporting News has projections for all 40 bowl games here, and they will be updated each week during the college football season. Our projections heading into Week 10 of the college football season:

Week 10 college football bowl projections

DateBowlTeams
Dec. 20Makers Wanted Bahamas BowlBall State vs. Southern Miss
Dec. 20DXL Frisco BowlWestern Michigan vs. Temple
Dec. 21Gildan New Mexico BowlLouisiana Tech vs. San Diego State
Dec. 21AutoNation Cure BowlLouisiana vs. UCF
Dec. 21Cheribundi Tart Cherry Boca Raton BowlFAU vs. Cincinnati
Dec. 21Raycom Media Camellia BowlToledo vs. Georgia Southern
Dec. 21Mitsubishi Motors Las Vegas BowlBoise State vs. Stanford
Dec. 21R&L Carriers New Orleans BowlWestern Kentucky vs. Appalachian State
Dec. 23Bad Boy Mowers Gasparilla BowlUAB vs. Tulane
Dec. 24SoFi Hawai'i BowlBYU vs. Fresno State
Dec. 26Walk-On's Independence BowlUSC* vs. Louisville
Dec. 26Quick Lane BowlNebraska vs. Miami
Dec. 27Military Bowl Presented by Northrop GrummanArmy* vs. Memphis
Dec. 27New Era Pinstripe BowlMichigan State vs. North Carolina
Dec. 27Academy Sports and Outdoors Texas BowlOklahoma State vs. Wyoming*
Dec. 27SDCU Holiday BowlWashington State vs. Iowa
Dec. 27Cheez-It BowlArizona State vs. TCU
Dec. 28Camping World BowlIowa State vs. Virginia Tech
Dec. 30SERVPRO First Responders BowlKansas State vs. N.C. State*
Dec. 30Franklin American Mortgage Music City BowlArizona vs. Pitt
Dec. 30Redbox BowlCal* vs. Indiana
Dec. 31Belk BowlKentucky vs. Florida State
Dec. 31Hyundai Sun BowlWashington vs. Virginia
Dec. 31AutoZone Liberty BowlTexas vs. Tennessee
Dec. 31Valero Alamo BowlUtah vs. Baylor
Dec. 31NOVA Home Loans Arizona BowlUL-Monroe vs. Air Force
Jan. 1Outback BowlMississippi State vs. Minnesota
Jan. 1Buffalo Wild Wings Citrus BowlAuburn vs. Wisconsin
Jan. 2Birmingham BowlBoston College* vs. Liberty*
Jan. 2TaxSlayer BowlTexas A&M vs. Michigan
Jan. 3Famous Idaho Potato BowlMiami (Ohio) vs. Utah State
Jan. 4Lockheed Martin Armed Forces BowlNevada* vs. Navy
Jan. 6Mobile Alabama BowlOhio vs. Georgia State
*No conference tie-in to bowl

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College Football Playoff/New Year's Day 6 projections

Dec. 28Goodyear Cotton BowlNotre Dame vs. SMU
Dec. 30Capital One Orange BowlWake Forest vs. Georgia
Jan. 1Rose BowlOregon vs. Penn State
Jan. 1Allstate Sugar BowlFlorida vs. Oklahoma
Dec. 28PlayStation Fiesta Bowl (semifinal)LSU vs. Ohio State
Dec. 28Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl (semifinal)Alabama vs. Clemson

College Football Playoff championship projection

Jan. 13College Football Playoff championshipOhio State vs. Alabama

Bill Bender

Bill Bender graduated from Ohio University in 2002 and started at The Sporting News as a fantasy football writer in 2007. He has covered the College Football Playoff, NBA Finals and World Series for SN. Bender enjoys story-telling, awesomely-bad 80s movies and coaching youth sports.