No. 2 Ohio State and No. 3 Michigan are headed toward what could be a battle of 11-0 teams on Nov. 26.
If that happens, then it's feasible both teams could make the College Football Playoff. At least it should be. Sporting News' Week 11 bowl projections have the Wolverines and Buckeyes in the CFP semifinals along with fellow unbeaten teams in No. 1 Georgia and No. 4 TCU. There is not an argument for anybody else right now.
The loser of the Ohio State-Michigan game would not have the benefit of a conference championship, but if the game is a classic (and it should be), then the loser would be in the same discussion as No. 5 Tennessee and the rest of the one-loss champions. It is a debate the Buckeyes – and perhaps the Wolverines – would win.
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This week's bowl projections also dropped No. 10 Alabama and No. 12 Clemson out of the New Year's Day Six. No. 7 LSU, No. 15 North Carolina and No. 18 Texas moved into our projections.
The College Football Playoff semifinals will be on Dec. 31 this season. Those semifinals will be played at the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl in Atlanta and the Fiesta Bowl in Glendale, Ariz. The College Football Playoff championship game is on Jan. 9 at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, Calif.
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Week 11 College Football Bowl Projections
| DATE | BOWL | MATCHUP |
| Dec. 16 | Bahamas Bowl | North Texas vs. Bowling Green |
| Dec. 16 | Cure Bowl | South Alabama vs. Rice |
| Dec. 17 | Wasabi Fenway Bowl | Cincinnati vs. Louisville |
| Dec. 17 | New Mexico Bowl | BYU vs. Air Force |
| Dec. 17 | Jimmy Kimmel LA Bowl | Boise State vs. Houston |
| Dec. 17 | Lending Tree Bowl | Ball State vs. Georgia Southern |
| Dec. 17 | Las Vegas Bowl | Washington State vs. Missouri |
| Dec. 17 | Frisco Bowl | Western Kentucky vs. Memphis |
| Dec. 19 | Myrtle Beach Bowl | FIU vs. Appalachian State |
| Dec. 20 | Famous Idaho Potato Bowl | Buffalo vs. Fresno State |
| Dec. 20 | Boca Raton Bowl | East Carolina vs. MTSU |
| Dec. 21 | New Orleans Bowl | UTSA vs. Southern Miss |
| Dec. 22 | Armed Forces Bowl | Pitt* vs. Liberty |
| Dec. 23 | Independence Bowl | Marshall* vs. UConn |
| Dec. 23 | Gasparilla Bowl | Troy vs San Jose State |
| Dec. 24 | Hawaii Bowl | FAU vs. Wyoming |
| Dec. 26 | Quick Lane Bowl | Ohio vs. Michigan State |
| Dec. 27 | Camellia Bowl | Toledo vs. Coastal Carolina |
| Dec. 27 | First Responder Bowl | Texas Tech vs. Washington |
| Dec. 27 | Birmingham Bowl | UCF vs. Arkansas |
| Dec. 27 | Guaranteed Rate Bowl | Kansas vs. Iowa |
| Dec. 28 | Military Bowl | Syracuse vs. SMU |
| Dec. 28 | Liberty Bowl | Baylor vs. South Carolina |
| Dec. 28 | Holiday Bowl | UCLA vs. Florida State |
| Dec. 28 | Texas Bowl | Oklahoma vs. Mississippi State |
| Dec. 29 | Pinstripe Bowl | Purdue vs. Wake Forest |
| Dec. 29 | Cheez-It Bowl | Oklahoma State vs. NC State |
| Dec. 29 | Alamo Bowl | Kansas State vs. Utah |
| Dec. 30 | Duke's Mayo Bowl | Minnesota vs. Notre Dame |
| Dec. 30 | Tony the Tiger Sun Bowl | Oregon State vs. Duke |
| Dec. 30 | Gator Bowl | Clemson vs. Florida |
| Dec. 30 | Arizona Bowl | Eastern Michigan vs. San Diego State |
| Dec. 31 | Music City Bowl | Wisconsin vs. Kentucky |
| Jan. 2 | ReliaQuest Bowl | Maryland vs. Ole Miss |
| Jan. 2 | Citrus Bowl | Illinois vs. Alabama |
College football New Year's Day Six picks
| DATE | BOWL | MATCHUP |
| Dec. 30 | Capital One Orange Bowl | North Carolina vs. LSU |
| Dec. 31 | Allstate Sugar Bowl | Texas vs. Tennessee |
| Jan. 2 | Goodyear Cotton Bowl | Tulane vs. USC |
| Jan. 2 | Rose Bowl Game | Penn State vs. Oregon |
| Dec. 31 | Chick-Fil-A Peach Bowl (semifinal) | Georgia vs. Michigan |
| Dec. 31 | Fiesta Bowl (semifinal) | Ohio State vs. TCU |
College Football Playoff championship pick
| DATE | BOWL | MATCHUP |
| Jan. 11 | CFP championship game | Ohio State vs. Georgia |