Bowl/Playoff Projections

[Dan]

Duke's Mayo Bowl: Illinois vs NC State

College Football Bowl Projections 2025-26

CBS Sports experts select the college football teams they believe will make the NCAA National Semifinals at the end of the 2025 season and give projections for each game.

www.cbssports.com

 

[IlliniFaninHoosierLand]

Latest ESPN.com projections:

-Schlabach: Duke's Mayo vs. Louisville
-Bonagura: TransPerfect Music City vs. Arkansas

 

[jrichisamazing]

Now that we've fallen off a bit....I think the Music City Bowl is a good game to fall into. Nashville is a fun city and there are some interesting SEC matchups that could happen.

Mizzou vs Illinois in Nashville?

 

[IlliniFaninHoosierLand]

Now that we've fallen off a bit....I think the Music City Bowl is a good game to fall into. Nashville is a fun city and there are some interesting SEC matchups that could happen.

Mizzou vs Illinois in Nashville?

Mizzou may not end up being bowl eligible. They'd have to win their last two games just to even get bowl eligible. Only one of the projectors on ESPN.com even had them in a bowl, which would actually be another rivalry game for the Tigers, which is the Autozone Liberty Bowl vs. Kansas.

 

[redwingillini11]

Sad bowl projections update:

College football bowl projections: Kansas State, UCF, Washington jump into New Year's Six games

Jerry Palm's bowl projections undergo yet another shakeup following upsets in Week 11

www.cbssports.com

Dec. 30

Duke's Mayo

NC State

vs. Illinois

ACC vs. Big Ten

12 p.m.

Charlotte, N.C.

Latest projections for CFP, New Year's Six and every other bowl game

Where will TCU, USC and LSU land in the ever-changing bowl picture? We predict the latest matchups up and down the lineup.

www.espn.com

-Schlabach: Duke's Mayo vs. Louisville
-Bonagura: TransPerfect Music City vs. Arkansas

College football bowl projections: Postseason predictions after TCU stays unbeaten, No. 6 Oregon falls

...

247sports.com

Music City Bowl
Projection: South Carolina vs. Illinois

College Football Bowl Projections for 2022-23

Projecting every bowl and playoff games for 2022-23 college football season.

athlonsports.com

Reliaquest Bowl (Jan. 2)​

Tie-In: Big Ten/ACC vs. SEC

Projection: Florida vs. Illinois

Bowl Projections College Football Playoff Predictions Week 11

What are the bowl projections and the College Football Playoff calls after Week 11 of the college football season?

collegefootballnews.com

ReliaQuest Bowl​

Monday, January 2, 2023
12:00, ESPN2
Raymond James Stadium, Tampa, FL
Last Year: Arkansas 24, Penn State 10
Bowl Ties: SEC vs Big Ten or ACC
Bowl Projection: Illinois vs Florida

College football bowl projections for all 41 games, Playoff - Sports Illustrated

Our projected College Football Playoff field looks a little different after the weekend’s Pac-12 carnage.

www.si.com

Duke’s Mayo Bowl, Charlotte (Noon, ESPN)
ACC vs. Big Ten
Florida State vs. Illinois

Week 12 College Football Bowl Predictions: Brett McMurphy's Projections With Projected Spreads

Read on for Brett McMurphy's updated college football bowl projections, along with projected spreads, ahead of Week 12.

www.actionnetwork.com

Citrus Bowl​

Monday, Jan. 2
⋅
Orlando, FL

Illinois​

Ole Miss​

-6.5

Yeah no.

College Football Bowl Projections 2022: Kansas State Stand on the Verge of the Sugar Bowl

After a commanding win over Baylor, Kansas State stands on the verge of the Sugar Bowl in our latest 2022 college football bowl projections.

www.profootballnetwork.com

Citrus Bowl
Illinois vs. Ole Miss

Huh?

College football Week 12 bowl projections: Tennessee-Georgia rematch in the works

The two SEC rivals could be headed to the Peach Bowl for a CFP semifinal clash.

www.sportingnews.com

Dec. 31

Music City Bowl

Illinois vs. Arkansas

 

[ChiefGritty]

If you want to paint an optimistic picture, it's entirely possible that winning on Saturday would have meant finishing 9-5 with three dispiriting national audience blowouts in games we're not yet ready for, whereas losing gives us a chance at going 9-4 and building some momentum toward the future.

It's a story we can tell ourselves anyway.

 

[Illinois_2_AZ]

Has anybody ever seen BB covered in mayo ??? Asking for a friend.

 

[LFOD]

If you want to paint an optimistic picture, it's entirely possible that winning on Saturday would have meant finishing 9-5 with three dispiriting national audience blowouts in games we're not yet ready for, whereas losing gives us a chance at going 9-4 and build some momentum toward the future.

It's a story we can tell ourselves anyway.

It's much better than our typical story. I'll take it.

Music City Bowl would be great, I'll be there if it happens.

 

[Point-Illinois]

It's much better than our typical story. I'll take it.

Music City Bowl would be great, I'll be there if it happens.

Same. Though I will probably go to any bowl game. Never know when you’ll get another opportunity.

 

[GrayGhost77]

Same. Though I will probably go to any bowl game. Never know when you’ll get another opportunity.

This. Many of us would have sold our souls and first born child to be guaranteed ANY bowl game before the season began. Personally hoping for a nice warm weather one.

 

[IlliniKat91]

This. Many of us would have sold our souls and first born child to be guaranteed ANY bowl game before the season began. Personally hoping for a nice warm weather one.

Absolutely not. That's way too steep a price for a trip to Detroit.

 

[GrayGhost77]

Absolutely not. That's way too steep a price for a trip to Detroit.

Ha ha. Okay. You got me there.

 

[Illini in Italy]

If you want to paint an optimistic picture, it's entirely possible that winning on Saturday would have meant finishing 9-5 with three dispiriting national audience blowouts in games we're not yet ready for, whereas losing gives us a chance at going 9-4 and building some momentum toward the future.

It's a story we can tell ourselves anyway.

I like your way of thinking Gritty
.

 

[Illini in Italy]

I’ll go to FL, I’ll go to Nashville, I’ll even go to Charlotte. There is no way in Hades I’m going to Detroit or NYC in Dec/Jan. Nope, not gonna do it.

 

[Fighter of the Nightman]

Absolutely not. That's way too steep a price for a trip to Detroit.

Haha, yeah ALMOST*** any bowl game! I think once we started 7-1, even considering where we were last year and before that as a program, it's fine to get a TINY bit picky. We can say that dreams of the Rose Bowl or even Citrus Bowl were totally unrealistic now for this team, but I would also think we should still be kind of disappointed if we are in Detroit or NYC. Beat Northwestern, and we are 8-4 (a huge improvement!) and we can go to a warm weather spot. Somehow beat Michigan, and we can all start the dreaming again!

 

[LFOD]

I’ll go to FL, I’ll go to Nashville, I’ll even go to Charlotte. There is no way in Hades I’m going to Detroit or NYC in Dec/Jan. Nope, not gonna do it.

Yeah, I'm with ya on that. Although I might go to NYC in the cold. At least there's good pizza there.

 

[MrBlueHandsOG]

How far we have fallen is such a short, 10 day period. I’m all for being selected and then declining anything with less prestige than Music City. At that point, 5-6 players, maybe more, will sit out to prepare for the draft. Citrus, Outback, Rose, they’d stay in.

 

[Ransom Stoddard]

Yeah, I'm with ya on that. Although I might go to NYC in the cold. At least there's good pizza there.

 

[KBLEE]

How far we have fallen is such a short, 10 day period. I’m all for being selected and then declining anything with less prestige than Music City. At that point, 5-6 players, maybe more, will sit out to prepare for the draft. Citrus, Outback, Rose, they’d stay in.

Nobody's going to the Outback Bowl

 

[ChiefGritty]

Nobody's going to the Outback Bowl

Not with that attitude.

 

[Mr. Tibbs]

no matter what bowl were in, it will be against a team playing in their own backyard. SSDD

 

[eas23]

no matter what bowl were in, it will be against a team playing in their own backyard. SSDD

Champaign is closer to Nashville than Columbia SC.

 

[DeonThomas]

Team	Current Record	Projected Record	Bowl
Michigan	10-0	13-0	CFP-Peach
Ohio State	10-0	11-1	CFP-Fiesta
Penn State	8-2	10-2	Orange
ILLINOIS	7-3	8-4	Citrus
Minnesota	7-3	8-4	ReliaQuest
Purdue	6-4	8-5	Duke's Mayo
Maryland	6-4	7-5	Music City
Iowa	6-4	7-5	Guaranteed Rate
Wisconsin	5-5	7-5	Pinstripe
Michigan St	5-5	6-6	Quick Lane
Rutgers	4-6	4-8
Nebraska	3-7	3-9
Indiana	3-7	3-9
Northwestern	1-9	1-11
* assumes Michigan defeats Purdue in Indy

One possible scenario, above. I will update following this weekend's upset in Ann Arbor. (Even though I've never heard of a 17-point favorite losing at home. Oh wait.......)

 

[jason88cubs]

I want a bowl game that will be on when I'm NOT working lol

 

[pvaughn8]

I'm in for dukes mayo