College Football Bowl Projections: Brett McMurphy’s Week 12 Predictions, College Football Playoff Picks

With three weeks remaining, we’re up to 53 bowl-eligible teams to fill the 82 available spots. There are still 43 teams within two wins of reaching the magic six-win mark: 27 five-win teams and 16 four-win teams.

The biggest challenge isn’t necessarily figuring out what teams in which bowls; it’s projecting the College Football Playoff field.

This week, I’m projecting Oregon (Big Ten), Texas (SEC), Miami (ACC), Colorado (Big 12) and Boise State (Mountain West/Group of Five) as the conference champions receiving the automatic bids.

Good luck to the committee determining which at-large teams make the cut. I’m sure their selections won’t be controversial. They never are.

Included in my Week 12 bowl projections is the projected point spread of each matchup from Action Network senior writer Collin Wilson’s betting power ratings.

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