Every summer since 2007 I have created an intricate set of college football predictions for each upcoming season. This year is no exception, as I will be using my blog over the next few hours to publish my 15th annual college football preview guide which will contain 19 entries in all. Without further ado, here are my predicted bowl match-ups for the 2020 season. Note, the parentheses next to the teams in the two CFP games represents that team’s predicted playoff seeding.
| Date | Bowl | Teams | ||
| 1 | Dec. 17 | Bahamas | Florida Atlantic | Ball State |
| 2 | Dec. 17 | Cure | Southern Miss | Kent State |
| 3 | Dec. 18 | New Mexico | Louisiana Tech | San Jose State |
| 4 | Dec. 18 | Independence | BYU | UAB |
| 5 | Dec. 18 | Lending Tree (Dollar General) | Ohio | Coastal Carolina |
| 6 | Dec. 18 | Boca Raton | Western Kentucky | South Alabama |
| 7 | Dec. 18 | LA Bowl | Stanford | Boise State |
| 8 | Dec. 18 | New Orleans | Marshall | UL-Lafayette |
| 9 | Dec. 20 | Myrtle Beach Bowl | Buffalo | Georgia State |
| 10 | Dec. 21 | Famous Idaho Potato | Western Michigan | Wyoming |
| 11 | Dec. 21 | Frisco | Air Force* | Rice* |
| 12 | Dec. 22 | Armed Forces | Army | UTSA |
| 13 | Dec. 23 | Gasparilla Bowl | Florida International | Wake Forest |
| 14 | Dec. 24 | Hawaii | San Diego State | Tulsa |
| 15 | Dec. 25 | Camellia | Central Michigan | Appalachian State |
| 16 | TBA | Redbox Bowl | UCLA | Rutgers |
| 17 | Dec. 27 | Quick Lane | Fresno State | Miami-OH |
| 18 | Dec. 27 | Military | Memphis | Virginia Tech |
| 19 | Dec. 28 | Birmingham | Houston | Louisville |
| 20 | Dec. 28 | First Responder (Heart of Dallas) | Liberty | SMU |
| 21 | Dec. 28 | Liberty | TCU | Kentucky |
| 22 | Dec. 28 | Holiday | Washington | Pittsburgh |
| 23 | Dec. 28 | Guaranteed Rate | Northwestern | Baylor |
| 24 | Dec. 29 | Fenway | Boston College | UCF |
| 25 | Dec. 29 | Pinstripe | Notre Dame | Indiana |
| 26 | Dec. 29 | Cheez-It | North Carolina | Iowa State |
| 27 | Dec. 29 | Alamo | Oklahoma State | Utah |
| 28 | Dec. 30 | Duke’s Mayo (Belk) | NC State | Auburn |
| 29 | Dec. 30 | Music City | Minnesota | Ole Miss |
| 30 | Dec. 30 | Peach | Georgia | Penn State |
| 31 | Dec. 30 | Las Vegas | Arizona State | Iowa |
| 32 | Dec. 31 | Gator | Miami-FL | Florida |
| 33 | Dec. 31 | Sun | Florida State | California |
| 34 | Dec. 31 | Arizona | Toledo | Nevada |
| 35 | Dec. 31 | Orange | (2) Clemson | (3) Oklahoma |
| 36 | Dec. 31 | Cotton | (1) Alabama | (4) Southern Cal |
| 37 | Jan. 1 | Outback | Michigan | LSU |
| 38 | Jan. 1 | Citrus | Nebraska | Missouri |
| 39 | Jan. 1 | Fiesta | Wisconsin | Cincinnati |
| 40 | Jan. 1 | Rose | Ohio State | Oregon |
| 41 | Jan. 1 | Sugar | Texas A & M | West Virginia |
| 42 | Jan. 4 | Texas | Texas | Mississippi State |
I’ve got four unbeaten teams in the playoff for the first time ever. I am predicting Clemson and Bama to both win their semifinal games and then the Tigers to beat the Tide in Indianapolis.
Ramblings of the Ultimate Sports Sentimentalist 