Even January-March, I use my sports blog to post my constantly updating NCAA men’s basketball tournament bracket projection. That projection is then incorporated into the nationally renowned Bracket Project. No such project exists, to my knowledge, for the College Football Playoff yet, but ever since the 12 team bracket began last fall, I have felt like its necessary to post my own projections of what the bracket will ultimately look like when the final bracket is revealed on December 6th.

Just to be clear, this is quite different than the “projected bracket” that the CFP publishes through ESPN every Tuesday night. That bracket is based on each team’s CFP rankings at the present time. Here, I am actually projecting out the rest of the season and publishing what I think the bracket will look like after all conference championship games are completed on Saturday December 5th.

First, you will see each team in my projected field listed in order of what seed I believe they will get. Below that list, you will see my projected schedule, where I place each playoff game into a projected time slot/location based on these rankings. Italicized teams are ones I am projecting to win their conference title game and thus receive automatic bids go the playoff. This bracket projection has been updated through all games played on Saturday November 8th. 

	Predicted Playoff Field
1	Ohio State
2	Georgia
3	Indiana
4	Ole Miss
5	Texas A & M
6	Texas Tech
7	Oregon
8	Alabama
9	Notre Dame
10	Texas
11	Georgia Tech
12	South Florida
	First Four Out:
	BYU
	Oklahoma
	Vanderbilt
	Miami-FL

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Projected Game Schedule:

First Round:

(6) Texas Tech vs. (11) Georgia Tech- Friday December 19th, 8:00 PM (ABC/ESPN)

(5) Texas A & M vs. (12) South Florida- Saturday December 20th, 12:00 (ABC/ESPN)

(7) Oregon vs. (10) Texas- Saturday December 20th, 4:00 (TNT)

(8) Alabama vs. (9) Notre Dame- Saturday December 20th, 8:00 (TNT)

Quarterfinals:

Cotton Bowl: (1) Ohio State vs. (8) Alabama/(9) Notre Dame winner- Wednesday December 31st, 7:30 (ESPN)

Orange Bowl: (2) Georgia vs. (7) Oregon/(10) Texas winner- Thursday January 1st, 12:00 (ESPN)

Rose Bowl: (3) Indiana vs. (6) Texas Tech/(11) Georgia Tech winner- Thursday January 1st, 4:00 (ESPN)

Sugar Bowl: (4) Ole Miss vs. (5) Texas A & M/(12) South Florida winner- Thursday January 1st, 8:00 (ESPN)

Semifinals:

Fiesta Bowl: Cotton Bowl winner vs. Sugar Bowl winner- Thursday January 8th, 7:30 (ESPN)

Peach Bowl: Orange Bowl winner vs. Rose Bowl winner- Friday January 9th, 7:30 (ESPN)

Championship Game:

Fiesta Bowl winner vs. Peach Bowl winner- Monday January 19th, 7:30 (ESPN)