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 Sunday afternoon.

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 who have won their conference title game and thus have received automatic bids go the playoff.  This bracket projection has been updated through all games played on Saturday December 6th.

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

Projected Game Schedule:

First Round:

(5) Oregon vs. (12) James Madison- Friday December 19th, 8:00 PM (ABC/ESPN)

(6) Ole Miss vs. (11) Tulane- Saturday December 20th, 12:00 (ABC/ESPN)

(7) Texas A & M vs. (10) Miami-FL- Saturday December 20th, 4:00 (TNT)

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

Quarterfinals:

Cotton Bowl: (4) Texas Tech vs. (5) Oregon/(12) James Madison winner- Wednesday December 31st, 7:30 (ESPN)

Orange Bowl: (3) Ohio State vs. (6) Ole Miss/(11) Virginia winner- Thursday January 1st, 12:00 (ESPN)

Rose Bowl: (1) Indiana vs. (8) Oklahoma/(9) Notre Dame winner- Thursday January 1st, 4:00 (ESPN)

Sugar Bowl: (2) Georgia vs. (7) Texas A & M/(10) Miami-FL winner – Thursday January 1st, 8:00 (ESPN)

Semifinals:

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

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

Championship Game:

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