Deep in the weeds this week, let's just get to the stuff.

College Football Playoff

Whoa! Reversed the order on these! Hope you can handle it OK.

Peach Bowl (Atlanta, GA)

December 28 | 3pm CT | ESPN

[2] LSU Tigers vs. [3] Clemson Tigers

Fiesta Bowl (Glendale, AZ)

December 28 | 7pm CT | ESPN

[1] Ohio State Buckeyes vs. [4] Utah Utes

New Year's Six

Cotton Bowl (Arlington, TX)

December 28 | 11am CT | ESPN

Baylor Bears [at-large] vs. Memphis Tigers [G5]

Orange Bowl (Miami, FL)

December 30 | 7pm | ESPN

Virginia Cavaliers [ACC] vs. Florida Gators [B1G/SEC]

Rose Bowl (Pasadena, CA)

January 1 | 4pm | FOX

Penn State Nittany Lions [B1G] vs. Oregon Ducks [Pac-12]

Sugar Bowl (New Orleans, LA)

January 1 | 7:45pm | ESPN

Oklahoma Sooners [Big XII] vs. Georgia Bulldogs [SEC]

Big Ten Bowl Games

Quick Lane Bowl (Detroit, MI)

December 26 | 7pm | ESPN

Illinois Fighting Illini vs. Boston College Eagles

Pinstripe Bowl (New York, NY)

December 27 | 2:20pm | ESPN

Michigan State Spartans vs. Pittsburgh Panthers

Holiday Bowl (San Diego, CA)

December 27 | 7pm | FS1

Michigan Wolverines vs. Arizona State Sun Devils

Redbox Bowl (Santa Clara, CA)

December 30 | 3pm | FOX

Iowa Hawkeyes vs. Washington Huskies

Citrus Bowl (Orlando, FL)

January 1 | 12pm | ABC

wisconsin badgers vs. Auburn Tigers

Outback Bowl (Tampa, FL)

January 1 | 12pm | ESPN

Minnesota Golden Gophers vs. Alabama Crimson Tide

Gator Bowl (Jacksonville, FL)

January 2 | 6pm | ESPN

Indiana Hoosiers vs. Kentucky Wildcats

Armed Forces Bowl (Fort Worth, TX)

January 4 | 10:30am | ESPN

UAB Blazers* vs. Air Force Falcons

Full Bowl Projections

Confirmed teams (as of 11:30pm on Tuesday) are in italics.

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B1G Observations

• Flex Ohio State out to the Fiesta Bowl, if I hadn't already. I honestly don't pay attention week-to-week, and I even keep these in a spreadsheet my myself.
• Am I going out on a limb assuming Penn State can jump two spots while just kind of sitting there? That's how much I'll take Ohio State to win by.
• Sorry, wisconsin. (I'm not.) Enjoy the easier of the New Year's Day Florida draws. You're welcome.
• Here's the thing: With Minnesota owning the fifth-best ranking in the Big Ten (seriously!) and having lost the head-to-head with Iowa, I would really love to see them tumble to the Gator (since they can't go to the Holiday, technically).
• But there's a lot of dumb calculus with sending Iowa or Michigan back to Florida, so it's easier to just send them to California and be done with it. Sorry to our favorite Michigan commenter, though, who I doubt will be back to tell us to "book" Michigan to the Rose Bowl.
• Should Indiana be the Gator Bowl team? Probably not. But they're in their last years of ineligibility for the Pinstripe and Redbox bowls, technically, so the Gator is the logical resting place. We'll give them Kentucky, because if they're gonna have #9WINdiana, they might as well earn it.
• A Battle on the Ice in New York ice seems appropriate. Thus endeth the Dantonian Crusade. Sory, Estonia.
• Lose to Northwestern, go to Detroit. Them's the rules, Illinois.

Other Observations