What will the six New Year games look like for college football after third place

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The whole of the top 10 remained unchanged from last week for the third official ranking of the committee, No. 1 in Alabama, No. 2 in Clemson, No. 3 in Notre Dame and No. 4 Michigan retaining their first place. There was nothing less than a reshuffle in the top 10, despite Oklahoma's dismal defense on Saturday in the win over Oklahoma State.

Even the UCF passage of No. 12, where he spent the last two weeks, at No. 11 was tiny, but Cincinnati, a defeat, who heads to UCF on Saturday, is now the No. 24. The committee showed even more respect for the Group of 5 this week by including Mountain West Utah State and Boise State teams at # 23 and # 25, respectively.

Big Ten West champion Northwestern took 22nd place after being unrated last week.

Here is what support would look like today:

Alabama, No. 1, would face No. 4 Michigan in the US Football Football semifinal at the Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic, as the committee would not put seed No. 1 at a disadvantage. Miami, where number 2 Clemson will face number 3 Notre Dame in the other semifinal of College Football Playoff at Capital One Orange Bowl.

The Pink Bowl game presented by Northwestern Mutual is a contractual bowl that historically guarantees the Big Ten champion against the Pac-12 champion. Michigan, No. 4, is the future conference champion and already in the semi-finals, the next highest ranked team in the Big Ten category would be the 10th state of Ohio. The Buckeyes would face the future Pac-12 No. 8 champion of the state of Washington.

The Allstate Sugar Bowl is also a contractual bowl, which guarantees the Big 12 Champion and SEC Champion. Given that the SEC champion, in this case No. 1 Alabama, is in the semifinals, the Sugar Bowl would earn the second highest-ranked team in the SEC, the No. 5 Georgia. The Bulldogs would play No. 6 Oklahoma, the future Big 12 champion in these rankings.

The 11th UCF would likely go to the PlayStation Fiesta Bowl as the highest ranked champion of a Group of 5 conference, which is guaranteed a place in the Six Bowl New Year because it played in the last Chick- Wire-A Peach Bowl Year. The Knights would face an LSU # 7, depending on the interest of the fans and the confrontation.

The Peach Bowl would have the No. 9 West Virginia and the No. 12 Syracuse, as these are the top ranked teams remaining and would be chosen based on fan interest, geography and the match.

(All games can be seen on ESPN and the ESPN app)

Saturday, December 29