It can be challenging to find the right balance between judging teams based on Week 1 and not doing so. However, some teams did impress me, while others did not. As far as Top Ten teams go, I was only extremely impressed by Clemson. Georgia actually played fairly well, but losing Malcolm Mitchell will hurt them. I still have Alabama-Oregon for the title, as Ohio St. actually disappointed me. Also, teams that lost to or struggled with FCS teams may see their rankings slip. Also, this assumes that Pittsburgh will give Florida St. a slight challenge but that Florida St. will have the game pretty much wrapped up by the end of the 3rd quarter.
This year, Penn St. is the only non-transitional FBS team on sanctions and ineligible for bowl games.
*** designates a conference being unable to fill its slot in a particular bowl game.
Gildan New Mexico Bowl: Utah St. (Mountain West #4) vs. Oregon St. (Pac-12 #7)
Maaco Bowl Las Vegas: Fresno St. (Mountain West #1) vs. Arizona (Pac-12 #5)
Famous Idaho Potato Bowl: Wyoming (Mountain West #6) vs. Kent St. (MAC #3)
R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl: Louisiana-Lafayette (Sun Belt #1) vs. Louisiana Tech (C-USA)
Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl St. Petersburg: Toledo (American #6***) vs. East Carolina (C-USA)
Sheraton Hawaii Bowl: Hawaii (Mountain West #5) vs. Marshall (C-USA)
Little Caesar's Pizza Bowl: UCF (Big Ten #8***) vs. Northern Illinois (MAC #1)
San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl: San Diego St. (Mountain West #2) vs. Notre Dame (Army***)
Military Bowl: Maryland (ACC #8) vs. Tulane (C-USA)
Texas Bowl: West Virginia (Big 12 #6) vs. Michigan St. (Big Ten #6)
Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl: Arizona St. (Pac-12 #6) vs. Virginia (BYU / ACC #9)
Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl: Oklahoma St. (Big 12 #4) vs. Nebraska (Big Ten #4)
New Era Pinstripe Bowl: Texas Tech (Big 12 #7) vs. Houston (American #4)
Belk Bowl: Virginia Tech (ACC #5) vs. Rutgers (American #3)
Russell Athletic Bowl: Georgia Tech (ACC #3) vs. Cincinnati (American #2)
Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl: Boise St. (Mountain West #3) vs. Navy (Navy / C-USA)
Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl: Duke (ACC #6) vs. Arkansas (SEC #7)
Valero Alamo Bowl: Baylor (Big 12 #3) vs. UCLA (Pac-12 #2)
Holiday Bowl: TCU (Big 12 #5) vs. Washington (Pac-12 #3)
AdvoCare V100 Bowl: NC State (ACC #7) vs. Tennessee (SEC #10)
Hyundai Sun Bowl: North Carolina (ACC #4) vs. USC (Pac-12 #4)
AutoZone Liberty Bowl: Middle Tennessee (C-USA #1) vs. Vanderbilt (SEC #8)
Chick-fil-A Bowl: Miami (FL) (ACC #2) vs. Georgia (SEC #5)
TaxSlayer.com Gator Bowl: Indiana (Big Ten #5) vs. Ole Miss (SEC #6)
Heart of Dallas Bowl: Arkansas St. (Big Ten #7***) vs. Rice (C-USA)
Capital One Bowl: Wisconsin (Big Ten #2) vs. LSU (SEC #2)
Outback Bowl: Northwestern (Big Ten #3) vs. Florida (SEC #4)
AT&T Cotton Bowl Classic: Oklahoma (Big 12 #2) vs. Texas A&M (SEC #3)
BBVA Compass Bowl: Louisiana-Monroe (American #5***) vs. Missouri (SEC #9)
GoDaddy.com Bowl: Bowling Green (MAC #2) vs. Western Kentucky (Sun Belt #2)
Rose Bowl Game: Michigan (Big Ten #1) vs. Stanford (Pac-12 #1)
Tostitos Fiesta Bowl: Texas (Big 12 #1) vs. Louisville (BCS At-Large)
Allstate Sugar Bowl: South Carolina (SEC #1) vs. Florida St. (BCS At-Large)
Discover Orange Bowl: Clemson (ACC #1) vs. Ohio St. (BCS At-Large)
VIZIO BCS National Championship Game: Alabama (BCS #1) vs. Oregon (BCS #2)
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