We’ll be talking about Week 5 in college football for the rest of the fall as some of those epic clashes in the Big Ten and SEC will carry some significant consequences as to whether some teams make the College Football Playoff or are sent to another bowl game far from the path they thought they were on.
Throw in some upsets across the ACC, Big 12, plus several Group of 5 leagues, and the latest bowl projections see a handful of new programs in the mix to hit that magical 6–6 mark while several fun matchups come into play with so much movement across the country.
Take the Gator Bowl as one example, which gets a rematch of the 2013 BCS title game and appropriately features Gus Malzahn’s current team in Florida State against his old one in Auburn. The ReliaQuest Bowl also benefits from the return of the classic Nebraska-Oklahoma rivalry while there should be plenty of points in games like the Mayo Bowl or the Alamo Bowl.
Here is how Sports Illustrated sees the 35 bowl game matchups coming together to form the postseason picture and which 70 FBS teams will wind up going bowling in 2025–26 after Week 5.
Bowl Game Projections After Week 5
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This article was originally published on www.si.com as College Football Bowl Projections After Week 5: Penn State vs. LSU But Not in CFP.
