Our 2018-19 college football bowl predictions have some great match-ups. You’ll see some traditional powers collide as well as former rivalries renewed. You’ve seen how we predict the 2018 college football season playing out in our 2018 College Football Preview. Now check out our 2018-19 college football bowl predictions including the College Football Playoff match-ups.
The bowl season starts on December 15, 2018 with five bowl games and concludes on January 7, 2019 with the National Championship.
2018-19 College Football Predicted Bowl Match-ups Preview
- There will be 40 postseason match-ups in the 2018-19 bowl season
- 3 ACC vs. SEC match-ups
- 4 Big Ten vs. SEC match-ups
- There were 3 open spots that had to take 5-7 teams based upon APR, that’s Vanderbilt, Air Force and Duke.
2018-19 Bowl Predictions
| DATE | BOWL | TEAM | CONFERENCE | TEAM | CONFERENCE |
| 15-Dec | AutoNation Cure Bowl | SMU | AAC | Appalachian State | Sun Belt |
| 15-Dec | Gildan New Mexico Bowl | Middle Tennessee | C-USA | New Mexico State | Independent |
| 15-Dec | New Orleans Bowl | UAB | C-USA | Arkansas State | Sun Belt |
| 15-Dec | Raycom Media Camellia Bowl | Miami (OH) | MAC | Troy | Sun Belt |
| 15-Dec | Las Vegas Bowl | Fresno State | MWC | Oregon | Pac-12 |
| 18-Dec | Cheribundi Tart Boca Raton Bowl | Southern Miss | C-USA | Ohio | MAC |
| 19-Dec | Frisco Bowl | Houston | AAC | Northern Illinois | MAC |
| 20-Dec | Bad Boy Mowers Gasparilla Bowl | Temple | AAC | Marshall | C-USA |
| 21-Dec | Bahamas Bowl | USF | AAC | Florida Atlantic | C-USA |
| 21-Dec | Potato Bowl | Western Michigan | MAC | Utah State | MWC |
| 22-Dec | Birmingham Bowl | Memphis | AAC | Duke | ACC |
| 22-Dec | Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl | Texas Tech | Big 12 | UCF | AAC |
| 22-Dec | Hawai’I Bowl | Louisiana Tech | C-USA | San Diego State | MWC |
| 22-Dec | Dollar General Bowl | Toledo | MAC | Georgia Southern | Sun Belt |
| 26-Dec | Cactus Bowl | Iowa State | Big 12 | Arizona | Pac-12 |
| 26-Dec | Heart of Dallas Bowl | Indiana | Big Ten | North Texas | C-USA |
| 26-Dec | Quick Lane Bowl | Minnesota | Big Ten | Air Force | MWC |
| 27-Dec | New Era Pinstripe Bowl | Georgia Tech | ACC | Nebraska | Big Ten |
| 27-Dec | Walk-On’s Independence Bowl | Wake Forest | ACC | Army | Independent |
| 27-Dec | Academy Sports + Outdoors Texas Bowl | Oklahoma State | Big 12 | Texas A&M | SEC |
| 27-Dec | Foster Farms San Francisco Bowl | Northwestern | Big Ten | Utah | Pac-12 |
| 28-Dec | Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl | NC State | ACC | South Carolina | SEC |
| 28-Dec | Camping World Bowl | TCU | Big 12 | Florida State | ACC |
| 28-Dec | Valero Alamo Bowl | West Virginia | Big 12 | Stanford | Pac-12 |
| 28-Dec | Arizona Bowl | Colorado State | MWC | Washington State | Pac-12 |
| 29-Dec | Capital One Orange Bowl (CFB Playoff) | Clemson #1 | ACC | Texas #4 | Big 12 |
| 29-Dec | Chick-Fil-A Peach Bowl | Miami | ACC | Michigan | Big Ten |
| 29-Dec | Belk Bowl | Louisville | ACC | Vanderbilt | SEC |
| 29-Dec | Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic (CFB Playoff) | Georgia #2 | SEC | Wisconsin #3 | Big Ten |
| 31-Dec | Military Bowl | Navy | AAC | Boston College | ACC |
| 31-Dec | Hyundai Sun Bowl | Virginia Tech | ACC | California | Pac-12 |
| 31-Dec | AutoZone Liberty Bowl | Kansas State | Big 12 | Missouri | SEC |
| 31-Dec | Holiday Bowl | Iowa | Big Ten | USC | Pac-12 |
| 31-Dec | TaxSlayer Gator Bowl | Purdue | Big Ten | Florida | SEC |
| 1-Jan | Outback Bowl | Michigan State | Big Ten | Mississippi State | SEC |
| 1-Jan | Playstation Fiesta Bowl | Boise State | MWC | Notre Dame | Independent |
| 1-Jan | Rose Bowl | Washington | Pac-12 | Ohio State | Big Ten |
| 1-Jan | AllState Sugar Bowl | Alabama | SEC | Oklahoma | Big 12 |
| 1-Jan | Citrus Bowl | Auburn | SEC | Penn State | Big Ten |
| 7-Jan | College Football Playoff Championship | Clemson #1 | ACC | Georgia #2 | SEC |
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