Bowl Projections: College Football Playoff Quarterfinal Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl Preseason Prediction, Breakdown and History

Before the season gets underway, what's the first guess on what the 2024 College Football Playoff Quarterfinal Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl might be? Why did we make this call, who else should be in the mix, and what's the history of the bowl?

This will all change throughout the season with its twists and turns, but in the preseason, the College Football Playoff Quarterfinal Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl projection is ...

College Football Playoff Quarterfinal Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl Projection

NOTE: The Quarterfinal locations for the 1-4 teams won’t be decided until after the final rankings

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Wednesday, January 1, 2025
1:00, ESPN
Mercedes-Benz Stadium, Atlanta, GA
Last Season: Ole Miss 38, Penn State 25
Preseason CFP Bowl Projection
1 Georgia (13-0) vs 8 vs 9 winner (9 Ole Miss)

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Why this is the preseason College Football Playoff Quarterfinal Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl Projection

- The preseason call is that the Big Ten and SEC will be 1-2 in some way in the final College Football Playoff rankings. There might be some thought to putting the SEC champion in the night game in the Sugar Bowl - especially if it’s somehow LSU - but this should kick things off at Ground Zero for the SEC.

The Big Ten champion will almost certainly go to the Rose Bowl, and putting Georgia - or Texas, or Alabama - here would be giving the 1 seed the biggest break possible. The Dawgs might play three of their last four games of the season in Atlanta.

- The 1 seed plays the 8 vs 9 winner no matter what - it’s a flaw in the system if a lower seed wins a first round game. It’s not a monster call, but we’re thinking 9-seed Ole Miss has to go to Ann Arbor to face 8-seed Michigan, and we’re thinking Lane Kiffin’s bunch pulls off the upset. Unfortunately …

- This would be a rematch of the November 9th matchup in Oxford. We think Georgia will run through its schedule, but will have to fight through the Rebels on the road in the first meeting. There won’t be many problems the second time around as the SEC champ rolls into the CFP semifinals.

5 teams also in the mix for the College Football Playoff Quarterfinal Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl

1. Alabama
2. Texas
3. Michigan
4. Penn State
5. Notre Dame

College Football Playoff Quarterfinal Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl History

Dec. 30. 2023 Ole Miss 38, Penn State 25
Dec. 31, 2022 Georgia 42, Ohio State 41
Dec. 30, 2021 Michigan State 31, Pitt 21
Jan. 1, 2021 Georgia 24, Cincinnati 21
Dec. 28, 2019 LSU 63, Oklahoma 28
Dec. 29, 2018 Florida 41, Michigan 15
Jan. 1, 2018 UCF 34, Auburn 27
Dec. 31, 2016 Alabama 24, Washington 7
Dec. 31, 2015 Houston 38 Florida State 24
Dec. 31, 2014 TCU 42 Mississippi 3
Dec. 31, 2013 Texas A&M 52 Duke 48
Dec. 31, 2012 Clemson 25 LSU 24
Dec. 31, 2011 Auburn 42 Virginia 23
Dec. 31, 2010 Florida State 26 South Carolina 17
Dec. 31, 2009 Virginia Tech 37 Tennessee 14
Dec. 31, 2008 LSU 38 Georgia Tech 3
Dec. 31, 2007 Auburn 23 Clemson 20 (OT)
Dec. 30, 2006 Georgia 31 Virginia Tech 24
Dec. 30, 2005 LSU 40 Miami 3
Dec. 31, 2004 Miami 27 Florida 10
Jan. 2, 2004 Clemson 27 Tennessee 14
Dec. 31, 2002 Maryland 30 Tennessee 3
Dec. 31, 2001 North Carolina 16 Auburn 10
Dec. 29, 2000 LSU 28 Georgia Tech 14
Dec. 30, 1999 Mississippi State 17 Clemson 7
Dec. 31, 1998 Georgia 35 Virginia 33
Jan. 2, 1998 Auburn 21 Clemson 17
Dec. 28, 1996 LSU 10 Clemson 7
Dec. 30, 1995 Virginia 34 Georgia 27
Jan. 1, 1995 N.C. State 28 Mississippi State 24
Dec. 31, 1993 Clemson 14 Kentucky 13
Jan. 2, 1993 North Carolina 21 Mississippi State 17
Jan. 1, 1992 East Carolina 37 N.C. State 34
Dec. 29, 1990 Auburn 27 Indiana 23
Dec. 30, 1989 Syracuse 19 Georgia 18
Dec. 31, 1988 N.C. State 28 Iowa 23
Jan. 2, 1988 Tennessee 27 Indiana 22
Dec. 31, 1986 Virginia Tech 25 N.C. State 24
Dec. 31, 1985 Army 31 Illinois 29
Dec. 31, 1984 Virginia 27 Purdue 24
Dec. 30, 1983 Florida State 28 North Carolina 3
Dec. 31, 1982 Iowa 28 Tennessee 22
Dec. 31, 1981 West Virginia 26 Florida 6
Jan. 2, 1981 Miami 20 Virginia Tech 10
Dec. 31, 1979 Baylor 24 Clemson 18
Dec. 25, 1978 Purdue 41 Georgia Tech 21
Dec. 31, 1977 N.C. State 24 Iowa State 14
Dec. 31, 1976 Kentucky 21 North Carolina 0
Dec. 31, 1975 West Virginia 13 N.C. State 10
Dec. 28, 1974 Texas Tech 6 Vanderbilt 6
Dec. 28, 1973 Georgia 17 Maryland 16
Dec. 29, 1972 N.C. State 49 West Virginia 13
Dec. 30, 1971 Mississippi 41 Georgia Tech 18
Dec. 30, 1970 Arizona State 48 North Carolina 26
Dec. 30, 1969 West Virginia 14 South Carolina 3
Dec. 30, 1968 LSU 31 Florida State 27