College Football Playoff Projections: Week 3

The biggest call and question of the week is Notre Dame.

The schedule is relatively light and breezy before ending the season at USC, but Northern Illinois was supposed to be part of that lovely soft part of it all.

Even at 10-2 it might be a fight to get in, and forget it at 9-3. So with Notre Dame going from sure-thing IN after the Texas A&M win to probably out, here's how it all looks.

College Football Playoff Projections: Week 3

This is about seeds and not necessarily where the teams will be ranked at the end of the regular season. The top four conference champions get the top four playoff spots, and a Group of Five program has to fit in somewhere.

- CFP Rankings Predictions
- CFN Week 3 Rankings
- Bowl Projections: Week 3

College Football Playoff First Round

Friday, December 20
8:00, ABC/ESPN
Home site of higher seed
Bowl Projection: 10 Penn State at 7 Texas

College Football Playoff First Round

Saturday, December 21
12:00, TNT
Home site of higher seed
Bowl Projection: 12 Memphis at 5 Ole Miss

College Football Playoff First Round

Saturday, December 21
4:00, TNT
Home site of higher seed
Bowl Projection: 11 Miami at 6 Alabama

College Football Playoff First Round

Saturday, December 21
8:00, ABC/ESPN
Home site of higher seed
Bowl Projection: 9 Tennessee at 8 USC

College Football Playoff Quarterfinal Vrbo Fiesta Bowl

Tuesday, December 31
7:30, ESPN
State Farm Stadium, Glendale, AZ
Bowl Projection: Utah vs Alabama

College Football Playoff Quarterfinal Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl

Wednesday, January 1, 2025
1:00, ESPN
Mercedes-Benz Stadium, Atlanta, GA
Bowl Projection: Georgia vs USC

College Football Playoff Quarterfinal Rose Bowl

Wednesday, January 1, 2025
5:00, ESPN
Rose Bowl, Pasadena, CA
Bowl Projection: Ohio State vs Texas

College Football Playoff Quarterfinal Allstate Sugar Bowl

Wednesday, January 1, 2025
8:45, ESPN
Caesars Superdome, New Orleans, LA
Bowl Projection: Clemson vs Ole Miss

College Football Playoff Semifinal Capital One Orange Bowl

Thursday, January 9, 2025
7:30, ESPN
Hard Rock Stadium, Miami Gardens, FL
Bowl Projection: Georgia vs Alabama

College Football Playoff Semifinal Goodyear Cotton Bowl

Friday, January 10, 2025
7:30, ESPN
AT&T Stadium, Arlington, TX
Bowl Projection: Ohio State vs Ole Miss

College Football Playoff National Championship

Monday, January 20, 2025
7:30, ESPN
Mercedes-Benz Stadium, Atlanta, GA
Bowl Projection: Georgia vs Ohio State
- CFP Rankings Predictions
- CFN Week 3 Rankings
- Bowl Projections: Week 3