November 19, 2024

College Football Bowl projections: Ohio State faces former Buckeyes QB Joe Burrow


COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio State is two-thirds of the way through its regular season, so let’s start thinking about bowl season. Here are my projections on the two College Football Playoff semifinals and the four other playoff bowls, based on how I’m expecting the rest of the season to play out. • Dec. 28, Peach Bowl, Atlanta, College Football Playoff semifinal No. 1 Ohio State vs. No. 4 LSU I think the Buckeyes at 13-0 would be the top seed, and as such, they would get geographical preference, which would send them to Atlanta instead of the Fiesta Bowl in Phoenix. I’m guessing that Ohio State will be No. 1 in the first playoff rankings on Nov. 5, will fall out of No. 1 in favor of the Alabama-LSU winner the next week, then will take No. 1 back by beating ranked teams in Penn State, Michigan, and Wisconsin in…

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