Bowl Projections: ACC First Look

The time for Bowl Projections are here. The first place to go is the Atlantic Coast Conference where the North Carolina Tar Heels and Duke Blue Devils are already bowl eligible. So too are the NC State Wolfpack. The Wake Forest Demon Deacons will be missing out on the bowl picture this year as the best they can do is finish with five wins.

In sorting out the Bowl Picture in the ACC, you must remember that Notre Dame has access to the ACC bowl berths. Right now that would not matter because Notre Dame is projected as one of the Final Four in the College Football Playoff, but I tend to believe that Stanford will end that mystery. Therefore the Irish could bounce less desirable teams down a spot.

It also worth noting that the Orange Bowl is one of the Playoff games this year. This is unlikely to have an impact since Clemson is currently projected to be one of the playoff teams.

The New Years Games might also take an ACC team (read Florida State) and that could cause the ACC to fail in filling all of its bowl obligations.

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First bid – Playoff – Clemson Tigers

Second bid – Fiesta Bowl – Notre Dame Fighting Irish

The Fiesta Bowl is not locked into a conference selection and with a lack of worthy Pacific 12 candidates, they will likely grab a team that does well nationally. That would be the Irish.

Third bid – Peach Bowl – Florida State Seminoles

The Peach Bowl is in a similar position to the Fiesta, but they can keep a southern tie by bringing the Seminoles into Atlanta.