[Cactus Jack]

I'll start: 

Sugar Bowl: 1.) Georgia vs. 4.) Florida St.
Rose Bowl: 2.) Ohio State vs. 3.) Oregon

Georgia beats Alabama and does enough to keep it's grip on #1. Michigan can't make it four straight against Ohio State and loses a heartbreaker. Oregon avenges their loss to Washington in the Pac-12 Championship and does so with enough style to jump to #3. Florida State holds off a Florida team that's playing with nothing to lose before erasing any remaining doubt by pulling away from Louisville in the 2nd half and leaving the committee no choice but to reward their undefeated season. 


Group of Six: 
Cotton Bowl: Ole Miss vs. Oklahoma
Peach Bowl: Alabama vs. Penn State
Orange Bowl: Louisville vs. Michigan
Fiesta Bowl: Washington vs. Texas

I've ordered the list above by the date and time that they'll kick. Unless I'm mistaken, the Orange Bowl has to have an ACC team playing the highest ranked SEC/Big 10 non-champion or Notre Dame in years where it isn't a semifinal. If so, the networks will be dying to see a Florida State loss that knocks them out of the playoffs, otherwise this one is probably a throwaway game. 

With the Orange Bowl already looking shot, I have a hard time seeing the Pac-12 #2 and Big 10 #3 filling such a valuable slot, especially given that there's already a Pac-12 vs. Big-10 semifinal in the Rose Bowl. Given, Washington and Texas fit well in the Fiesta, but Oklahoma could also take Texas' place here and the money from ticket sales and the networks still works. Even if they're eligible, Michigan went to the Fiesta last season and another cross-country trip to Phoenix after a loss to OSU may be too much for schedulers. 

For the same reasons as the Fiesta Bowl, the Peach Bowl will forgo a traditional SEC-ACC matchup that repeats the format of a semifinal. Alabama and Penn State will draw each other in Atlanta for a throwback game that makes plenty of sense for everyone involved. 

The Cotton Bowl gets the leftovers. The committee chooses Ole Miss and Oklahoma, who have huge alumni bases and are a relatively short distance from Dallas, to round out the schedule. 


Rest (SEC):
Citrus: LSU vs. Iowa
Reliaquest/Outback: Missouri vs. Notre Dame
Music City: Auburn vs. Wisconsin
Gator: Tennessee vs. North Carolina
Texas: Texas A&M vs. Oklahoma St.
Liberty: Kentucky vs. West Virginia

The Citrus gets first pick of what's left and doesn't worry about a return trip from LSU; I'm running out of Big 10 teams, but will take Iowa. If so, the only worry in Orlando will be that this pairing again leads to a pair of school's fans drying up the stadium before halftime. The Outback prefers Notre Dame over anyone left in the Big 10. The Citrus and Outback selections could also easily flip. 

Auburn backs into the Music City Bowl because Nashville needs someone other than Kentucky and Tennessee probably prefers to go to Jacksonville while the Texas Bowl's Houston contingent will push hard to get a Texas A&M team who hasn't been there in awhile to help fill up NRG Stadium. 

The Liberty Bowl ends up with Kentucky and West Virginia, who hasn't been there as recently as Kansas or Texas Tech. I could see the Duke's Mayo Bowl being a destination for the Cats, and this is where most projections currently have them, but I don't know that we even see enough SEC teams qualify (Florida would need to beat FSU, South Carolina would need to beat Clemson, and/or Mississippi State would need to beat Ole Miss to reach six wins). It seems easier to see the Duke's, which alternates SEC affiliation with the Las Vegas Bowl in even and odd numbered years, to find a participant.