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All for Tennessee Official SEC, New Year’s Six, and College Football Playoff Bowl Projections Following Week 13 of the Season

By Caleb Calhoun

Nov 26, 2016; Nashville, TN, USA; Tennessee Volunteers receiver Josh Malone (3) celebrates after a touchdown reception during the first half against the Vanderbilt Commodores at Vanderbilt Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Christopher Hanewinckel-USA TODAY Sports
Nov 26, 2016; Nashville, TN, USA; Tennessee Volunteers receiver Josh Malone (3) celebrates after a touchdown reception during the first half against the Vanderbilt Commodores at Vanderbilt Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Christopher Hanewinckel-USA TODAY Sports /
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Jan 9, 2016; Phoenix, AZ, USA; General view of the college football playoff trophy during media day at Phoenix Convention Center. Mandatory Credit: Joe Camporeale-USA TODAY Sports
Jan 9, 2016; Phoenix, AZ, USA; General view of the college football playoff trophy during media day at Phoenix Convention Center. Mandatory Credit: Joe Camporeale-USA TODAY Sports /

College Football Playoff Semifinal Part II

Fiesta Bowl: Saturday, Dec. 31 at 3 or 7 p.m.; University of Phoenix Stadium; Glendale, Ariz.

College Football Playoff Semifinal

Clemson Tigers vs Washington Huskies

The Clemson Tigers have remained in the Top Four all season long, and they still belong there. As a result, they’ll still be going to the College Football Playoff as the No. 2 seed.

Dabo Swinney’s Tigers still have to get past a dangerous Virginia Tech Hokies team, which we have them doing, and that will send them here in our bowl projections.

Unfortunately, they won’t get the chance to face Jim Harbaugh’s Michigan Wolverines since that team was jobbed against the Ohio State Buckeyes.

As a result, the Washington Huskies, whom we project will beat the Colorado Buffaloes to finish 12-1, will move up to the No. 3 spot. And in that scenario, they’ll face the Tigers.

This is an exciting game in its own right.

It’s two genius coaches who run brilliant systems going at each other, one on the South Atlantic coast and another on the North Pacific coast. It also features two underdog teams that are not supposed to be regular powerhouse programs.

They’ll be facing each other all the way out in Arizona in the process. Can either team challenge the genius that will be Nick Saban and Urban Meyer on the other side? We project that they can, but it’ll be difficult.

And they will have to get past each other first.

Here’s what we project will happen after these two college football semifinal games are played.

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