Sporting Information launched its School Soccer Playoff picks together with predictions for all 43 bowl video games earlier this summer time.
There’s a drawback with that. A complete of 54 of the 130 FBS faculties usually are not enjoying soccer this fall — that means the 76 remaining groups can not fill these 86 spots. The bowl lineup seemingly will go beneath some severe reconstruction in consequence, and SN will modify these picks accordingly.
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We will nonetheless choose the School Soccer Playoff, which can go on as scheduled. This season’s semifinals are Jan. 1 on the Rose Bowl Sport and Allstate Sugar Bowl. The CFP championship recreation might be Jan. 11 at Laborious Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Fla.
With that in thoughts, listed here are Sporting Information’ picks for the School Soccer Playoff and New 12 months’s Day Six. Our playoff options the standard suspects. Clemson, Alabama, Oklahoma and Georgia have mixed for 15 of the previous 24 playoff appearances — and people 4 groups made up the playoff in 2017-18.
School Soccer New 12 months’s Day Six predictions
DATE
BOWL
TEAMS
Dec. 30
Goodyear Cotton Bowl
Texas vs. Notre Dame
Jan. 1
Chick-Fil-A Peach Bowl
Auburn vs. Oklahoma State
Jan. 2
PlayStation Fiesta Bowl
Cincinnati vs. LSU
Jan. 2
Capital One Orange Bowl
North Carolina vs. Florida
Jan. 1
Rose Bowl Sport (semifinal)
Clemson vs. Georgia
Jan. 1
Allstate Sugar Bowl (semifinal)
Alabama vs. Oklahoma
School Soccer Playoff championship prediction
DATE
BOWL
TEAMS
Jan. 11
CFP Championship Sport
Alabama vs. Clemson