Mark Schlabach Close College Football Reporter College football writer for ESPN.com Author of seven books on college football Formerly at the Washington Post and the Atlanta Journal-Constitution Brett McMurphy Close College football reporter College football reporter for ESPN Nominated for Pulitzer Prize in 2010 Graduate of Oklahoma State University 0 Shares Print The start of the 2015 college football season might still be nearly four months away, but it’s never too early to project how things might shake out. Each of the first bowl projections for 2015 have the same three teams playing in the College Football Playoff semifinals in the Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic and Capital One Orange Bowl: defending national champion Ohio State, TCU and Auburn. The fourth teams were different with Brett McMurphy choosing USC to win the Pac-12 title and Mark Schlabach choosing Oregon. A year ago, McMurphy correctly picked three of the four teams who played in the inaugural College Football Playoff (Alabama, Ohio State and Oregon), while Schlabach correctly picked two (Alabama and Florida State). Here are the first bowl projections for 2015: Arizona Bowl (pending NCAA approval) Mark Schlabach: Old Dominion vs. WyomingBrett McMurphy: Air Force vs. UTEP Austin Bowl (pending NCAA approval) MS: SMU vs. Arkansas StateBM: Temple vs. Texas State Cure Bowl MS: East Carolina vs. Appalachian StateBM: East Carolina vs. Appalachian State R+L Carriers New Orleans MS: Air Force vs. Louisiana-LafayetteBM: Southern Miss vs. Louisiana-Lafayette Gildan New Mexico Bowl MS: Louisiana Tech vs. New MexicoBM: Louisiana Tech vs. Wyoming Royal Purple Las Vegas MS: Washington vs. Utah StateBM: Stanford vs. Boise State Famous Idaho Potato Bowl MS: Bowling Green vs. San Jose StateBM: Central Michigan vs. Fresno State Raycom Media Camellia Bowl MS: Akron vs. South AlabamaBM: Western Michigan vs. …
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