Movelor Bowl Projections: Week 6, 2023

Our bowl projections are live ahead of Week 6, and we’ve included them below, with our full ratings and probabilities through Week 5 also included below (for archival purposes). Observations on the bowl front:

  • We have a weird situation where the team with the fourth-highest average ranking in our model’s simulations is not the fourth-likeliest playoff team. Georgia finishes with an average CFP ranking of 9th, but it lags behind Oregon and Oklahoma in playoff probability despite each of those teams finishing with an average ranking of 10th. Because we’re trying to line up average simulations here, Georgia gets the nod, but it’s fairly arbitrary right now between those three plus Michigan and Texas, all of whom are very close to an even 30% in playoff probability.
  • There were no changes in the twelve teams our model’s sending to the New Year’s Six bowls. Fresno State’s average finish continues to narrowly edge that of Air Force, while Notre Dame lags behind Washington and Texas for the final at-large spot. One interesting note here, bringing us back to Georgia: Movelor, our model’s rating system, now has Alabama likelier to win the SEC than it has the Dawgs. That isn’t consequential here, and it’s very close, but something to keep an eye on.
  • We were a full eight bowl-eligible teams short. If this keeps up, we’ll have to start digging into APR, but for now, we just added the eight teams closest to a 50% bowl probability. In order from the least of a stretch to the most, those are: Arkansas, Rutgers, New Mexico State, Mississippi State, Cincinnati, Coastal Carolina, Oklahoma State, and Louisiana Tech. Some of this is just where teams’ individual win distributions fall, but the expected number of bowl eligible teams right now—the average in our model’s simulations—is only 77, five teams short of the full 82.
  • Teams entering the bowl mix: Rice, Texas Tech, Oklahoma State, Louisiana Tech.
  • Teams exiting the bowl mix: San Diego State, East Carolina, Illinois, Navy.
  • At 42nd in Movelor, Michigan State would be the best team to miss a bowl. At 119th, New Mexico State would be the worst team to make one.
DateBowlTeam 1Team 2T1 ConferenceT2 Conference
1/1/24Rose Bowl (CFP Semifinal)Penn StateGeorgiaBig TenSEC
1/1/24Sugar Bowl (CFP Semifinal)Ohio StateFlorida StateBig TenACC
1/1/24Fiesta BowlOklahomaOregonBig 12Pac-12
1/1/24ReliaQuest BowlMississippiNotre DameSECFBS Independents
1/1/24Citrus BowlTennesseeIowaSECBig Ten
12/30/23Orange BowlNorth CarolinaMichiganACCBig Ten
12/30/23Peach BowlAlabamaWashingtonSECPac-12
12/30/23Music City BowlWisconsinKentuckyBig TenSEC
12/30/23Arizona BowlCentral MichiganBoise StateMACMountain West
12/29/23Cotton BowlTexasFresno StateBig 12Mountain West
12/29/23Gator BowlDukeTexas A&MACCSEC
12/29/23Sun BowlLouisvilleOregon StateACCPac-12
12/29/23Liberty BowlKansasAuburnBig 12SEC
12/28/23Pinstripe BowlNC StateMinnesotaACCBig Ten
12/28/23Pop-Tarts BowlMiami (FL)West VirginiaACCBig 12
12/28/23Fenway BowlWake ForestTulaneACCAAC
12/28/23Alamo BowlKansas StateUtahBig 12Pac-12
12/27/23Duke’s Mayo BowlSyracuseLSUACCSEC
12/27/23Military BowlArkansasMemphisSECAAC
12/27/23Holiday BowlUSCClemsonPac-12ACC
12/27/23Texas BowlTCUMissouriBig 12SEC
12/26/23Guaranteed Rate BowlUCFRutgersBig 12Big Ten
12/26/23Quick Lane BowlToledoOklahoma StateMACBig 12
12/26/23First Responder BowlCincinnatiMississippi StateBig 12SEC
12/23/23Hawaii BowlUNLVSMUMountain WestAAC
12/23/23Armed Forces BowlTexas TechArmyBig 12FBS Independents
12/23/2368 Ventures BowlTulsaTexas StateAACSun Belt
12/23/23Birmingham BowlTroySouth CarolinaSun BeltSEC
12/23/23Las Vegas BowlMarylandWashington StateBig TenPac-12
12/23/23Famous Idaho Potato BowlMiami (OH)WyomingMACMountain West
12/23/23Camellia BowlEastern MichiganGeorgia StateMACSun Belt
12/22/23Gasparilla BowlMarshallFloridaSun BeltSEC
12/21/23Boca Raton BowlUSFLouisianaAACSun Belt
12/19/23Frisco BowlUTSASouth AlabamaAACSun Belt
12/18/23Myrtle Beach BowlRiceAppalachian StateAACSun Belt
12/16/23Independence BowlBYUArizonaBig 12Pac-12
12/16/23New Orleans BowlLibertyGeorgia SouthernConference USASun Belt
12/16/23Celebration BowlNorth Carolina CentralFlorida A&MMEACSWAC
12/16/23LA BowlAir ForceUCLAMountain WestPac-12
12/16/23New Mexico BowlNew Mexico StateUtah StateConference USAMountain West
12/16/23Bahamas BowlWestern KentuckyOhioConference USAMAC
12/16/23Cure BowlLouisiana TechCoastal CarolinaConference USASun Belt
RankTeamMovelorConferenceAverage Final CFP RankingMake PlayoffNational ChampionshipExpected WinsBowl EligibilityMake Conference ChampionshipWin Conference
1Penn State42.3Big Ten556.3%20.8%11.2100.0%42.3%35.2%
11Florida State33.8ACC842.5%7.9%11.5100.0%77.2%52.7%
3Ohio State40.4Big Ten742.0%14.4%10.6100.0%30.4%25.3%
7Oregon36.6Pac-121032.9%7.7%10.6100.0%58.0%35.0%
8Oklahoma35.1Big 121030.7%6.6%10.8100.0%61.5%35.2%
4Georgia38.7SEC930.2%7.2%11.2100.0%73.5%35.6%
5Michigan38.3Big Ten1029.0%9.4%10.4100.0%23.8%18.9%
9Texas34.4Big 121128.8%5.9%10.499.9%51.8%29.8%
10Washington34.3Pac-121124.5%5.1%10.3100.0%48.7%27.2%
2Alabama41.0SEC1121.5%5.0%10.299.9%73.5%41.8%
12Notre Dame32.9FBS Independents139.7%1.8%9.6100.0%0.0%0.0%
19USC28.3Pac-12226.3%1.1%8.999.3%32.6%12.5%
29North Carolina24.8ACC206.2%0.6%9.899.9%27.7%11.8%
13Oregon State31.4Pac-12186.1%1.1%9.299.6%20.1%10.6%
30Louisville24.5ACC245.4%0.6%9.899.8%59.1%20.6%
6Tennessee38.1SEC174.7%1.3%9.4100.0%15.8%9.7%
14Kansas State31.1Big 12NR3.4%0.5%9.097.8%40.3%18.9%
15Mississippi29.8SEC193.2%0.6%9.099.9%7.5%3.0%
33Washington State23.6Pac-12252.6%0.4%8.899.2%15.3%4.4%
17Utah28.8Pac-12232.3%0.4%8.799.4%12.6%5.9%
24Maryland25.9Big TenNR1.8%0.3%8.699.3%3.6%2.3%
25UCLA25.5Pac-12NR1.4%0.2%8.597.9%11.0%4.0%
35Duke22.7ACCNR1.2%0.1%8.196.3%16.5%6.9%
31West Virginia24.4Big 12NR1.0%0.1%8.496.7%26.3%8.2%
21Iowa26.9Big TenNR1.0%0.2%9.399.4%42.0%8.2%
23Wisconsin26.0Big TenNR0.9%0.2%8.596.7%48.8%8.9%
51Miami (FL)17.2ACCNR0.9%0.1%7.994.4%5.6%2.1%
27Kentucky25.0SECNR0.8%0.2%7.895.2%5.8%2.1%
37Syracuse22.1ACCNR0.6%0.1%8.497.7%4.9%2.3%
22Texas A&M26.8SECNR0.5%0.1%7.694.9%8.5%3.0%
28Air Force24.8Mountain West250.4%0.1%11.3100.0%82.3%44.8%
18LSU28.5SECNR0.4%0.1%7.793.6%9.6%3.5%
16Clemson29.0ACC220.3%0.1%8.095.7%4.2%2.2%
26Fresno State25.1Mountain West240.2%0.0%11.4100.0%74.8%41.1%
40Missouri20.6SECNR0.2%0.0%7.592.6%2.9%0.6%
53Kansas16.9Big 12NR0.1%0.0%6.775.8%1.9%0.5%
68Liberty13.1Conference USANR0.0%0.0%10.699.9%81.7%44.8%
20TCU27.2Big 12NR0.0%0.0%6.879.2%6.2%3.3%
48James Madison17.3Sun BeltNR0.0%0.0%10.00.0%0.0%0.0%
65Ohio14.0MACNR0.0%0.0%9.999.6%66.7%37.9%
38Tulane21.0AmericanNR0.0%0.0%9.899.6%54.6%36.1%
72Toledo12.3MACNR0.0%0.0%9.499.1%59.9%30.0%
57Memphis15.8AmericanNR0.0%0.0%9.098.4%38.1%19.6%
67Western Kentucky13.4Conference USANR0.0%0.0%8.998.1%80.6%45.5%
89Miami (OH)7.7MACNR0.0%0.0%8.396.1%21.5%11.0%
71Georgia Southern12.5Sun BeltNR0.0%0.0%8.295.6%30.5%15.8%
60Troy15.2Sun BeltNR0.0%0.0%8.295.2%45.0%24.4%
77Marshall11.4Sun BeltNR0.0%0.0%8.091.6%22.3%11.5%
61SMU15.0AmericanNR0.0%0.0%8.094.5%37.2%17.5%
82UNLV10.0Mountain WestNR0.0%0.0%7.996.1%10.0%2.9%
93Jacksonville State7.0Conference USANR0.0%0.0%7.80.0%0.0%0.0%
81Louisiana10.4Sun BeltNR0.0%0.0%7.489.2%15.7%7.8%
97Texas State5.9Sun BeltNR0.0%0.0%7.386.7%15.7%6.7%
87USF9.1AmericanNR0.0%0.0%7.388.9%24.1%8.2%
83Wyoming9.6Mountain WestNR0.0%0.0%7.391.7%6.2%2.0%
76Georgia State11.5Sun BeltNR0.0%0.0%7.285.1%12.8%6.6%
78Appalachian State11.4Sun BeltNR0.0%0.0%7.181.9%28.5%13.7%
34Auburn23.0SECNR0.0%0.0%6.884.5%0.7%0.3%
74South Alabama12.0Sun BeltNR0.0%0.0%6.778.5%20.6%10.6%
100Central Michigan4.7MACNR0.0%0.0%6.774.6%18.2%7.8%
58Boise State15.4Mountain WestNR0.0%0.0%6.577.7%20.8%8.1%
59Army15.3FBS IndependentsNR0.0%0.0%6.478.5%0.0%0.0%
95Tulsa6.2AmericanNR0.0%0.0%6.369.3%6.4%2.2%
36South Carolina22.6SECNR0.0%0.0%6.268.6%0.8%0.2%
44UCF18.9Big 12NR0.0%0.0%6.266.1%0.3%0.1%
49BYU17.3Big 12NR0.0%0.0%6.265.0%0.7%0.2%
62NC State15.0ACCNR0.0%0.0%6.059.5%1.5%0.5%
107Eastern Michigan3.2MACNR0.0%0.0%6.061.5%8.5%3.3%
108Rice3.0AmericanNR0.0%0.0%5.960.0%2.0%0.7%
80UTSA10.7AmericanNR0.0%0.0%5.858.3%16.7%7.1%
52Arizona17.0Pac-12NR0.0%0.0%5.753.4%1.4%0.3%
43Florida19.1SECNR0.0%0.0%5.752.6%1.2%0.3%
63Wake Forest14.9ACCNR0.0%0.0%5.650.8%0.5%0.2%
41Minnesota19.6Big TenNR0.0%0.0%5.651.4%3.2%0.5%
96Utah State6.1Mountain WestNR0.0%0.0%5.652.1%2.2%0.6%
69Rutgers13.0Big TenNR0.0%0.0%5.648.7%0.0%0.0%
32Texas Tech23.9Big 12NR0.0%0.0%5.651.1%5.1%2.1%
39Arkansas20.7SECNR0.0%0.0%5.549.2%0.2%0.1%
45Mississippi State18.5SECNR0.0%0.0%5.445.8%0.0%0.0%
119New Mexico State-1.7Conference USANR0.0%0.0%5.447.2%7.1%1.8%
115Louisiana Tech-0.6Conference USANR0.0%0.0%5.443.0%19.3%4.9%
56Cincinnati16.3Big 12NR0.0%0.0%5.345.8%0.7%0.2%
90Coastal Carolina7.6Sun BeltNR0.0%0.0%5.343.7%2.6%1.1%
55Oklahoma State16.4Big 12NR0.0%0.0%5.343.5%1.2%0.4%
94San Diego State6.4Mountain WestNR0.0%0.0%5.242.4%0.5%0.1%
54Illinois16.5Big TenNR0.0%0.0%5.240.8%2.0%0.2%
73East Carolina12.1AmericanNR0.0%0.0%5.242.0%8.2%4.0%
46Baylor18.4Big 12NR0.0%0.0%5.138.2%2.5%0.7%
104Western Michigan3.6MACNR0.0%0.0%5.036.7%5.9%2.4%
86UAB9.1AmericanNR0.0%0.0%5.037.2%6.2%2.5%
114Bowling Green State-0.5MACNR0.0%0.0%4.935.4%1.7%0.6%
120Arkansas State-2.4Sun BeltNR0.0%0.0%4.827.2%2.1%0.5%
110North Texas2.7AmericanNR0.0%0.0%4.830.0%1.6%0.6%
112Colorado State1.3Mountain WestNR0.0%0.0%4.830.8%1.3%0.2%
47Purdue17.6Big TenNR0.0%0.0%4.829.5%2.1%0.3%
64Nebraska14.8Big TenNR0.0%0.0%4.729.1%1.5%0.2%
42Michigan State19.3Big TenNR0.0%0.0%4.625.2%0.0%0.0%
70California12.7Pac-12NR0.0%0.0%4.620.6%0.2%0.1%
92Navy7.2AmericanNR0.0%0.0%4.627.6%1.1%0.3%
79Virginia Tech10.8ACCNR0.0%0.0%4.625.9%2.4%0.7%
116Middle Tennessee-0.8Conference USANR0.0%0.0%4.526.7%9.1%2.4%
50Iowa State17.3Big 12NR0.0%0.0%4.525.8%1.5%0.5%
101Colorado4.2Pac-12NR0.0%0.0%4.415.8%0.0%0.0%
106Old Dominion3.4Sun BeltNR0.0%0.0%4.421.0%3.3%1.3%
84Northwestern9.4Big TenNR0.0%0.0%4.315.9%0.5%0.0%
102Boston College4.0ACCNR0.0%0.0%4.317.7%0.0%0.0%
126Hawaii-3.9Mountain WestNR0.0%0.0%4.219.4%0.2%0.0%
132FIU-12.4Conference USANR0.0%0.0%4.213.5%0.2%0.0%
103Florida Atlantic3.8AmericanNR0.0%0.0%4.222.3%3.7%1.3%
99San Jose State5.1Mountain WestNR0.0%0.0%4.117.4%1.1%0.3%
113Ball State0.6MACNR0.0%0.0%4.120.2%4.5%1.5%
111Buffalo1.5MACNR0.0%0.0%4.017.1%8.3%3.8%
117Northern Illinois-0.9MACNR0.0%0.0%4.018.4%3.0%1.1%
75Houston11.6Big 12NR0.0%0.0%3.912.0%0.0%0.0%
122Louisiana Monroe-2.6Sun BeltNR0.0%0.0%3.911.7%0.6%0.2%
91Georgia Tech7.4ACCNR0.0%0.0%3.89.0%0.2%0.0%
123Kent State-3.3MACNR0.0%0.0%3.711.8%1.2%0.4%
124Sam Houston-3.3Conference USANR0.0%0.0%3.60.0%0.0%0.0%
85Indiana9.3Big TenNR0.0%0.0%3.56.3%0.0%0.0%
131New Mexico-7.6Mountain WestNR0.0%0.0%3.56.2%0.0%0.0%
128UTEP-4.6Conference USANR0.0%0.0%3.24.9%1.9%0.6%
66Pitt13.6ACCNR0.0%0.0%3.25.3%0.1%0.0%
129Akron-4.8MACNR0.0%0.0%3.15.7%0.6%0.2%
130Temple-6.9AmericanNR0.0%0.0%3.13.4%0.1%0.0%
118Southern Miss-1.2Sun BeltNR0.0%0.0%2.83.0%0.3%0.1%
125Charlotte-3.7AmericanNR0.0%0.0%2.73.0%0.2%0.0%
121Nevada-2.4Mountain WestNR0.0%0.0%2.73.3%0.5%0.1%
88Arizona State8.3Pac-12NR0.0%0.0%2.50.0%0.0%0.0%
127UConn-3.9FBS IndependentsNR0.0%0.0%2.50.3%0.0%0.0%
109Vanderbilt2.9SECNR0.0%0.0%2.40.1%0.0%0.0%
98Virginia5.9ACCNR0.0%0.0%2.30.9%0.0%0.0%
105Stanford3.4Pac-12NR0.0%0.0%2.00.1%0.0%0.0%
133UMass-16.4FBS IndependentsNR0.0%0.0%2.00.0%0.0%0.0%
RankTeamMovelorConferenceProjected WinsConference Championship
1South Dakota State22.3MVFC10.163.6%
2Montana State16.6Big Sky8.953.3%
3Incarnate Word14.4Southland9.997.2%
4North Dakota State13.4MVFC8.15.9%
5Idaho8.1Big Sky8.428.7%
6Southern Illinois7.3MVFC8.611.9%
7Furman7.0Southern8.848.0%
8Sacramento State6.6Big Sky8.24.8%
9Austin Peay6.2UAC7.949.5%
10Weber State5.5Big Sky7.46.8%
11UC Davis4.5Big Sky6.92.9%
12Northern Iowa4.0MVFC6.15.0%
13North Dakota3.7MVFC6.82.5%
14Youngstown State3.5MVFC6.42.7%
15Holy Cross2.4Patriot7.678.4%
16Central Arkansas2.2UAC7.134.7%
17Montana2.1Big Sky6.91.5%
18South Dakota1.0MVFC7.26.5%
19Elon0.8CAA7.335.6%
20William & Mary-0.4CAA8.110.7%
21Rhode Island-0.6CAA7.38.2%
22Southeast Missouri State-0.7Big South-OVC6.144.6%
23Stephen F. Austin-0.9UAC6.83.8%
24Western Carolina-1.0Southern8.022.8%
25Delaware-1.1CAA8.231.9%
26Missouri State-1.3MVFC4.50.3%
27Chattanooga-1.7Southern7.124.3%
28UT Martin-2.0Big South-OVC8.238.0%
29Eastern Washington-2.8Big Sky5.31.1%
30Samford-2.8Southern5.90.5%
31Illinois State-3.3MVFC6.21.5%
32Mercer-3.7Southern6.94.4%
33New Hampshire-3.7CAA5.90.4%
34Yale-4.8Ivy5.712.5%
35Southern Utah-4.9UAC4.51.5%
36Harvard-5.2Ivy7.530.3%
37Portland State-5.5Big Sky5.20.7%
38Richmond-5.8CAA5.12.0%
39Albany-6.7CAA6.87.4%
40Eastern Kentucky-6.9UAC4.87.1%
41Northern Arizona-6.9Big Sky3.20.1%
42Abilene Christian-7.0UAC4.91.1%
43Campbell-7.4CAA5.00.3%
44Villanova-7.9CAA6.22.1%
45Dartmouth-8.4Ivy6.324.2%
46Fordham-8.7Patriot7.38.3%
47Princeton-8.7Ivy5.819.4%
48Jackson State-8.8SWAC8.626.5%
49North Carolina Central-9.0MEAC8.247.5%
50Gardner-Webb-9.5Big South-OVC5.04.7%
51Southeastern Louisiana-9.5Southland4.01.0%
52Penn-10.4Ivy5.94.6%
53Columbia-10.5Ivy5.04.7%
54Tarleton-11.0UAC6.51.9%
55Towson-11.1CAA4.30.7%
56Howard-12.1MEAC6.037.8%
57Florida A&M-12.1SWAC9.036.4%
58Monmouth-12.4CAA4.50.5%
59Kennesaw State-13.0FCS Independents3.80.0%
60Maine-13.5CAA3.60.0%
61Lafayette-13.5Patriot7.210.6%
62Nicholls-14.3Southland4.71.3%
63East Tennessee State-14.9Southern3.90.2%
64Tennessee State-16.2Big South-OVC6.52.5%
65Southern-16.6SWAC7.019.5%
66Brown-16.7Ivy4.31.2%
67Bryant-16.8Big South-OVC4.94.4%
68Utah Tech-16.9UAC2.50.4%
69St. Thomas-17.0Pioneer7.637.7%
70Wofford-17.2Southern1.70.0%
71North Alabama-17.7UAC2.90.0%
72Saint Francis (PA)-17.8NEC4.321.2%
73Davidson-17.8Pioneer7.531.8%
74Idaho State-18.4Big Sky1.60.0%
75Cornell-18.5Ivy4.73.1%
76Duquesne-18.5NEC6.144.2%
77Charleston Southern-18.9Big South-OVC4.62.2%
78Hampton-18.9CAA4.80.4%
79North Carolina A&T-19.1CAA2.80.0%
80Butler-19.2Pioneer7.820.9%
81Eastern Illinois-19.6Big South-OVC6.31.7%
82Merrimack-19.6NEC5.314.4%
83Indiana State-20.7MVFC1.10.0%
84Cal Poly-20.8Big Sky2.80.0%
85Alcorn State-20.9SWAC5.64.4%
86Northern Colorado-20.9Big Sky0.90.0%
87Dayton-21.0Pioneer6.20.5%
88Lindenwood-21.2Big South-OVC4.30.7%
89Tennessee Tech-21.7Big South-OVC3.31.1%
90Murray State-22.1MVFC2.40.0%
91Stony Brook-22.2CAA1.40.0%
92Texas A&M-Commerce-22.3Southland2.90.2%
93Alabama A&M-22.4SWAC5.91.8%
94LIU-22.8NEC3.77.5%
95Morgan State-23.0MEAC3.75.9%
96Bethune-Cookman-23.0SWAC4.71.5%
97Western Illinois-23.1MVFC0.70.0%
98Grambling State-23.1SWAC6.27.5%
99VMI-23.6Southern3.10.0%
100South Carolina State-23.7MEAC4.65.3%
101Lamar-24.0Southland4.10.2%
102San Diego-24.0Pioneer5.05.3%
103McNeese-24.5Southland2.20.0%
104Prairie View A&M-25.0SWAC5.22.1%
105Colgate-25.3Patriot3.40.5%
106Central Connecticut State-26.8NEC4.13.1%
107Robert Morris-26.9Big South-OVC3.50.2%
108Northwestern State-26.9Southland2.10.0%
109Lehigh-26.9Patriot2.90.9%
110Alabama State-27.0SWAC4.30.1%
111Norfolk State-27.6MEAC3.82.0%
112Stonehill-27.8NEC4.13.8%
113The Citadel-27.9Southern1.10.0%
114Texas Southern-28.3SWAC2.80.1%
115Georgetown-28.6Patriot4.61.3%
116Houston Christian-29.4Southland3.70.0%
117Bucknell-29.4Patriot3.20.1%
118Sacred Heart-30.3NEC2.40.6%
119Delaware State-30.4MEAC2.71.6%
120Drake-30.5Pioneer4.43.3%
121Stetson-31.8Pioneer4.40.1%
122Arkansas-Pine Bluff-32.9SWAC2.80.1%
123Wagner-32.9NEC4.15.2%
124Morehead State-33.1Pioneer3.10.0%
125Marist-34.6Pioneer4.10.4%
126Valparaiso-35.7Pioneer2.80.1%
127Mississippi Valley State-39.4SWAC1.20.0%
128Presbyterian-40.8Pioneer3.70.0%
The Barking Crow's resident numbers man. Was asked to do NIT Bracketology in 2018 and never looked back. Fields inquiries on Twitter: @joestunardi.
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