Movelor Bowl Projections: Week 9, 2023

Our bowl projections are live through Week 8’s games, and we’ve included them below, with our full ratings and probabilities through Week 8 also included below (for archival purposes). One important note: These are publishing late again this week, but they do not include results from any of the Tuesday night games. I don’t think they’d affect anything, but apologies for the delay either way. Other notes:

  • Penn State has a higher average final CFP ranking than Georgia, but Georgia gets the playoff nod based on their narrow playoff probability edge. What’s happening here is that Penn State’s floor is pretty high relative to Georgia’s. This is mostly a function of remaining schedule. We have Ohio State and Michigan 1–2, but again, that’s because of how good their respective average finishes are. In reality, one will likely finish even better than the average, and the other will finish worse.
  • Penn State dropping out of the playoff pushes Iowa out of the New Year’s Six. Notre Dame climbs in to take that place, and matchups are shuffled by the Orange Bowl going for Penn State rather than an SEC team.
  • We’re now two bowl-eligible teams short, or four, depending how you count. We did not realize the NCAA would allow FBS transitioning teams to fill some of the shortages, and we’ve adjusted our model accordingly. It is now very likely that both James Madison and Jacksonville State will play in bowl games. To fill our last two, we used the teams closest to 50% bowl probability. This week, that’s Virginia Tech and Wake Forest.
  • Teams entering the bowl mix: James Madison (kind of, were already there and we didn’t know it), Jacksonville State (ditto), BYU, Minnesota, Boston College, UCF, Old Dominion, Rice, Wake Forest.
  • Teams exiting the bowl mix: Appalachian State, Florida Atlantic, Illinois, Central Michigan, Texas Tech, South Carolina (kind of, they would’ve been out last week if JMU was in), Tulsa, Arkansas, San Diego State.
  • At 35th in Movelor’s rankings, Arkansas is the best team projected to finish bowl-ineligible. At 113th, Bowling Green State remains the worst team projected to make a bowl.

The projections, and this week’s ratings and probabilities:

DateBowlTeam 1Team 2T1 ConferenceT2 Conference
1/1/24Rose Bowl (CFP Semifinal)Ohio StateGeorgiaBig TenSEC
1/1/24Sugar Bowl (CFP Semifinal)MichiganFlorida StateBig TenACC
1/1/24Fiesta BowlOregonAir ForcePac-12Mountain West
1/1/24ReliaQuest BowlLSUNorth CarolinaSECACC
1/1/24Citrus BowlMississippiIowaSECBig Ten
12/30/23Orange BowlLouisvillePenn StateACCBig Ten
12/30/23Peach BowlWashingtonNotre DamePac-12FBS Independents
12/30/23Music City BowlMarylandKentuckyBig TenSEC
12/30/23Arizona BowlNorthern IllinoisBoise StateMACMountain West
12/29/23Cotton BowlOklahomaAlabamaBig 12SEC
12/29/23Gator BowlClemsonMissouriACCSEC
12/29/23Sun BowlBoston CollegeUSCACCPac-12
12/29/23Liberty BowlKansasFloridaBig 12SEC
12/28/23Pinstripe BowlWake ForestRutgersACCBig Ten
12/28/23Pop-Tarts BowlMiami (FL)Kansas StateACCBig 12
12/28/23Fenway BowlNC StateTulaneACCAAC
12/28/23Alamo BowlTexasOregon StateBig 12Pac-12
12/27/23Duke’s Mayo BowlSyracuseTexas A&MACCSEC
12/27/23Military BowlVirginia TechSMUACCAAC
12/27/23Holiday BowlUtahDukePac-12ACC
12/27/23Texas BowlOklahoma StateTennesseeBig 12SEC
12/26/23Guaranteed Rate BowlWest VirginiaMinnesotaBig 12Big Ten
12/26/23Quick Lane BowlToledoNebraskaMACBig Ten
12/26/23First Responder BowlTCUUTSABig 12AAC
12/23/23Hawaii BowlWyomingMemphisMountain WestAAC
12/23/23Armed Forces BowlBYUGeorgia StateBig 12Sun Belt
12/23/2368 Ventures BowlWestern KentuckyGeorgia SouthernConference USASun Belt
12/23/23Birmingham BowlTroyAuburnSun BeltSEC
12/23/23Las Vegas BowlWisconsinUCLABig TenPac-12
12/23/23Famous Idaho Potato BowlOhioUNLVMACMountain West
12/23/23Camellia BowlNew Mexico StateSouth AlabamaConference USASun Belt
12/22/23Gasparilla BowlUCFMississippi StateBig 12SEC
12/21/23Boca Raton BowlBowling Green StateCoastal CarolinaMACSun Belt
12/19/23Frisco BowlUSFTexas StateAACSun Belt
12/18/23Myrtle Beach BowlEastern MichiganLouisianaMACSun Belt
12/16/23Independence BowlIowa StateArizonaBig 12Pac-12
12/16/23New Orleans BowlLibertyJames MadisonConference USASun Belt
12/16/23Celebration BowlNorth Carolina CentralFlorida A&MMEACSWAC
12/16/23LA BowlFresno StateWashington StateMountain WestPac-12
12/16/23New Mexico BowlOld DominionUtah StateSun BeltMountain West
12/16/23Bahamas BowlJacksonville StateMiami (OH)Conference USAMAC
12/16/23Cure BowlRiceMarshallAACSun Belt
RankTeamMovelorConferenceAverage Final CFP RankingMake PlayoffNational ChampionshipExpected WinsBowl EligibilityMake Conference ChampionshipWin Conference
2Ohio State44.9Big Ten378.7%29.9%11.7100.0%55.6%50.1%
1Michigan45.0Big Ten465.9%27.3%11.3100.0%38.0%35.0%
6Florida State36.3ACC465.0%10.5%12.2100.0%97.8%72.2%
3Penn State41.8Big Ten733.6%7.1%10.3100.0%6.4%5.6%
5Georgia38.9SEC834.0%6.6%11.5100.0%87.0%44.1%
10Oklahoma34.2Big 12833.4%4.5%11.4100.0%83.9%44.1%
4Alabama39.6SEC921.5%4.5%10.8100.0%81.9%43.2%
12Washington33.1Pac-12924.1%3.1%10.9100.0%70.2%34.8%
9Oregon34.3Pac-121215.5%2.0%10.1100.0%48.4%27.5%
13Notre Dame32.8FBS Independents130.4%0.1%9.4100.0%0.0%0.0%
15Texas31.5Big 121310.4%1.3%9.6100.0%34.9%18.4%
16Mississippi29.6SEC133.5%0.6%9.4100.0%3.0%1.3%
7LSU35.0SEC132.8%0.7%8.9100.0%14.6%6.6%
14Oregon State31.8Pac-12145.9%1.0%9.7100.0%31.9%16.8%
17Utah29.5Pac-12173.0%0.5%9.4100.0%25.8%12.0%
11Kansas State33.6Big 12180.9%0.3%9.299.9%49.9%27.0%
8Tennessee34.8SEC190.1%0.0%9.0100.0%6.3%3.0%
30Air Force22.6Mountain West210.1%0.0%11.7100.0%90.1%56.8%
19UCLA27.4Pac-12240.1%0.0%8.9100.0%7.9%3.0%
24Louisville24.2ACC240.6%0.0%9.6100.0%43.8%12.1%
18Texas A&M29.4SECNR0.0%0.0%7.397.1%0.5%0.2%
20Iowa25.2Big TenNR0.0%0.0%9.1100.0%43.2%4.5%
21Clemson24.8ACCNR0.0%0.0%7.292.7%0.5%0.1%
22TCU24.4Big 12NR0.0%0.0%5.861.7%0.1%0.1%
23USC24.2Pac-12NR0.1%0.0%7.8100.0%13.0%4.8%
25Missouri24.1SECNR0.1%0.0%8.5100.0%3.9%1.0%
26Wisconsin23.3Big TenNR0.0%0.0%8.199.3%43.8%3.9%
27Duke23.3ACCNR0.1%0.0%8.198.5%21.6%6.4%
28North Carolina23.3ACCNR0.2%0.0%9.5100.0%25.0%7.3%
29Oklahoma State22.8Big 12NR0.0%0.0%8.098.2%18.1%6.1%
31Maryland22.4Big TenNR0.0%0.0%7.194.3%0.0%0.0%
32Florida22.3SECNR0.0%0.0%6.581.0%2.6%0.6%
33Iowa State22.2Big 12NR0.0%0.0%6.474.5%9.4%3.2%
34Arizona21.9Pac-12NR0.0%0.0%6.784.8%2.8%1.1%
35Arkansas21.8SECNR0.0%0.0%4.616.7%0.0%0.0%
36Texas Tech21.6Big 12NR0.0%0.0%4.928.7%0.2%0.1%
37Fresno State21.3Mountain WestNR0.0%0.0%10.3100.0%50.9%24.2%
38Tulane20.9AmericanNR0.0%0.0%10.4100.0%67.4%37.7%
39James Madison20.9Sun BeltNR0.0%0.0%11.093.8%0.0%0.0%
40Washington State20.6Pac-12NR0.0%0.0%7.396.1%0.0%0.0%
41SMU20.1AmericanNR0.0%0.0%9.399.9%64.4%33.6%
42Kentucky20.0SECNR0.0%0.0%6.680.7%0.2%0.1%
43West Virginia19.8Big 12NR0.0%0.0%6.578.4%1.5%0.5%
44Auburn19.7SECNR0.0%0.0%5.862.0%0.0%0.0%
45Troy19.6Sun BeltNR0.0%0.0%9.499.9%55.6%37.9%
46Mississippi State19.6SECNR0.0%0.0%6.580.4%0.0%0.0%
47Minnesota19.5Big TenNR0.0%0.0%6.476.8%5.1%0.5%
48Miami (FL)18.5ACCNR0.0%0.0%7.596.4%1.3%0.5%
49South Carolina18.5SECNR0.0%0.0%4.826.8%0.0%0.0%
50UCF18.4Big 12NR0.0%0.0%5.652.5%0.0%0.0%
51Kansas18.1Big 12NR0.0%0.0%6.885.6%0.8%0.3%
52Rutgers17.8Big TenNR0.0%0.0%6.8100.0%0.0%0.0%
53BYU17.4Big 12NR0.0%0.0%6.476.9%0.5%0.1%
54South Alabama17.3Sun BeltNR0.0%0.0%7.897.2%35.3%23.1%
55Baylor17.3Big 12NR0.0%0.0%4.931.5%0.7%0.2%
56Syracuse17.2ACCNR0.0%0.0%7.189.0%0.2%0.0%
57Purdue16.9Big TenNR0.0%0.0%4.416.2%0.4%0.0%
58Memphis16.5AmericanNR0.0%0.0%8.999.9%21.4%9.8%
59Nebraska16.0Big TenNR0.0%0.0%6.063.5%7.1%0.4%
60Illinois15.9Big TenNR0.0%0.0%5.133.2%0.2%0.0%
61UTSA15.9AmericanNR0.0%0.0%7.595.1%39.7%17.1%
62Wake Forest15.5ACCNR0.0%0.0%5.546.0%0.0%0.0%
63Houston15.4Big 12NR0.0%0.0%4.929.3%0.0%0.0%
64Michigan State15.3Big TenNR0.0%0.0%3.61.8%0.0%0.0%
65Pitt15.1ACCNR0.0%0.0%3.63.4%0.0%0.0%
66Georgia State14.6Sun BeltNR0.0%0.0%8.6100.0%46.5%19.0%
67Virginia Tech14.3ACCNR0.0%0.0%5.446.5%7.9%1.2%
68Wyoming13.7Mountain WestNR0.0%0.0%8.699.7%24.5%7.8%
69NC State13.5ACCNR0.0%0.0%5.958.1%0.7%0.1%
70California12.9Pac-12NR0.0%0.0%4.516.8%0.0%0.0%
71Cincinnati12.5Big 12NR0.0%0.0%3.77.0%0.0%0.0%
72Toledo11.9MACNR0.0%0.0%10.4100.0%86.3%43.6%
73Boise State11.8Mountain WestNR0.0%0.0%5.650.1%9.1%3.7%
74Liberty11.8Conference USANR0.0%0.0%11.3100.0%96.4%55.7%
75Ohio11.1MACNR0.0%0.0%9.2100.0%50.8%26.4%
76San Jose State10.9Mountain WestNR0.0%0.0%5.445.2%4.6%1.3%
77Western Kentucky10.7Conference USANR0.0%0.0%8.298.1%69.7%33.9%
78Virginia10.0ACCNR0.0%0.0%3.76.0%0.5%0.1%
79UNLV10.0Mountain WestNR0.0%0.0%8.3100.0%19.7%6.0%
80Miami (OH)9.9MACNR0.0%0.0%8.9100.0%37.1%18.8%
81Coastal Carolina9.2Sun BeltNR0.0%0.0%6.678.7%8.0%2.6%
82Boston College9.1ACCNR0.0%0.0%6.169.0%0.6%0.1%
83Georgia Southern8.8Sun BeltNR0.0%0.0%7.693.9%22.9%7.0%
84Arizona State8.6Pac-12NR0.0%0.0%1.70.0%0.0%0.0%
85Louisiana8.5Sun BeltNR0.0%0.0%6.890.4%2.9%1.3%
86Northwestern8.4Big TenNR0.0%0.0%4.110.3%0.2%0.0%
87Navy8.3AmericanNR0.0%0.0%5.342.6%1.1%0.3%
88Jacksonville State8.2Conference USANR0.0%0.0%8.488.0%0.0%0.0%
89North Texas7.8AmericanNR0.0%0.0%5.035.1%0.6%0.2%
90Army7.8FBS IndependentsNR0.0%0.0%4.58.9%0.0%0.0%
91Marshall7.7Sun BeltNR0.0%0.0%6.476.1%3.7%1.2%
92Appalachian State7.4Sun BeltNR0.0%0.0%5.444.0%3.7%0.9%
93Georgia Tech7.3ACCNR0.0%0.0%4.06.8%0.2%0.0%
94Utah State7.1Mountain WestNR0.0%0.0%5.552.4%0.1%0.0%
95East Carolina7.0AmericanNR0.0%0.0%3.01.6%0.0%0.0%
96UAB6.6AmericanNR0.0%0.0%4.311.9%0.0%0.0%
97Old Dominion6.4Sun BeltNR0.0%0.0%5.752.5%15.2%4.2%
98Northern Illinois6.1MACNR0.0%0.0%6.785.7%9.5%3.8%
99Indiana5.5Big TenNR0.0%0.0%2.90.6%0.0%0.0%
100Florida Atlantic5.5AmericanNR0.0%0.0%5.342.6%3.6%0.9%
101Texas State5.0Sun BeltNR0.0%0.0%7.089.2%6.1%2.8%
102Western Michigan4.5MACNR0.0%0.0%4.210.9%0.2%0.1%
103USF4.3AmericanNR0.0%0.0%6.073.5%0.4%0.1%
104Colorado4.3Pac-12NR0.0%0.0%4.46.6%0.0%0.0%
105Eastern Michigan4.2MACNR0.0%0.0%6.171.4%3.0%1.3%
106New Mexico State3.8Conference USANR0.0%0.0%7.190.8%28.3%8.9%
107San Diego State3.8Mountain WestNR0.0%0.0%4.413.8%0.1%0.0%
108Vanderbilt3.8SECNR0.0%0.0%2.40.0%0.0%0.0%
109Buffalo3.7MACNR0.0%0.0%4.516.2%9.7%4.6%
110Rice3.5AmericanNR0.0%0.0%5.652.5%1.3%0.3%
111Colorado State3.3Mountain WestNR0.0%0.0%5.242.1%0.5%0.1%
112Stanford3.2Pac-12NR0.0%0.0%2.50.1%0.0%0.0%
113Bowling Green State2.1MACNR0.0%0.0%6.066.6%2.4%1.0%
114Tulsa2.1AmericanNR0.0%0.0%4.618.1%0.0%0.0%
115Ball State1.0MACNR0.0%0.0%3.85.5%0.1%0.0%
116Middle Tennessee0.8Conference USANR0.0%0.0%4.516.2%2.1%0.6%
117Central Michigan-0.8MACNR0.0%0.0%5.132.6%0.9%0.3%
118Louisiana Tech-1.3Conference USANR0.0%0.0%4.514.1%3.3%0.9%
119Nevada-1.6Mountain WestNR0.0%0.0%3.12.2%0.5%0.1%
120Louisiana Monroe-2.0Sun BeltNR0.0%0.0%3.41.9%0.0%0.0%
121UConn-2.1FBS IndependentsNR0.0%0.0%2.90.0%0.0%0.0%
122Charlotte-2.7AmericanNR0.0%0.0%3.55.4%0.1%0.0%
123Arkansas State-3.9Sun BeltNR0.0%0.0%4.312.6%0.1%0.0%
124Southern Miss-4.9Sun BeltNR0.0%0.0%1.90.0%0.0%0.0%
125UTEP-5.4Conference USANR0.0%0.0%3.11.2%0.3%0.0%
126Sam Houston-5.9Conference USANR0.0%0.0%2.20.0%0.0%0.0%
127Hawaii-6.5Mountain WestNR0.0%0.0%2.90.7%0.0%0.0%
128New Mexico-7.3Mountain WestNR0.0%0.0%3.84.1%0.0%0.0%
129Kent State-7.5MACNR0.0%0.0%2.20.0%0.0%0.0%
130Akron-8.6MACNR0.0%0.0%1.90.0%0.0%0.0%
131Temple-12.0AmericanNR0.0%0.0%2.40.0%0.0%0.0%
132FIU-12.6Conference USANR0.0%0.0%4.45.7%0.0%0.0%
133UMass-15.8FBS IndependentsNR0.0%0.0%1.90.0%0.0%0.0%
RankTeamMovelorConferenceProjected WinsConference Championship
1South Dakota State21.5MVFC10.482.1%
2Montana State17.2Big Sky9.375.5%
3North Dakota State13.5MVFC7.70.8%
4Furman7.8Southern9.573.8%
5Incarnate Word7.7Southland9.895.0%
6Idaho6.9Big Sky7.812.7%
7Austin Peay6.4UAC8.464.7%
8Montana6.3Big Sky8.710.9%
9North Dakota5.4MVFC7.10.9%
10Southern Illinois5.1MVFC7.80.2%
11UC Davis3.8Big Sky6.90.3%
12Youngstown State3.6MVFC6.70.6%
13Sacramento State3.3Big Sky7.60.3%
14Northern Iowa2.9MVFC6.43.0%
15South Dakota2.1MVFC7.912.2%
16Chattanooga1.2Southern7.317.9%
17Delaware1.1CAA8.857.5%
18Illinois State1.1MVFC6.30.1%
19Central Arkansas0.6UAC7.726.0%
20New Hampshire0.6CAA6.80.7%
21Southeast Missouri State-0.6Big South-OVC5.951.2%
22Holy Cross-0.6Patriot6.724.8%
23Weber State-1.0Big Sky5.00.0%
24Richmond-1.5CAA7.013.9%
25Western Carolina-1.5Southern8.28.3%
26Eastern Washington-3.0Big Sky5.10.1%
27Villanova-3.3CAA7.36.9%
28Missouri State-3.3MVFC4.20.0%
29UT Martin-3.3Big South-OVC8.440.5%
30Samford-3.3Southern6.00.0%
31Abilene Christian-3.6UAC5.92.8%
32Harvard-4.0Ivy7.632.2%
33Southern Utah-4.1UAC4.70.0%
34Stephen F. Austin-4.5UAC4.60.0%
35William & Mary-4.5CAA6.40.9%
36Albany-5.0CAA7.811.0%
37Mercer-5.6Southern6.70.0%
38Portland State-5.6Big Sky4.80.1%
39Elon-5.7CAA5.58.2%
40Yale-6.4Ivy5.55.8%
41Northern Arizona-6.7Big Sky3.60.1%
42Rhode Island-7.1CAA5.80.0%
43North Carolina Central-7.8MEAC9.360.2%
44Tarleton-7.9UAC6.00.0%
45Monmouth-8.2CAA4.90.1%
46Penn-8.3Ivy7.526.5%
47Eastern Kentucky-8.6UAC4.56.4%
48Lafayette-8.9Patriot9.060.5%
49Fordham-8.9Patriot7.411.1%
50Southeastern Louisiana-9.4Southland3.20.0%
51Campbell-9.4CAA5.30.6%
52Princeton-9.6Ivy5.014.4%
53Nicholls-10.0Southland4.62.1%
54Towson-10.0CAA4.80.2%
55Gardner-Webb-10.8Big South-OVC5.43.4%
56Dartmouth-10.8Ivy5.116.2%
57Florida A&M-11.4SWAC10.060.5%
58Jackson State-12.5SWAC7.62.1%
59Idaho State-13.2Big Sky3.60.1%
60Tennessee State-13.2Big South-OVC7.62.3%
61Maine-13.4CAA3.30.0%
62Howard-14.3MEAC5.629.5%
63Bryant-14.7Big South-OVC4.81.7%
64Kennesaw State-15.2FCS Independents3.20.0%
65Utah Tech-15.5UAC2.90.2%
66Columbia-15.6Ivy3.60.1%
67Eastern Illinois-16.2Big South-OVC6.70.0%
68East Tennessee State-16.3Southern3.70.0%
69Brown-16.7Ivy4.40.8%
70Merrimack-16.8NEC6.224.6%
71St. Thomas-16.8Pioneer7.513.3%
72Duquesne-17.0NEC6.868.2%
73Davidson-17.2Pioneer8.468.5%
74Saint Francis (PA)-17.2NEC4.04.1%
75Southern-17.4SWAC7.021.0%
76Charleston Southern-17.5Big South-OVC4.90.9%
77North Alabama-17.7UAC3.20.0%
78Butler-18.7Pioneer7.40.5%
79Cornell-19.2Ivy4.24.2%
80Indiana State-19.3MVFC0.90.0%
81Cal Poly-19.4Big Sky3.30.0%
82Lamar-19.5Southland5.62.9%
83Alcorn State-19.9SWAC6.310.7%
84Texas A&M-Commerce-20.0Southland3.00.0%
85Murray State-20.1MVFC2.20.0%
86Wofford-20.1Southern0.80.0%
87Alabama A&M-20.5SWAC6.40.8%
88Northern Colorado-20.5Big Sky0.40.0%
89Colgate-20.8Patriot4.92.8%
90Lindenwood-20.9Big South-OVC4.10.0%
91VMI-21.0Southern3.60.0%
92North Carolina A&T-21.3CAA2.20.0%
93Morgan State-21.5MEAC3.01.5%
94South Carolina State-21.5MEAC4.67.3%
95Alabama State-22.6SWAC6.20.3%
96Hampton-23.0CAA4.00.0%
97Tennessee Tech-23.1Big South-OVC3.10.0%
98Norfolk State-24.1MEAC3.81.4%
99Grambling State-24.7SWAC5.22.3%
100McNeese-24.7Southland1.80.0%
101Lehigh-24.9Patriot2.60.1%
102Texas Southern-25.4SWAC3.60.1%
103LIU-25.4NEC3.00.5%
104Stony Brook-25.9CAA0.30.0%
105Drake-26.1Pioneer6.416.1%
106Georgetown-26.3Patriot4.70.7%
107Central Connecticut State-26.5NEC4.60.6%
108Prairie View A&M-27.1SWAC4.62.2%
109The Citadel-27.1Southern0.70.0%
110Robert Morris-27.2Big South-OVC3.10.0%
111Bethune-Cookman-27.5SWAC2.70.0%
112Western Illinois-28.0MVFC0.30.0%
113Stonehill-28.3NEC4.31.6%
114San Diego-28.5Pioneer3.20.0%
115Houston Christian-28.5Southland4.10.0%
116Bucknell-28.6Patriot3.20.0%
117Sacred Heart-28.8NEC1.80.0%
118Marist-28.8Pioneer5.71.6%
119Dayton-29.2Pioneer3.30.0%
120Northwestern State-29.4Southland1.20.0%
121Morehead State-31.7Pioneer4.40.0%
122Delaware State-33.3MEAC1.70.1%
123Stetson-34.9Pioneer4.20.0%
124Valparaiso-35.3Pioneer2.20.0%
125Mississippi Valley State-35.7SWAC1.70.0%
126Wagner-36.4NEC3.30.4%
127Arkansas-Pine Bluff-37.7SWAC1.70.0%
128Presbyterian-38.9Pioneer3.90.0%
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