Deion Sanders has promised no opt-outs for his star-driven football team, which makes the Buffaloes an attractive bowl team. And while this is a Big 12 vs. Big 12 matchup, the Alamo Bowl still has a Pac-12 legacy tie-in, which makes the Buffaloes eligible here. Colorado and BYU did not meet during the regular season.

SportsLine expert Eric Cohen reveals his score predictions for the nine college football conference championship games on Friday and Saturday

When you're in the bowl-projection business, it is essential to balance two competing instincts: the instinct to project the bowl schedule as it would look now, and the instinct to project the bowl schedule as it is likely to look after the season.

Thomas Casale has locked in his top three college football picks for Championship Week and his CFB parlay could pay out around +300

The Bulls' opponent, San Jose State, finished the season 7-5 and fifth in the Mountain West. The Spartans' last two losses came to ranked teams: Boise State (42-21) and UNLV (27-16). Kickoff for this game is scheduled for 8 p.m. ET on December 24, and will be broadcast on ESPN.

It all comes down to this. Rivalry Week is here, and there’s still plenty to sort out in the conference championship and national playoff picture as college foo

That leaves just the conference championship games left to settle who plays where and when in the College Football Playoff and the rest of the bowl games -- and there's still plenty to be settled. Other than the 18 teams playing for their league title,

Despite losing to South Carolina last week, Clemson football can still make the CFP. Still, the latest projections have the Tigers in a non-CFP bowl game.