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.
Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic
MS: TCU vs. Oregon
BM: TCU vs. USC
Capital One Orange Bowl
MS: Ohio State vs. Auburn
BM: Ohio State vs. Auburn
College Football Playoff National Championship Presented by AT&T
MS: Ohio State vs. TCU
BM: Auburn vs. TCU
