Those pebbles on the ground shaking next to you, that's Stanford and Utah on a collision course for the Pac-12 championship game.

The Cardinal and Utes don't play in the regular season and, at this point, are the clear front-runners in their divisions. Stanford has rival Cal nipping at its heels, but Utah remains undefeated while every other team in the Pac-12 South has at least two losses.

After those three? Round and round we go. There's never a way to do these bowl projections without showing some signs of flawed logic, but this week was particularly tough. So instead of trying to rationalize them, I won't even bother. The reality is 10 teams have a decent shot to reach bowl eligibility, and seven of them have comparable resumes at this point. Here's where they might, but probably won't, end up come bowl season.

College Football Playoff semifinal: Utah Utes

Rose Bowl presented by Northwestern Mutual: Stanford Cardinal

Valero Alamo Bowl: California Golden Bears

National University Holiday Bowl: Arizona State Sun Devils

Foster Farms Bowl: UCLA Bruins

Hyundai Sun Bowl: Washington State Cougars

Royal Purple Las Vegas Bowl: Oregon Ducks

Cactus Bowl: USC Trojans

At-large: Arizona Wildcats

At-large: Washington Huskies