National bowl projections for Duke football following Week 6

Despite a setback on Saturday in the upset loss to Georgia Tech , Duke is still on track to play in its fifth straight bowl game for the first time in program history. The Blue Devils finished last season with an ACC title and a Sun Bowl win over Arizona State , their sixth bowl win in their last seven attempts. Almost halfway through the 2026 season, bowl projections for Manny Diaz's squad are wide-ranging, from a return trip to El Paso to a short bus ride to Charlotte to playing in Yankee Stadium the day after Christmas.