The expansion of the College Football Playoff to 12 teams and the massive conference restructuring this season have made bowl predictions for the 2024 season difficult. Still, nine experts have made their predictions after the first full weekend of play, and we’re passing those predictions on to you.

At this early stage of the season, projections are little more than guesswork, but all nine sites we cited have Cal playing in a bowl game.

A few things to keep in mind:

— Although Cal and Stanford are now members of the ACC, they are not eligible for ACC bowls. Instead, Cal and Stanford, as well as the other eight schools that left the Pac-12 after last season, are still competing for spots in the Pac-12 bowls. For the 2024 and 2025 seasons, the bowls that have been affiliated with the Pac-12 in the past will still invite a team that was a member of the Pac-12 in 2023. Therefore, it is possible that Cal could face an ACC opponent in a bowl game this season.

—With the 12 CFP spots and the 70 spots in the 35 other bowls, there are 82 postseason spots available. However, there are only 134 FBS schools, suggesting teams with sub-.500 records could receive bowl bids.

For each of the nine experts we list, we included the 2023 ACC teams and Pac-12 teams expected to make the 12-team national playoffs. Then we noted each site’s predictions regarding Pac-12 bowls, as those are the bowls Cal can play in.

You’ll notice that most experts expect only one ACC team – Miami – to participate in the 12-team College Football Playoff, while most predict that two Pac-12 teams – Utah and Oregon – will be among the 12 teams in 2023.

The experts seem to have three possible bowl destinations for Cal. Five predict Cal will end up in the LA Bowl, two see the Bears in the Sun Bowl and two see Cal in the Independence Bowl. Cal is 1-0 and plays at Auburn on Saturday.

Here are the forecasts of the nine experts.

ESPN (Kyle Bonagura)