As mentioned in previous thread, this is derived using a weighted average of various advance metrics such as Strength of Record, Game Control, and a few others. It is mostly results based but there are a couple of predictive-based metrics included.

1 Georgia
2 Alabama
3 Oregon
4 Iowa
5 Penn St
6 Virginia Tech
7 Florida
8 Oklahoma
9 Michigan
10 Pittsburgh
11 Michigan St
12 UCLA
13 Ole Miss
14 Arkansas
15 Notre Dame
16 BYU
17 Kentucky
18 Texas A&M
19 Liberty
20 Memphis
21 SMU
22 Virginia
23 Army
24 Miami FL
25 Mississippi St

Other notable teams:
32 Baylor
41 Arizona St
44 Boise St
60 Utah
68 Utah St
73 USC
109 Washington St
112 Georgia Southern
116 South Florida
119 Arizona

Based on those rankings, the NY6 would look as follows:

Orange Bowl: 1 Georgia vs 4 Iowa
Cotton Bowl: 2 Alabama vs 3 Oregon

Rose Bowl: 5 Penn St vs 12 UCLA
Sugar Bowl: 7 Florida vs 8 Oklahoma
Peach Bowl: 6 Virginia Tech vs 9 Michigan
Fiesta Bowl: 10 Pittsburgh vs 20 Memphis