Saturday’s run of upsets involving some of the top teams in the Bowl Subdivision has us going back to the drawing board in this week’s College Football Playoff bracket projection.
Let’s not erase the board entirely, though. Alabama might’ve lost to Vanderbilt, but the Crimson Tide still land as at-large bid in the 12-team field. Texas takes over as the leader in the SEC and the favorite to land the No. 1 overall bid in early December.
One team dumped out of this week’s bracket is Tennessee, losers on Saturday night at Arkansas. With earlier wins against North Carolina State and Oklahoma already losing luster, the Volunteers have to split games against the Crimson Tide and Georgia with no other missteps in order to earn a playoff bid.
The reshuffled deck reflects the single losses suffered during a chaotic Saturday while still focusing on the bigger picture in the playoff debate.
CALM DOWN: Jalen Milroe, Miami lead Week 6 biggest overreactions
HIGHS AND LOWS: Winners and losers from college football’s Week 6
What’s obvious through one week of October is that the SEC is going to cannibalize playoff contenders and leave multiple teams in the two-loss range by the end of the regular season. Even with conference play barely underway, there are only three SEC teams still unbeaten in league play – Texas, Texas A&M and LSU – and the Longhorns are the only one of the three without a non-conference loss.
In the end, Alabama is projected to rebound from this past weekend and finish the regular season with the record and resume to reach the playoff.
College Football Playoff bracket projection
There are three changes of note in this week’s bracket.
The first has Notre Dame stepping into the field in place of Tennessee. The Fighting Irish will always have that loss to Northern Illinois, which looked awful in the moment and…
Source link : https://sports.yahoo.com/texas-now-top-seed-notre-110152982.html
Author : USA TODAY Sports
Publish date : 2024-10-08 11:01:52
Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.
