Current:Home > StocksCollege football bowl projections: Florida State holds onto playoff spot (barely)-LoTradeCoin
College football bowl projections: Florida State holds onto playoff spot (barely)
View Date:2024-12-23 21:19:34
Survive and advance is an adage normally reserved for the NCAA basketball tournament. It's applicability to the College Football Playoff race was demonstrated with Florida State's narrow defeat of Boston College.
The Seminoles needed a late face-mask penalty to avoid giving the ball back to the Eagles with enough time for a potential game-winning field goal. The win keeps Mike Norvell's team unbeaten ahead of its showdown with Clemson this weekend and also part of the projected playoff field in this week's college football bowl projections. But the margin is now incredibly slim.
The new status is not all due to what happened with Florida State. There's the matter of some impressive teams that are lurking just behind the Seminoles.
Washington has looked dominant through three games and appear to be the favorite if the Pac-12 is going to break their playoff drought dating back to 2017. Notre Dame has already posted four wins and has an opportunity to notch a huge victory against Ohio State at home this week. The Buckeyes and Penn State are two teams in the Big Ten that are behind Michigan, but the Big Ten looks to be in great position to possibly have two teams with the SEC well off the pace this year besides Georgia.
CALM DOWN: SEC, Shedeur Sanders lead Week 3 overreactions
RE-RANK: Alabama tumbles out of top 25 in latest NCAA 1-133
There are some changes to address in the New Year's Six this week with Oklahoma and Fresno State joining the group. Alabama is out after another disappointing performance, while Tulane cedes its Group of Five spot. More adjustments are coming next week with seven games matching ranked opponents, so stay tuned.
Reminder: Some conferences may not fulfill their bowl allotment. Asterisks denote a replacement pick. Teams in bold have accepted berths.
veryGood! (9589)
Related
- Shaun White Reveals How He and Fiancée Nina Dobrev Overcome Struggles in Their Relationship
- Shohei Ohtani joins exclusive 40-40 club with epic walk-off grand slam
- Houston’s Plastic Waste, Waiting More Than a Year for ‘Advanced’ Recycling, Piles up at a Business Failed Three Times by Fire Marshal
- Top workplaces: Your chance to be deemed one of the top workplaces in the US
- Mechanic dies after being 'trapped' under Amazon delivery van at Florida-based center
- NASA decision against using a Boeing capsule to bring astronauts back adds to company’s problems
- Babe Ruth’s ‘called shot’ jersey could get as much as $30 million at auction
- South Carolina sets date for first execution in more than 13 years
- Seattle man faces 5 assault charges in random sidewalk stabbings
- Why Taylor Swift Is “Blown Away” by Pals Zoë Kravitz and Sabrina Carpenter
Ranking
- Eminem, Alanis Morissette, Sheryl Crow, N.W.A. and Janet Jackson get Songwriters Hall of Fame nods
- TikTok Organization Pro Emilie Kiser’s Top Tips & Must-Have Products for a Clean, Organized Life
- ESPN College Gameday: Pat McAfee pounds beers as crew starts season in Ireland
- Rumer Willis Shares Update on Dad Bruce Willis Amid Health Battle
- Whoopi Goldberg Shares Very Relatable Reason She's Remained on The View
- Judge blocks 24-hour waiting period for abortions in Ohio, citing 2023 reproductive rights amendment
- NASA astronauts who will spend extra months at the space station are veteran Navy pilots
- Why Taylor Swift Is “Blown Away” by Pals Zoë Kravitz and Sabrina Carpenter
Recommendation
-
Secret Service Agent Allegedly Took Ex to Barack Obama’s Beach House
-
How will NASA get Boeing Starliner astronauts back to Earth? Decision expected soon
-
Ella Emhoff's DNC dress was designed in collaboration with a TikToker: 'We Did It Joe!'
-
Under sea and over land, the Paris Paralympics flame is beginning an exceptional journey
-
Off the Grid: Sally breaks down USA TODAY's daily crossword puzzle, Good Try (Freestyle)
-
Under sea and over land, the Paris Paralympics flame is beginning an exceptional journey
-
Michigan man sentenced to life in 2-year-old’s kidnapping death
-
Dr. Fauci was hospitalized with West Nile virus and is now recovering at home, a spokesperson says