Current:Home > FinanceCollege football bowl projections: Playoff field starts to take shape after Week 4-LoTradeCoin
College football bowl projections: Playoff field starts to take shape after Week 4
View Date:2024-12-23 22:25:57
There was another close call on the road for Florida State. There was a nail-biter for Ohio State that coincided with an impressive showing for Notre Dame in defeat. And there was the elimination of Clemson from the College Football Playoff picture entirely.
The rest of the situation near the top of the rankings stayed relatively the same. Southern California, Washington, Oregon and Utah kept rolling, setting the stage for bigger games with huge implications later in the Pac-12 season. One-loss Alabama didn’t suffer the same fate as Clemson by beating Mississippi to keep its playoff hopes alive. The Crimson Tide are among a group of teams with little margin for error, including LSU, Tennessee and Notre Dame.
There is some reason for optimism among those that will enter October with a loss. Only 21 teams from the Power Five are unbeaten after one month of the season with the ACC leading the way with six. That number will start to come down quickly with conference play beginning, making it unlikely four unbeatens can make it to the finish line.
CALM DOWN:Colorado leads the biggest overreactions from Week 4
UP AND DOWN: Winners and losers from Week 4 in college football
That's still a long way away. For now, the focus should just be on taking care of business one week at a time and seeing where things stand entering early November when the game pressure really ramps up.
Reminder: Some conferences may not fulfill their bowl allotment. Asterisks denote a replacement pick. James Madison is eligible for a bowl if there are not enough six-win teams to fill all the spots.
veryGood! (74616)
Related
- Here's Your First Look at The White Lotus Season 3 With Blackpink’s Lisa and More Stars
- Bus hijacked in downtown Los Angeles collides with several vehicles and crashes into a hotel
- What is Holi, the Hindu festival of colors and how is it celebrated?
- How Sinéad O’Connor’s Daughter Roisin Waters Honored Late Mom During Tribute Concert
- RHOP's Candiace Dillard Bassett Gives Birth, Shares First Photos of Baby Boy
- What is spiritual narcissism? These narcissists are at your church, yoga class and more
- Gisele Bündchen Details Battle With Severe Panic Attacks and Depression in Her 20s
- Amazon's Spring Sale Includes Cute Athleisure & Athletic Wear That Won't Break a Sweat
- Princess Kate to host annual Christmas carol service following cancer treatment
- Virginia governor vetoes 22 bills, including easier path for certain immigrants to work as police
Ranking
- Burt Bacharach, composer of classic songs, will have papers donated to Library of Congress
- The Notebook: Turning the bestselling romance into a Broadway musical
- 'The spirits are still there': Old 'Ghostbusters' gang is back together in 'Frozen Empire'
- Lawsuit in New Mexico alleges abuse by a Catholic priest decades ago
- Prayers and cheeseburgers? Chiefs have unlikely fuel for inexplicable run
- Post Malone teases country collaboration with Morgan Wallen: 'Let's go with the real mix'
- A fifth Albuquerque, New Mexico, police officer has resigned amid probe of unit
- Caitlin Clark's first March Madness opponent set: Holy Cross up next after First Four blowout
Recommendation
-
Wicked Director Jon M. Chu Reveals Name of Baby Daughter After Missing Film's LA Premiere for Her Birth
-
Annoyed With Your Internet Connection? This Top-Rated Wi-Fi Extender Is $15 during Amazon's Big Sale
-
With police departments facing a hiring crisis, some policies are being loosened to find more cadets
-
Riley Strain Case: College Student Found Dead 2 Weeks After Going Missing
-
COINIXIAI Introduce
-
Skater accused of sex assault shouldn't be at world championships, victim's attorney says
-
Is Donald Trump’s Truth Social headed to Wall Street? It comes down to a Friday vote
-
More than 440,000 Starbucks mugs recalled after reports of injuries from overheating and breakage