Football Week 8 Bowl Projection Breakdown

 
The last two weeks have proven just how tough the Big Ten is this season. A week after Iowa lost to an unranked Purdue, Illinois went to Happy Valley and knocked off Penn State in a nine overtime not-so thriller. This week some of the bigger teams in the conference finally starting playing each other. Undefeated Michigan State hosts rival and fellow undefeated Michigan and Penn State travels to Ohio State to take on the Buckeyes under the lights. As the Big Ten beats up on itself, one-loss teams like Oregon are suddenly going to feel a lot better about their playoff chances.
 
 
American: Cincinnati, East Carolina, Houston, SMU, Tulsa, UCF
 
ACC: Boston College, Clemson, Louisville, North Carolina, North Carolina State, Pittsburgh, Syracuse, Virginia, Virginia Tech, Wake Forest
 
Big 12: Baylor, Iowa State, Kansas State, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Texas, Texas Tech, West Virginia
 
Big Ten: Iowa, Maryland, Michigan, Michigan State, Minnesota, Ohio State, Penn State, Purdue, Wisconsin
 
C-USA: Charlotte, Florida Atlantic, Marshall, Texas-San Antonio, UTEP
 
Independent: Army, BYU, Liberty, Notre Dame
 
MAC: Ball State, Central Michigan, Eastern Michigan, Kent State, Northern Illinois, Toledo, Western Michigan
 
MWC: Air Force, Boise State, Fresno State, Nevada, San Diego State, Utah State, Wyoming
 
Pac-12: Arizona State, Oregon, Oregon State, UCLA, USC, Utah, Washington State
 
SEC: Alabama, Arkansas, Auburn, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, LSU, Mississippi, Mississippi State, Missouri, Tennessee, Texas A&M
 
Sun Belt: Appalachian State, Coastal Carolina, Louisiana, Louisiana-Monroe, South Alabama, Troy