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Week 8 Football Playoff Projections Breakdown

CSM Staff
Sun, 10/20/2024
 
First Four Out: Texas A&M, Alabama, BYU, Indiana
 
The SEC continues to beat up on itself. This time it was Georgia knocking off top ranked Texas and Tennessee slipping past Alabama. The big loser of that group is Alabama, who is now 5-2 overall and 2-2 in SEC play. The Crimson Tide are not totally out of the playoff picture, but their ...
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Week 7 Football Playoff Projections Breakdown

CSM Staff
Sun, 10/13/2024
 
First Four Out: Clemson, Texas A&M, Missouri, Kansas State
 
Utah fell to 1-2 in Big 12 play and are no longer the projected winner of the conference. Iowa State, BYU and Kansas State look like the cream of the crop in the Big 12. Keep an eye out for Arizona State though after their impressive home win over the Utes. The Sun Devils are 5-1 ...
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Week 6 Football Playoff Projections Breakdown

CSM Staff
Sun, 10/06/2024
 
First Four Out: Clemson, Mississippi, Texas A&M, Missouri
 
The madness really took hold in week 6. Alabama was shocked by Vanderbilt. Fellow SEC teams Tennessee and Missouri were also upset. The Big Ten saw Michigan and USC join the ranks of the two-loss teams and are clearly out of the playoff picture for now.

Week 5 Football Playoff Projections Breakdown

CSM Staff
Sun, 09/29/2024
 
First Four Out: Michigan, LSU, USC, Clemson
 
Alabama shot up the rankings after beating Georgia. The Bulldogs though are still in the playoffs. At the moment, we are projecting five SEC teams to make it. Four or five seems like a safe bet at this point and the Big Ten is sitting right behind them with three teams. However, once those ...
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Week 3 Football Playoff Projections Breakdown

CSM Staff
Sun, 09/15/2024
 
First Four Out: Tennessee, USC, Kansas State, Oklahoma
 
Teams like Kansas State and Missouri picked up quality wins in week 3. The Wildcats crushed Arizona on Friday night have moved up into the First Four Out. Missouri remains an at-large candidate after slipping past Boston College 27-21.
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Week 2 Football Playoff Projections Breakdown

CSM Staff
Sun, 09/08/2024
 
First Four Out: Tennessee, USC, Oklahoma, Notre Dame
 
Things moved around quite a bit in week 2. Notre Dame was shocked by Northern Illinois and quickly moved out of the playoff projections. Michigan was also exposed by Texas. Obviously, this is a very good Longhorns team, but the Wolverines have a long, long way to go on the offensive side ...
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Week 1 Football Playoff Projections Breakdown

CSM Staff
Mon, 09/02/2024
 
First Four Out: Missouri, Oklahoma, Kansas State, Tennessee
 
Week 1 did not see too much chaos outside of the ACC. The only teams to drop out of our projected playoff bracket were Florida State and Clemson. With FSU losing twice and Clemson getting crushed by Georgia, Miami has moved into the ACC’s automatic spot.

Week 14 Final Football Bowl Projections Breakdown

CSM Staff
Sat, 12/02/2023
 
 
It was definitely an exciting championship weekend. It seemed like every couple of hours the playoff picture got turned on its head. In the end, the committee had to make some extremely difficult decisions. Michigan and Washington are obviously in. After that, Georgia, Alabama, Texas, Florida State and, to a lesser extent, Ohio State, all have solid arguments. As hard as it may be to leave the SEC out of the ...
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Week 13 Football Bowl Projections Breakdown

CSM Staff
Sun, 11/26/2023
 
 
The bowl eligibility of teams went late into the night with both California and Colorado State needing wins to clinch a bowl berth. The Golden Bears crushed UCLA to reach a bowl in style. Meanwhile, Colorado State lost at Hawaii in a thrilling upset. That means there are 79 bowl eligible teams for 82 spots. That is great news for James Madison and Jacksonville State, who were not eligible for postseason play ...
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Week 12 Football Bowl Projections Breakdown

CSM Staff
Sun, 11/19/2023
 
 
No team in the committee’s top ten lost this weekend, so there are not a lot of big changes in the bowl projections this week. Quite a few teams got their sixth win to clinch bowl eligibility, but there are still many who are looking for their sixth win in their final game this weekend. It looks very unlikely that 6-win teams will fill all 82 bowl spots. That is good news for James Madison and Jacksonville ...
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