As regular, there have been a number of stunning outcomes Saturday, however none was extra stunning than Kansas State beating Oklahoma State, 48-0. The truth that the Wildcats gained is not terribly stunning as they’re a great group and had been taking part in at dwelling … however 48-0?!
Oklahoma State has been projected into the Sugar Bowl for a while because the Large 12 champion, and whereas that would nonetheless occur, TCU now replaces the Cowboys within the Sugar Bowl as a part of these projections.
This regardless of the Horned Frogs not being projected to stay undefeated. An undefeated Energy 5 group is unlikely to be ignored of the College Football Playoff, which holds true on this projection as I’ve the Horned Frogs dropping at Texas subsequent week however nonetheless profitable the convention.
Talking of the Faculty Soccer Playoff, it appeared for three-and-a-half quarters like a change could be wanted for that projection as nicely. Nevertheless, Ohio State’s explosive offense lastly went off in the midst of the fourth quarter, and the Buckeyes prevailed at Penn State, 44-31.
Georgia and Tennessee every had straightforward wins over Florida and Kentucky, respectively, forward of their huge showdown between the hedges subsequent Saturday.
It appears to be like just like the Orange Bowl won’t get a group ranked excessive from the ACC this season except somebody beats Clemson. Wake Forest will take a beating within the rankings this week after turning the ball over eight instances in a loss at Louisville. The Demon Deacons threw interceptions that had been returned for touchdowns on the primary and final performs of the third quarter, but someway discovered time for 4 extra turnovers between these decide sixes.
North Carolina figures to be no higher than a middle-of-the-top-25 group if it wins the division however loses the ACC Championship Recreation to Clemson. The Tar Heels had a cushty win at dwelling over Pittsburgh. North Carolina performs at Wake Forest on Nov. 12 in a sport that may in all probability decide the Orange Bowl participant from the ACC if Clemson wins out. Syracuse is a part of this image, too, regardless of taking its second lack of the season towards Notre Dame. The Orangemen additionally journey to the Demon Decons on Nov. 19.
Cincinnati misplaced at UCF for its second defeat of the season. It’s trying extra seemingly that the Group of 5 consultant within the Cotton Bowl might be unranked by the point the top of the season rolls round.
Tulane and Coastal Carolina are the final Group of 5 groups with only one loss. The Inexperienced Wave, which gained at Kansas State however misplaced at dwelling to Southern Miss, nonetheless has video games left vs. UCF and at Cincinnati. The Chanticleers, which misplaced to Previous Dominion, nonetheless have video games vs. Appalachian State and at James Madison.
Faculty Soccer Playoff
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Jan. 9 |
Nationwide Championship |
Title sport | Semifinal winners |
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Dec. 31 |
Peach Bowl |
Semifinal | |
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Dec. 31 |
Fiesta Bowl |
Semifinal |
(2) Ohio State vs. (3) Clemson |
New 12 months’s Six bowl video games
Within the Large Ten, muddled behind the highest three, I swapped Illinois into the Citrus Bowl rather than Purdue. Assuming each groups win in Week 10, the Illini determine to be as a lot as a landing favourite over the Boilermakers once they face off in Champaign, Illinois, the next week.
That change brought about a shuffle within the projections of the Large Ten groups proper under that. I couldn’t do a straight swap for Purdue into the Music Metropolis Bowl as a result of the Boilermakers can not go to that sport because of the Large Ten’s no-repeat rule.
Earlier than final week’s video games, I mentioned it was unlikely that any group within the Large Ten West would win out from then ahead. To date, 5 of the seven have already misplaced. Illinois nonetheless performs at Michigan. Wisconsin could also be favored in the remainder of their video games, however I nonetheless suppose the Badgers will nonetheless seemingly lose one.
There are presently 36 bowl-eligible groups, so we nonetheless want 46 extra to fill all of the bowl spots. This week’s projection comes up seven in need of that quantity.
Akron turned the primary group to be eradicated from a doable bowl sport when the Zips misplaced at dwelling to Miami (OH).
Do not see your group? Take a look at the remainder of Jerry Palm’s bowl projections after Week 9 in addition to the up to date 2022-23 bowl eligibility tracker.
