After flirting with catastrophe final week, BYU embraced it late Saturday night time in a 17-13 loss at house to 4-6 Kansas. That outcome has given the School Soccer Playoff portion of the bowl projections an surprising look. I now have Colorado profitable the Huge 12 over the Cougars, however I even have the Buffaloes topping out within the closing rankings at No. 13. That’s one spot under the place I’ve projected Mountain West champion Boise State, which implies the Broncos earn a first-round bye as they land on the No. 4 seed.
Colorado would nonetheless mechanically qualify because the fifth highest-ranked convention champion and get seeded twelfth within the CFP discipline.
Nevertheless, BYU could also be enjoying Iowa State again into the image. The Cougars are at Arizona State this week, and a loss there may create a three-way tie for second on the finish with the Cyclones and Solar Devils. Iowa State would win that and get to face Colorado for the Huge 12 title.
That knocks a staff off the bubble. Particularly, Ole Miss misses out on this projection, whereas Tennessee is the final staff within the bracket.
The Volunteers joined the record of two-loss SEC groups after a 31-17 loss at Georgia. I shall be curious to see how the CFP Choice Committee ranks them in comparison with the Rebels and Notre Dame this week. Barring an upset of a type of three groups in the previous few weeks of the season, that order will probably keep the identical going ahead.
The Huge Ten and SEC every have 4 groups on this week’s CFP projection with one every for the ACC, Huge 12 and Mountain West, together with Notre Dame.
Developing this week, we lastly see Indiana get the take a look at we’ve got all been ready for. It has taken 12 weeks, however the Hoosiers will lastly face a staff that’s already bowl eligible after they journey to Ohio State. Indiana’s solely likelihood to overlook the playoff could be to get run out of the Horseshoe — which appears unlikely. In fact, the Hoosiers may put themselves within the Huge Ten Championship Recreation with a win and the anticipated slaughter of rival Purdue the next week.
School Soccer Playoff
Quarterfinals
| Date | Recreation / Location | Projection |
|---|---|---|
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Jan. 1 |
Rose Bowl |
(1) Ohio State vs. (8/9) Winner |
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Jan. 1 |
Sugar Bowl |
(2) Alabama vs. (7/10) Winner |
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Jan. 1 |
Fiesta Bowl |
(4) Boise State vs. (5/12) Winner |
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Dec. 31 |
Peach Bowl |
(3) Miami vs. (6/11) Winner |
First spherical
| Date | Location | Projection | Winner faces |
|---|---|---|---|
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Dec. 20 or 21 |
Autzen Stadium |
(5) Oregon vs. (12) Colorado | (4) Boise State |
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Dec. 20 or 21 |
Darrell Okay. Royal Memorial Stadium |
(8) Texas vs. (9) Indiana | (1) Ohio State |
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Dec. 20 or 21 |
Beaver Stadium |
(6) Penn State vs. (11) Tennessee | (3) Miami |
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Dec. 20 or 21 |
Sanford Stadium |
(7) Georgia vs. (10) Notre Dame | (2) Alabama |
The primary convention championship sport matchup of the season is about. Tulane’s 35-0 win over Navy on Saturday units up an American Athletic Convention title sport between the Inexperienced Wave and Military. The highest seed hosts the championship sport and there’s no common season head-to-head outcome, so it can probably come right down to the ultimate CFP rankings.
There are not any groups projected to complete under .500 in Sunday’s bowl projections. There are 64 groups presently eligible for bowl video games, which might make for a pleasant basketball match. One other 24 groups are one win away. We’d like 82 eligible groups to fill the bowls.
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