CFP Playoff Bracket, Scenarios and Bowl Projections After 2026-27 Week 9 AP Rankings

CFP Playoff Bracket, Scenarios and Bowl Projections After 2026-27 Week 9 AP Rankings

The hierarchy of College Football Playoff contenders switched up once again after Week 8 due to the losses suffered by the BYU Cougars and Texas Tech Red Raiders.

Saturday Night Five: Big 12 upsets, AP poll carnage, Oregon and USC tumble and the Big Ten’s big problem

Two of the Big 12's three undefeated teams lost Saturday (BYU and Texas Tech), leaving only Utah with a perfect record.

CFP top 12 projection: Utah salvages a bad day for Big 12

We assess how the selection committee could stack the top teams in the country after Week 8.

College Football Bowl Projections: 47 Games After Week 8 Upsets

The Big 12 has taken a wrecking ball to its College Football Playoff positioning after two of the league’s three unbeatens went down on Saturday, with Utah climbing through the rubble as its current leader. Our updated bowl and CFP projections reflect that carnage, with BYU and Texas Tech absorbing losses that complicate an already crowded race for at-large hopefuls. With the addition of the San Juan Bowl, there are now 84 teams needed to fill e…