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College Football Playoff Picture Shifts After Week 7 Chaos
Multiple top teams fall as projections for the postseason field and bowls take shape under the new format.
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Format and Impact of Upsets
Power 4 conference champions along with the top Group of 6 team earn automatic bids to the 12-team playoff. The next seven highest-ranked squads fill the field, with Notre Dame assured a spot if ranked in the top 12. The top four teams receive first-round byes. Five of the top seven teams in the latest poll suffered losses during the weekend, including the first defeats for Georgia, Notre Dame and Indiana, while Miami survived a double-overtime test to stay unbeaten.
First-Round and Quarterfinal Projections
First-round games are set for Dec. 19 at campus sites of seeds five through eight. Projected pairings include Boise State at Utah, Wake Forest at UCLA, Ole Miss at Texas Tech and Tennessee at Indiana. Quarterfinal sites include the Vrbo Fiesta Bowl, Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic, Rose Bowl and Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl, with matchups such as Utah versus Georgia, UCLA versus Ohio State, Texas Tech versus BYU and Indiana versus Miami among those under consideration.
Semifinals, Title Game and Bowl Slate
The Capital One Orange Bowl, Allstate Sugar Bowl and CFP National Championship round out the playoff stages, with games running through Jan. 25 at Allegiant Stadium. The bowl season opens Dec. 12 with the Cricket Celebration Bowl and features dozens of additional matchups, including the IS4S Salute to Veterans Bowl, Boca Raton Bowl, Gasparilla Bowl and many others through late December.
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