We are just two weeks away from the College Football Playoff selection committee sequestering into a room and trying to make sense of the sport.
After what we saw in Week 8, good luck to all of them.
The postseason picture seemed to shift from TV window to TV window over the past weekend, taking some teams out of the running for quarterfinal byes to others out of the bracket entirely.
Some took advantage of all this chaos, including Notre Dame getting past its toughest test of the season against USC and Georgia Tech doing the same in its ACC slate by beating Duke.
Factoring in all of the results so far, forecasting the rest of the season out and then putting our selection committee hats on, here’s the latest updated College Football Playoff projection and which matchups we could see this December.
College Football Playoff Projected Rankings After Week 8Ohio StateAlabamaIndianaGeorgiaTexas A&MMiamiOregonGeorgia TechNotre DameMississippiTexas TechSouth FloridaFirst RoundNo. 12 South Florida at No. 5 Texas A&MNo. 11 Texas Tech at No. 6 MiamiNo. 10 Mississippi at No. 7 OregonNo. 9 Notre Dame at No. 8 Georgia TechQuarterfinalsOrange Bowl: No. 4 Georgia vs. winner of No. 12 South Florida–No. 5 Texas A&MCotton Bowl: No. 3 Indiana vs. winner of No. 11 Texas Tech–No. 6 Miami Sugar Bowl: No. 2 Alabama vs. winner of No. 10 Mississippi–No. 7 OregonRose Bowl: No. 1 Ohio State vs. winner of No. 9 Notre Dame–No. 8 Georgia Tech
