LSU suffered its 2nd defeat of the season at Ole Miss, 55-49 on Saturday evening, and that has led to a little of a shakeup within the New Year’s Six bowls. The Tigers are out getting changed by means of Oklahoma in that staff of 12 groups. Also, Tulane has been changed by means of Fresno State as the projected Group of Five consultant. The Bulldogs are these days within the AP best 25 and will have to be liked each time they take the sphere for the remainder of the season.
The Orange Bowl and Peach Bowl matchups are unchanged from closing week. Fresno State replaces Tulane within the Fiesta Bowl projected to stand USC. The Trojans are swapping spots with Washington within the projection in order that USC isn’t within the Cotton Bowl in consecutive seasons. Oklahoma takes LSU’s spot within the Cotton Bowl.
Ole Miss is now projected to finish the season ranked upper than North Carolina, however the Tar Heels are within the New Year’s Six as a substitute as a result of they’re the highest-ranked workforce to be had for the ACC shriveled spot within the Orange Bowl.
While there was once a little of chaos within the New Year’s Six video games, the College Football Playoff projection stays unchanged this week. Georgia had the nearest sport a number of the projected CFP groups with a 27-20 win at Auburn. The Bulldogs have now not been overly spectacular of their two SEC wins thus far. They should step it up a notch subsequent week when undefeated Kentucky visits.
College Football Playoff
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Jan. 8 - Advertisement -
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National Championship |
Title sport | Semifinal winners |
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Jan. 1 |
Rose Bowl - Advertisement -
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Semifinal |
(2) Michigan vs. (3) Texas |
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Jan. 1 |
Sugar Bowl |
Semifinal |
(1) Georgia vs. (4) Florida State |
New Year’s Six bowl video games
These adjustments created a ripple throughout the bowl matchups involving Big 12 and SEC groups. Most significantly, Ole Miss moved into the SEC spot within the Citrus Bowl in opposition to Wisconsin. Kansas State additionally strikes in to the Big 12 bid within the Alamo Bowl in opposition to Oregon.
There are actually seven groups projected into bowl video games with simply 5 wins. That could be a document, in fact, however I don’t be expecting it to closing. As groups in the course of meetings get started to make things better out, this quantity has a tendency to dwindle significantly.
Don’t see your workforce? Check out Jerry Palm’s bowl projections after Week 5.