College football bowl projections: Ole Miss, Tulane jump into New Year’s Six games as Oklahoma falls out

Oklahoma has picked a nasty time to hit the skids, although there may be by no means actually a great time for that. The Sooners misplaced the general version of Bedlam at Oklahoma State and therefore dropped from the New Year’s Six lineup.

Ole Miss is now projected to take Oklahoma’s position within the Peach Bowl towards Penn State. Each of the ones groups gets a possibility to make a case for one thing larger subsequent Saturday.

The Rebels commute to Georgia making an attempt to finish the Bulldogs’ 26-game successful streak. The Nittany Lions face Michigan in what is going to be the Wolverines’ first actual check of the season. It speaks to how giant the drop off is between the highest 3 and remainder of the Big Ten that we will have to wait till Nov. 11 for Michigan to get an actual check. Of path, Jim Harbaugh’s super-soft nonconference time table contributed to that.

The different alternate within the New Year’s Six got here as a result of a shocking Army disillusioned of prior to now undefeated Air Force. The Black Knights (3-6) compelled six turnovers within the victory. The Falcons at the moment are an not going New Year’s Six candidate after taking a loss like that, although they win what’s arguably the most productive of the Group of Five meetings. Tulane turns into the heavy favourite to take that spot, and the Green Wave are projected to the Fiesta Bowl this week.

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New Year’s Six bowl games

There are lately 51 groups which might be bowl eligible. That method, so as to fill all the games, we’d like 31 extra groups to get their 6th win over the past 3 weeks of the season. That can nonetheless occur, although I’ve 10 groups on this week’s bowl projections taking spots because of a loss of eligible groups. History tells us that listing will shrink significantly.

Among those that would possibly have issue attending to bowl eligibility are Army and Navy. As it’s been lately, the Army-Navy Game is performed every week after convention championship weekend with bowl bids already being awarded. That method they want to reach bowl eligibility in handiest 11 games.

Navy can nonetheless do this. The Midshipmen are 5-5, and a win at SMU subsequent week would get them eligible. However, they are going to be heavy underdogs in that sport. A loss places Navy at 5-6 and eligible for attention as a fill-in if it has a excellent sufficient APR, however that’s not most likely this season.

Army is out of success. The Black Knights have already got six losses, so although they win the following two weeks, the most productive document they are able to succeed in is 5-6. However, although they win their subsequent two games, each are towards FCS colleges, and just one such victory might be counted against its document for bowl functions. So, the most productive document Army can display is 4-6, which means that it’s already eradicated from bowl season.

Don’t see your crew? Check out Jerry Palm’s bowl projections after Week 10.