Sports · American Football · 17 hrs ago
Week 6 upsets reshape college football bowl projections
Saturday's college football results changed expectations for the postseason.
Oklahoma beat top-ranked Texas with a field goal at the end of the game, Kentucky defeated No.
10 LSU in overtime, and No.
21 UCLA won at No.
13 Oregon.
Those upsets affected projections for the College Football Playoff and the season's 46 bowl games.
The projections are estimates, not confirmed invitations or final matchups.
Other results also changed the picture: North Carolina beat previously unbeaten Pittsburgh, and Indiana handed Nebraska its first loss.
The Kansas-Utah game was still to come on Saturday night, so the projections could change again.
Week 6 upsets reshaped CBS Sports’ college football playoff and bowl projections.
Oklahoma beat top-ranked Texas with a walkoff field goal.
Kentucky defeated No. 10 LSU in overtime, and No. 21 UCLA beat 13th-ranked Oregon.
North Carolina ended No. 25 Pittsburgh’s unbeaten record, while Indiana handed Nebraska its first loss.
CBS Sports updated its playoff bracket projections and full list of bowl games after the results.
- Who
- Oklahoma, Kentucky, UCLA and other teams that played in Week 6.
- What
- Week 6 upsets prompted CBS Sports to revise its playoff bracket projections and bowl-game predictions.
- When
- Saturday, during Week 6 of the college football season.
- Where
- Not stated
- Why
- The results changed the playoff conversation and the projected postseason matchups.
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- Oklahoma-Texas
- Oklahoma won with a walkoff field goal against top-ranked Texas
- Kentucky-LSU
- Kentucky beat No. 10 LSU in overtime
- UCLA-Oregon
- No. 21 UCLA defeated 13th-ranked Oregon
- Pittsburgh
- No. 25 Pittsburgh lost its unbeaten record to North Carolina
- Nebraska
- Indiana handed Nebraska its first loss of the season
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