Updating College Football Playoff and bowl game projections as rivalry week brought the regular season to a close

Iowa football has a chance to end up on either the East or West Coast for its bowl game after its win at Nebraska. Plus, a look at how coaching changes are already impacting the Big Ten.

The 12-team bracket was designed to fix hurt feelings by creating an automatic bid system for the five highest-ranked conference champions. That was clearly created to protect the Power Five schools, especially teams in the Big 12, the Pac-12 and the ACC, who were constantly concerned about SEC and Big Ten bias.

Florida State’s struggles continued with a second straight bowl miss, putting $58.6 million coach Mike Norvell under intense scrutiny.

That's because prognosticators are bearish on the Longhorns' chances to sneak into the 12-team College Football Playoff. Steve Sarkisian's squad faced more than rivalry-week stake