You could almost see one of those chaotic weekends in college football coming, but few could have really predicted the type of carnage that transpired in Week 6. Everywhere you looked, there was a massive favorite or big-brand team taking a loss where they should have comfortably walked out of the stadium with a win.
As a result, the postseason picture has shifted quite a bit from where it was just a week prior. After shocking road losses, Texas and Penn State tumbled from College Football Playoff hopefuls to the ReliaQuest Bowl and Vegas Bowl, respectively, in the latest projections. Who had that as the destination for either during the preseason?
The good news is that we’re in store for some enticing matchups, from a fascinating Gator Bowl between Florida State and Tennessee, a likely shootout between Notre Dame and Baylor in the Pop-Tarts Bowl and even an excellent meeting of overachieving Virginia and Missouri with an extra touch of mayo.
Here is how Sports Illustrated sees all of the 35 bowl games coming together to form the postseason picture and which 70 FBS teams will wind up going bowling in 2025–26 after Week 6.
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This article was originally published on www.si.com as College Football Bowl Projections After Week 6: Two More CFP Hopefuls Tumble.
