Week 5 in college football has some massive matchups that could shake up the College Football Playoff race. We saw one CFP projected team fall Friday, as Virginia beat Florida State in double overtime, with more following on Saturday. Here’s everything you need to know about the CFP during Saturday’s packed slate. Sports Illustrated will update the CFP bracket live after the three major kickoff windows to see how games impact the seedings, matchups and the field overall. Who’s in, who’s out? Here’s the bracket after the 3:30 p.m. ET slate:
Top Week 5 Games With College Football Playoff Impact
Rankings in the schedule are current from the AP poll.
- No. 6 Oregon (4–0) at No. 3 Penn State (3–0), 7:30 p.m. ET, NBC/Peacock
- No. 17 Alabama (2–1) at No. 5 Georgia (3–0), 7:30 p.m. ET, ABC
Live College Football Playoff Projected Rankings
- Ohio State
- Georgia
- Miami
- Penn State
- Texas A&M
- Oregon
- Texas Tech
- Indiana
- Ole Miss
- LSU
- Oklahoma
- Tulane
First Round
- No. 12 Tulane at No. 5 Texas A&M
- No. 11 Oklahoma at No. 6 Oregon
- No. 10 LSU at No. 7 Texas Tech
- No. 9 Ole Miss at No. 8 Indiana
Quarterfinals
- Cotton Bowl: No. 4 Penn State vs. winner of No. 12 Tulane at No. 5 Texas A&M
- Orange Bowl: No. 3 Miami vs. winner of No. 11 Oklahoma at No. 6 Oregon
- Sugar Bowl: No. 2 Georgia vs. winner of No. 10 LSU at No. 7 Texas Tech
- Rose Bowl: No. 1 Ohio State vs. winner of No. 9 Ole Miss at No. 8 Indiana
Update at 7:30 p.m. ET:
The big adjustment comes out of the SEC, which has one major prime-time matchup still to play in Alabama-Georgia but had several teams shake up their positioning. Texas A&M is off to its best start since 2016 after dispatching Auburn and continues to stack up quality win after quality win. While it continues to inch closer to potentially getting a bye straight to the Cotton Bowl, Ole Miss might be the biggest winner from the weekend after knocking off LSU and vaulting into the projected CFP field for the first time. That loss doesn’t completely rule out the Tigers making the playoff either so it appears both Lane Kiffin and his daughter can celebrate after the game in Oxford, Miss.
Update at 3 p.m. ET:
It took fewer than 12 hours for the ACC to go from three potential playoff teams down to just one thanks to lifeless performances from Florida State at Virginia and Georgia Tech against Wake Forest. Brent Key’s team had a very favorable path to go to Georgia at the end of the season undefeated but will come nowhere close to that if they struggle with unranked foes like they did Saturday afternoon. The parting of the seas by some contenders opens up another avenue for a Big Ten team like Indiana, whose best win over Illinois looks even better after the Illini knocked off USC in the final minute.
No. 12 Tulane at No. 5 Texas A&M
There’s a narrow path, but a very doable one, for the Aggies to take a loss in SEC play, miss out on the conference title game, but still wind up snagging a bye straight to a very favorable location at the Cotton Bowl.
No. 11 Oklahoma at No. 6 Oregon
The Sooners are hanging on by a thread with QB John Mateer’s injury but still can sneak into the field against the Ducks.
No. 10 LSU at No. 7 Texas Tech
Brian Kelly might get a few more questions this next week about his offense after that performance against Ole Miss. Now, the Tigers don’t have any margin for error in the rest of the season since that win over Clemson doesn’t look as good as it did after Week 1.
No. 9 Ole Miss at No. 8 Indiana
The Hoosiers survived the trip to Iowa City but credit Curt Cignetti for telling the truth when he remarked that the Hawkeyes would be a much stiffer test than what they faced last week. Suddenly, that trip to Oregon after a bye might end up being the type of game that could determine how high Indiana rises in the CFP rankings.
Cotton Bowl: No. 4 Penn State
Is the home game against Oregon the biggest in the James Franklin era at Penn State? It’s certainly up there and could be the difference between getting a quarterfinal or hitting the road for the playoff.
Orange Bowl: No. 3 Miami
The Hurricanes are sitting pretty on their off week though next week’s matchup in Tallahassee loses a little bit of luster.
Sugar Bowl: No. 2 Georgia
Can Kirby Smart exorcise his issues with Alabama to keep his team undefeated between the hedges tonight?
Rose Bowl: No. 1 Ohio State
So much for a difficult road start for the Buckeyes, who made all those red-clad fans at Husky Stadium feel quite at home in a trip to the Pacific Northwest that went much smoother than the one last year.
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This article was originally published on www.si.com as College Football Playoff Bracket Week 5 Projections: Ole Miss Vaults Into Rankings.
