Polls and Bowls

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Polls and Bowls

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December 1st 

CU up to No. 20 in latest Associated Press poll; returns to Coaches Poll at No. 22

… The Buffs had dropped out of the Coaches poll after CU lost to Kansas, but are back this week … 

From ESPN … Ohio State, Miami and Clemson plunged in The Associated Press Top 25 college football poll Sunday following their losses during a wild weekend, while eight of the top 10 teams moved up one spot behind No. 1 Oregon.

The Ducks held the top spot for the seventh straight week.

The shakeup creates two top-five matchups in conference championship games coming up on Saturday — a day before the College Football Playoff bracket is announced. Oregon, the nation’s only unbeaten team, will face No. 3 Penn State in the Big Ten game in Indianapolis. No. 2 Texas will play No. 5 Georgia in the Southeastern Conference game in Atlanta, a rematch of their top-five meeting in October won by the Bulldogs.

No. 4 Notre Dame, 11-1 and winner of 10 straight games, won’t play again until the College Football Playoff.

Ohio State, which lost for the fourth straight time to Michigan and was knocked out of the Big Ten title game, dropped five spots to No. 7, behind Tennessee.

SMU is No. 8 and followed by Indiana and Boise State. The Broncos are in the top 10 for the first time since 2011 and are the highest-ranked Group of Five team, two spots ahead of No. 12 Arizona State, the highest-ranked Big 12 team.

If the Broncos win the Mountain West title and are one of the top four-seeded conference champions in the final CFP rankings, they would receive a bye to the quarterfinals.

Miami’s loss at Syracuse cost the Hurricanes a spot in the Atlantic Coast Conference championship game — and possibly the CFP — dropping them six spots to No. 14. Clemson, which plays SMU in the ACC game, lost at South Carolina and fell six places to No. 18.

South Carolina has won six straight — four against ranked opponents — and earned a three-rung promotion to No. 13. Ole Miss remained No. 15 and was followed by Iowa State and BYU.

Associated Press poll … 

Others receiving votes: Texas A&M 93, Louisville 45, Duke 30, Kansas State 10, Tulane 9, LSU 6, Louisiana 5, Florida 4, Baylor 1, Michigan 1

Dropped from rankings: Tulane 18, Texas A&M 20

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ESPN Bowl Projections: ASU an 11- or 12-seed in the Playoff; CU v. BYU in the Alamo Bowl 

From ESPN … In the new, expanded 12-team playoff, the five highest-ranked conference champions will make the field along with the next seven highest-ranked teams. The four highest-ranked conference champions will be awarded first-round byes, with the other eight teams meeting at the campus sites of the Nos. 5-8 seeds.

From there, the quarterfinals and semifinals will be played in what had been the New Year’s Six bowls, with this season’s national championship game scheduled for Jan. 20 at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta.

All of that is just the tip of the iceberg, though. Apart from the playoff is the 36-game slate of bowls, from the Cricket Celebration Bowl on Dec. 14 to the Bahamas Bowl on Jan. 4.

ESPN bowl gurus Kyle Bonagura and Mark Schlabach are projecting every postseason matchup, including their breakdowns of how the CFP will play out, every week until the actual matchups are set on Selection Day (Dec. 8).

Bonagura: No. 12 Arizona State at No. 5 Notre Dame
Schlabach: No. 12 Alabama at No. 5 Notre Dame

Bonagura: No. 11 Miami at No. 6 Ohio State
Schlabach: No. 11 Arizona State at No. 6 Texas

Bonagura: No. 10 Tennessee at No. 7 Penn State
Schlabach: No. 10 Indiana at No. 7 Ohio State

Bonagura: No. 9 Indiana at No. 8 Georgia
Schlabach: No. 9 Tennessee at No. 8 Penn State

DirecTV Holiday Bowl
Snapdragon Stadium (San Diego)
6 p.m., December 27th 
Bonagura: Syracuse vs. Washington State
Schlabach: Clemson vs. Washington State

SRS Distribution Las Vegas Bowl
Allegiant Stadium (Las Vegas)
8:30 p.m., ESPN, December 27th 
Bonagura: Missouri vs. USC
Schlabach: Texas A&M vs. USC

Valero Alamo Bowl
Alamodome (San Antonio)
5:30 p.m., ABC, December 28th 
Bonagura: BYU vs. Colorado
Schlabach: BYU vs. Colorado

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November 24th

Buffs fall to No. 23 in latest AP poll; fall out of the Coaches poll 

… In the Coaches poll, Kansas State is No. 26; Colorado is No. 27 … 

From ESPN … Alabama and Ole Miss tumbled out of the top 10 of the Associated Press Top 25 poll on Sunday, while Miami and SMU moved into the top 10 following a chaotic weekend in the SEC and across college football in general.

Oregon is No. 1 for the sixth straight week and Ohio State, Texas and Penn State held their places behind the Ducks, who are the last unbeaten team.

The shuffling begins at No. 5, where Notre Dame returned for the first time since Week 2 after beating Army for its ninth straight win.

No. 6 Georgia and No. 7 Tennessee each moved up two spots, No. 8 Miami got a three-rung promotion and No. 9 SMU jumped four places for its first top-10 ranking since 1985. SMU has clinched a spot in the Atlantic Coast Conference title game and will play either at Miami if the Hurricanes win at Syracuse this week or No. 12 Clemson.

Indiana dropped from No. 5 to No. 10 following its first loss, 38-15 loss at Ohio State. The Buckeyes would play Oregon in the Big Ten championship game if they beat Michigan for the first time in four years this Saturday.

The Southeastern Conference’s hopes for landing four spots in the College Football Playoff took a hit with two of their teams losing as double-digit favorites. Texas, Georgia and Tennessee are the only SEC teams with fewer than three losses after Alabama lost 24-3 at Oklahoma and Mississippi lost 24-17 at Florida.

Alabama and Ole Miss each dropped six spots in the AP poll, the Crimson Tide to No. 13 and the Rebels to No. 15.

Texas A&M was the third SEC team to lose, 43-41 at Auburn in four overtimes. The Aggies tumbled five places to No. 20 but would play Georgia in the SEC championship game if they knock off Texas this week.

Losses by BYU and Colorado created a four-way tie for first in the Big 12.

No. 14 Arizona State, picked to finish last in the conference, handed BYU its second straight loss and is the highest-ranked Big 12 team. No. 17. Iowa State earned a five-rung promotion with its win at Utah. BYU is No. 19 and Colorado, which lost to Kansas, is No. 23.

If the four teams each finish 7-2 in conference play, it’s Iowa State vs. Arizona State in the Big 12 championship game.

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ESPN Bowl Projections: ASU the Big 12 CFP representative; CU to Alamo or Holiday Bowl

From ESPN …

Bonagura: No. 12 Arizona State at No. 5 Ohio State
Schlabach: No. 12 SMU at No. 5 Ohio State

Bonagura: No. 11 SMU at No. 6 Notre Dame
Schlabach: No. 11 Indiana at No. 6 Notre Dame

Bonagura: No. 10 Tennessee at No. 7 Penn State
Schlabach: No. 10 Arizona State at No. 7 Penn State

Bonagura: No. 9 Indiana at No. 8 Georgia
Schlabach: No. 9 Tennessee at No. 8 Texas

DirecTV Holiday Bowl
Snapdragon Stadium (San Diego)
8 p.m.
Bonagura: Clemson vs. Colorado
Schlabach: Duke vs. Washington State

Valero Alamo Bowl
Alamodome (San Antonio)
7:30 p.m., ABC
Bonagura: BYU vs. Washington State
Schlabach: BYU vs. Colorado

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