When you're in the bowl-projection business, it is essential to balance two competing instincts: the instinct to project the bowl schedule as it would look now, and the instinct to project the bowl schedule as it is likely to look after the season.

Calling all bubble watchers, chaos cowboys and college football geniuses, it’s time to take Joe Goodman’s 6-0 Challenge for Week 13 of the college football season. We had one winner out of about 300 entries last week, so congrats to Mark Thompson for his big brain and lifetime status as a certified college football genius.

There was some significant movement in the new rankings released after the Week 13 games. While the top four teams in last week's rankings —Oregon, Ohio State, Texas, and Penn State—all took care of business, other teams projected to be in the 12-team College Football Playoff bracket suffered losses.

Vanderbilt football has lost two in a row, but it's still headed to a bowl game. The Commodores (6-5, 3-4 SEC) conclude their season Saturday ( 11 a.m. CT, ABC) against Tennessee. After that, they will find out their bowl destination for the first time since 2018.

Ohio State and Miami both tumbled down the Associated Press Top 25 poll following a wild Week 14 in college football. The Buckeyes dropped from second

Michigan football went out and did what most thought to be unthinkable -- it went on the road as a three-score underdog and upended rival No. 2 Ohio State. The Buckeyes still may make the College Football Playoff,