ESPN experts update College Football Playoff projections after Week 8
By David Wasson
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After a hectic Week 8 that began with Louisville knocking off No. 2 Miami 24-21 and ended with 4 Top 10 programs tasting defeat in a single weekend, there is sure to be a significant shakeup in projected College Football Playoff teams.
The other Top 10 teams that fell were No. 5 Ole Miss (43-35 to No. 9 Georgia), No. 7 Texas Tech (26-22 to unranked Arizona State) and No. 10 LSU (31-24 to No. 17 Vandervilt). The LSU loss dropped the Tigers to 5-2, while the Rebels and Red Raiders each absorbed their first losses of the season.
With the dust having settled from Week 8, here are the latest playoff projections from ESPN’s cast of college football experts:
Andrea Adelson: 1. Ohio State 2. Indiana 3. Texas A&M 4. Alabama 5. Georgia 6. Georgia Tech 7. Miami 8. Oregon 9. BYU 10. Texas Tech 11. Vanderbilt 12. South Florida
Kyle Bonagura: 1. Ohio State 2. Indiana 3. Texas A&M 4. Alabama 5. Oregon 6. Georgia 7. Ole Miss 8. Georgia Tech 9. Miami 10. BYU 11. Texas Tech 12. South Florida
Bill Connelly: 1. Ohio State 2. Indiana 3. Texas A&M 4. Georgia Tech 5. Alabama 6. Georgia 7. BYU 8. Oregon 9. Miami 10. Ole Miss 11. Texas Tech 12. Navy
David Hale: 1. Indiana 2. Ohio State 3. Texas A&M 4. Miami 5. Alabama 6. Georgia 7. BYU 8. Georgia Tech 9. Oregon 10. Vanderbilt 11. Notre Dame 12. South Florida
Eli Lederman: 1. Ohio State 2. Indiana 3. Texas A&M 4. Alabama 5. Georgia Tech 6. Miami 7. Ole Miss 8. Oregon 9. Georgia 10. Texas Tech 11. Notre Dame 12. South Florida
Max Olson: 1. Ohio State 2. Indiana 3. Texas A&M 4. Alabama 5. Georgia 6. Oregon 7. Miami 8. Ole Miss 9. Georgia Tech 10. BYU 11. Texas Tech 12. South Florida
Adam Rittenberg: 1. Ohio State 2. Indiana 3. Texas A&M 4. Alabama 5. Georgia Tech 6. Georgia 7. Ole Miss 8. Oregon 9. Miami 10. BYU 11. Texas Tech 12. South Florida
Mark Schlabach: 1. Ohio State 2. Indiana 3. Texas A&M 4. Alabama 5. Georgia 6. Oregon 7. Ole Miss 8. Georgia Tech 9. Miami 10. BYU 11. Texas Tech 12. South Florida
Jake Trotter: 1. Ohio State 2. Indiana 3. Alabama 4. Texas A&M 5. Georgia 6. Georgia Tech 7. Oregon 8. Miami 9. Ole Miss 10. BYU 11. Notre Dame 12. South Florida
Paolo Uggetti: 1. Ohio State 2. Indiana 3. Texas A&M 4. Alabama 5. Georgia 6. Oregon 7. Georgia Tech 8. Ole Miss 9. Miami 10. BYU 11. Texas Tech 12. South Florida
Dave Wilson: 1. Ohio State 2. Indiana 3. Texas A&M 4. Alabama 5. Georgia Tech 6. Georgia 7. Ole Miss 8. Oregon 9. Miami 10. BYU 11. Texas Tech 12. South Florida
An APSE national award-winning writer and editor, David Wasson has almost four decades of experience in the print journalism business in Florida and Alabama. His work has also appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times and several national magazines and websites. He also hosts Gulfshore Sports with David Wasson, weekdays from 3-5 pm across Southwest Florida and on FoxSportsFM.com. His Twitter handle: @JustDWasson.
