https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/50360739/cfp-playoff-2026-bubble-watch-week-9

The 'bowl projections' at the end of that story have:
Baylor vs Florida in the Texas Bowl
Baylor vs Mizzou in the Liberty Bowl

Who cares at this point? There are still games to be played.

IMO there should be NO rankings until at minimum week 5 of the season and no playoff rankings until the end. No need to do rankings for several weeks before the end of the season. But then how could ESPN put a random show on a Tuesday night to talk football for an hour?

It's an hour of endless speculation. I'd rather watch politics…

These reveals are so dumb. They just make **** up to justify SEC placement and change criteria week to week to match their bias.

They have even started spreading this ridiculousness to volleyball by doing a top 16 reveal weekly for potential host schools.

IF the College Football Playoffs started today🏆

Thoughts?🤔https://t.co/YjyMhNOOfX https://t.co/KhBzACw6Y1 pic.twitter.com/W6OkIBUG61

— On3 (@On3) November 4, 2026

Beat Stanford by 54.
Beat Virginia by 44.
Beat Cal by 34 on the road.
Beat NC State by 24 on the road.
Beat Louisville (on the road) by the same margin that Ole Miss did.

But, they lost one singular game to the best team in College Football so they get shoved down to #16 and… pic.twitter.com/IDWzczMvGC

— CFB Kings (@CFBKings) November 4, 2026

The problem here is the opposition is not difficult In fact most were horrible. That said I'd rank them higher.

If the playoffs were this weekend:
Boise St @Bama
Notre Dame @Kentucky
Ole Miss @Texas (I hate rematch games; the winner should have eliminated the other one already)
BYU @UCLA

Miami, Georgia, Utah and Indiana await winners.

SEC has 5 teams
Big 10 and Big 12 have 2 each
ACC, Independent, and Mountain all have 1

Pleasantly surprised BYU stays in the Top 10. And Texas Tech is No. 12. The Big 12 still has a good shot at two bids.

— Stewart Mandel (@slmandel) November 11, 2026

Not sure you could ask for much more from the committee if you're the Big 12:

#2 Utah
#10 BYU
#12 Texas Tech
#14 Houston
#23 Arizona
#25 Oklahoma State

— John Kurtz (@jlkurtz) November 11, 2026

Last week:

5-3 South Carolina was #21.
6-2 Arizona was #22.

South Carolina beat 4-5 Texas A&M by one possession at home.

Arizona beat 4-5 TCU by one possession at home.

6-3 South Carolina moved UP 4 spots.
7-2 Arizona moved DOWN 1 spot.

Very cool, CFP (SEC) committee! pic.twitter.com/UH6Q7aPReL

— CFB Kings (@CFBKings) November 11, 2026

6-3 Louisville:
• Lost to Ole Miss by 3
• Three losses by a total of 9 points
• Best win: Beat 7-2 SMU

6-3 LSU:
• Lost to Ole Miss by 8
• Three losses by a total of 27 points
• Best win: Beat 6-3 Clemson

Why is LSU ranked and Louisville isn’t?

— CFB Kings (@CFBKings) November 11, 2026

THE FIRST TWO OUT OF THE LATEST CFP RANKINGS 😯

Both teams would be out if the CFP started today. pic.twitter.com/ACtMEzafw2

— ESPN College Football (@ESPNCFB) November 11, 2026

Just another of many reasons to not believe anything that ESPN says about college football...

While our odds have to be very slim to make the playoffs, we still have a shot at making the championship game too.

These ole Bears have a chance to really muddy up the Big 12's CFP picture...no chance BYU, Tech, or UH have a chance in what would be perceived as a "bad loss" late in the season