ECU better beat South Florida on Thursday if it wants to remain in these projections.Д¬-USA -UAB losing at home to Rice as a 24-point favorite was right up there with Illinois over Penn State for the biggest upset of the week, but it neither dropped the Blazers out of the bowl picture nor vaulted the 3-4 Owls into it.

And that might be it from this league, where everyone else is currently below. Cincinnati seems bound for no worse than a New Year's Six bowl while SMU, Houston, UCF and Memphis are looking good for spots in the next tier.

Here are some quick thoughts on Week 8 for each Group of Five league.ДЄAC -Following losses by both ECU and Temple, it is quickly becoming a possibility that not a single AAC team lands in this tier. That resulted in some shuffling within Conference USA, as well as a bonus spot to be filled by the MAC, which seems committed to having as many 6-6 teams as possible. The only considerable development is still-undefeated UTSA climbing out of this tier and into the next one. Not much changes from week to week in this grouping. Appalachian State (5-2)ДЇamous Idaho Potato (Dec. Western Kentucky QB Bailey Zappe Al Goldis/Associated PressД«ahamas (Dec. Until that time, we've got another batch of bowl projections, broken into six tiers and presented in ascending order of magnitude. The first edition of that Top 25 will be released on Tuesday, Nov. However, there's only one more week before we can stop worrying about the AP poll and start focusing on the College Football Playoff rankings. The latter two fell out of the AP Top 25, making space for Iowa State and BYU to jump back in. They still appear to be in good shape for the Sugar Bowl, although we'll see if any Big 12 tiebreakers are necessary five weeks from now.Д¬oastal Carolina, NC State and Purdue also lost. 8 Oklahoma State lost to Iowa State, although the Cowboys were actually the underdog for that road game. Regardless, that loss knocked Penn State out of the College Football Playoff conversation for good, and out of the New Year's Six mix for now. The Nittany Lions were favored by more than three touchdowns, but quarterback Sean Clifford didn't look right, the run defense had one of its worst days in decades and maybe they got caught peeking ahead to the Week 9 showdown with Ohio State. 7 Penn State falling at home to Illinois in nine overtimes.

Summarily, bowl projections look quite different from one week ago.Д«y far the most shocking result was No. and Penn State QB Sean Clifford Scott Taetsch/Getty ImagesДЄnother week of the 2021 college football season has come and gone, and the trend of ranked teams losing to unranked teams has continued.

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