A brand new crew has entered the School Soccer Playoff projection as Memphis is now the Group of 5 consultant after a 20-12 win at Florida State. Boise State beforehand occupied that Group of 5 spot, however with the Broncos idle in Week 3, the win over the Seminoles on the highway helped push the Tigers into the sector. 

Florida State, in the meantime, dropped out of the bowl projections totally. The ‘Noles might ultimately discover their footing, however I am not relying on it. With Clemson, Miami and Notre Dame nonetheless on the schedule, the margin for error is gone by way of getting to 6 wins.

The one different change within the CFP projection is Oregon and Penn State swapping locations. The Geese lastly appeared just like the crew we anticipated coming into the season in a 49-14 win at Oregon State. Oregon is now the projected 7-seed and Penn State is ninth.

Notre Dame took out some frustrations on Purdue after which some. The Combating Irish administered a 66-7 beatdown of the Boilermakers, which is Purdue’s worst loss in its 137-year historical past. Inexplicably, Purdue’s starters performed deep into the fourth quarter, which implies that the Boilermakers’ starters have been outscored by every of Notre Dame’s first, second and third items.

That is not sufficient to place the Irish again into the CFP projection, nevertheless. Notre Dame’s drawback might find yourself being power of schedule together with the loss to Northern Illinois. The one groups on this week’s rankings which are left of Notre Dame’s schedule are No. 21 Louisville at house and the season finale at No. 11 USC.

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No. 1 Georgia acquired fairly a scare at Kentucky however survived for a 13-12 win. A loss by the Bulldogs would have put a number of strain on the regular-season sport at Texas on Oct. 19 if they’d aspirations of successful the SEC. It is unlikely {that a} two-loss crew will play for the SEC title.

The opposite prime contender within the SEC, Texas, misplaced beginning QB Quinn Ewers to a strained stomach within the second quarter of its sport with UTSA, however star backup Arch Manning got here in and did not miss a beat. Manning threw for 4 touchdowns and ran for one more in a 56-7 win over the Roadrunners.  Ewers’ prognosis is unknown, however it seems just like the Longhorns are in good arms if he’s unavailable.

The one different top-10 crew to must work arduous for the win this week was No. 6 Missouri. The Tigers trailed No. 24 Boston School by 11 halfway by the second quarter earlier than working off 24 straight factors and ultimately successful 27-21. Mizzou is projected to the Gator Bowl in opposition to NC State.

This week’s bowl projections solely characteristic 4 5-7 groups — down from six final week.  Wisconsin, Auburn, South Carolina and South Alabama are this week’s APR leaders among the many projected 5-7 groups.

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