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Miami and LSU Dominate in Week 1, Impacting Bowl Projections
Confirmed
In Short: Miami and LSU secured impressive victories in Week 1, bolstering their positions in the College Football Playoff (CFP) bracket, while bowl projections and rule changes are also being updated.
Miami and LSU demonstrated their dominance in Week 1 with blowout victories against Power Four opponents, impressing the College Football Playoff Selection Committee and setting high standards for the season ahead, according to CBS Sports.
College football bowl projections have been updated following the first week of the season, with detailed projections available from Brad Crawford's analysis.
The landscape of the CFP and bowl games is evolving, with new entrants like Colorado and UMass making their mark, as highlighted in Sports Illustrated's latest projections.
Miami is unlikely to face significant challenges before November, while other teams prepare for a grueling season, as noted by CBS Sports.
What's confirmed
What's still developing
- We've updated our CFP bracket projection along with every other postseason matchup after Week 1.
- After blitzing our way through the appetizer, the full course meal has finally arrived: Week 1 of college football, the start of every team’s journey, giving us over 90 games to groom through.
- Kody Malstrom breaks down his three best college football bets for Week 1, including fades of both the Clemson and Ole Miss offenses.
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- "One of the biggest changes we've made for the good, once it goes to replay, you must confirm all aspects of targeting," NCAA secretary-rules editor for football and national coordinator of officials, Steve Shaw, said via CBS Sports.
- Despite some tweaks this year, college football's most controversial rule — targeting — is still in the rulebook, and that means it's surely going to create some confusion and frustration among teams and their fan bases this season.
- So as targeting calls seem to evolve in turn with the college football landscape, what do this year’s targeting penalties look like?
- Targeting in college football, essentially, is when a player initiates forcible contact against an opponent beyond a routine legal tackle, block or play on the ball.