Author: Erick Smith, USA TODAY

There wasn’t any change at the top of this week’s college football bowl projections, but there were some adjustments in the New Year’s Six.

The top of the College Football Playoff committee rankings looked a lot like last week. Alabama and Notre Dame lead Clemson and Ohio State.

Ohio State remains in the College Football Playoff field of this week’s bowl projections, but the Buckeyes have uncertainty ahead.

The initial College Football Playoff ranking of the season has some teams looking up and some looking down. A breakdown of the winners and losers.

The College Football Playoff ranking was released Tuesday by the 13-person committee with Alabama and Notre Dame leading the Top 25 teams.

The last bowl projections before the College Football Playoff committee reveals its initial rankings offers a prediction of the playoff field.

Notre Dame improved its College Football Playoff chances, but there was no change at the top of this week’s college football bowl projections.

Indiana appeared set to lose to No. 7 Penn State, but an unlikely comeback allowed the Hoosiers to get their first top 10 win in 41 seasons.

The start of the Big Ten season was delayed seven weeks after being shut down and then restarted. Ranking all seven conference game this weekend.

In an SEC matchup that could be featured again this season, the Crimson Tide – with coach Nick Saban on the sideline – overpowered the Bulldogs.