Author: Erick Smith, USA TODAY

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

No. 3 Ohio State is unbeaten, but it wasn’t easy. The Buckeyes held off No. 10 Indiana to take sole possession of the Big Ten East lead.

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

Notre Dame’s upset of No. 1 Clemson has shuffled the College Football Playoff race, giving the ACC two teams in the latest USA TODAY bowl projections.

The opening weekend of the Pac-12 college football season has been delayed and cut short by one game. Ranking the four matchups of the weekend.

Trevor Lawrence will not play for No. 1 Clemson when the Tigers travel to No. 4 Notre Dame next week due to his positive test for COVID-19 this week.

The experience for teams, players, fans and the communities is going to vastly very different this year for college football bowl games.