Last week we expanded Bowl Watch and we’ll continue with that here.
College Football Playoff
The first round of rankings are out. Ignore them. No, really. They’re garbage and unlikely to show what the committee actually thinks.
My educated guess is that nothing has really changed since last week among the Top 4. Alabama will have it’s biggest test to date Saturday in Death Valley-Baton Rouge, and the winner is all but guaranteed a spot in the playoff. That winner will be Alabama. After that Clemson should easily win out, with the only remaining road block being a trip to Boston next week.