When you're in the bowl-projection business, it is essential to balance two competing instincts: the instinct to project the bowl schedule as it would look now, and the instinct to project the bowl schedule as it is likely to look after the season.

Calling all bubble watchers, chaos cowboys and college football geniuses, it’s time to take Joe Goodman’s 6-0 Challenge for Week 13 of the college football season. We had one winner out of about 300 entries last week, so congrats to Mark Thompson for his big brain and lifetime status as a certified college football genius.

After another wild weekend on the gridiron, the fourth iteration of the College Football Playoff rankings dropped Tuesday night. There was some significant movement in the new rankings released after the Week 13 games.