We’re still two weeks away from the selection committee gathering in Dallas to begin the process of ranking College Football Playoff contenders, but their job got slightly easier after the weekend where carnage once again hit many conference races. Throw in some damaging at-large results and the list of teams who saw their postseason hopes extinguished was a lengthy one.
With all that in mind, it’s time to examine just what the impact of all those results from the past weekend will have by entering The Eliminator—where we’re cutting teams and seeing which ones still have (an often mathematical) chance to play for the national title. Here’s where the field stands after Week 8.
