Cincinnati's upset win over Texas Tech throttles College Football Playoff picture in Big 12 - CBS Sports
Cincinnati's upset victory over previously unbeaten Texas Tech has significantly disrupted the Big 12 College Football Playoff race. The win leaves Utah as the conference's only remaining undefeated team, forcing other contenders to fight for a narrow path to the postseason.
Why it matters
The result creates high volatility in college football rankings and impacts the automatic qualification landscape for the expanded playoff format.
Mid-tier teams in the conference spent Saturday taking a sledgehammer to its own playoff argument following UCF's stunning upset of No. 2 BYU in double overtime and Cincinnati's impressive win over previously-unbeaten and No. 8 Texas Tech.
Those results have tossed the conference's College Football Playoff hopes in a blender with Utah being the only unbeaten left entering Week 9 .
As a result, Utah is now projected as a top-4 in CBS Sports' latest CFP predictions .
Cincinnati snapped Texas Tech's nine-game Big 12 winning streak dating back to last season hours before Scott Frost and the Knights held off the Cougars, a week after BYU had beaten Notre Dame to move up to No. 2 in the AP poll.
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