Penn State ’s College Football Playoff hopes are officially dead after another stunning loss, this time to Northwestern.

But what about the rest of the sport? Let’s take a look at our updated CFP projections after Week 7.

Reminder: The 12-team CFP is made up of the five-highest ranked conference champions and seven at-large teams. First-round byes are no longer given to the four highest-ranked champs. In the new straight seeding format, byes go to the four highest-ranked teams.

Penn State outlook

This will be the last time Penn State is mentioned in our CFP projections. The Northwestern defeat was the final nail in the coffin for Penn State’s season — and James Franklin .

Overall thoughts

— After Indiana’s statement win at Oregon, I’ve got the Hoosiers running the table in the reg

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