Bowl projections after Week 2: Is Tennessee playoff worthy?

In Week 2 of the college football season, we had a major upset -- and reverberations through the playoff and bowl pictures -- as Northern Illinois stunned Notre Dame at South Bend.

Beyond that, there were some close calls (Oregon-Boise State and Penn State-Bowling Green the most notable), some shaky starts that became more comfortable (Alabama-South Florida, for one) and some impressive performances (Texas over Michigan, Tennessee over NC State).

How did it all impact our playoff and bowl projections? In the new, expanded 12-team playoff , the five highest ranked conference champions will make the field along with the next seven highest-ranked teams.

The four highest ranked conference champions will be awarded first-round byes, with the other eight teams meeting at the campus sites of seeds Nos.

5 through 8.

From there, the quarterfinals and semifinals will be played in what had been the New Year's Six bowls, with this season's national championship game scheduled for Jan.

20 at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta.

All of that is just the tip of the iceberg, though.

Apart from the playoff is the 36-game slate of bowl games, from the Cricket Celebration Bowl on Dec.

14 to the Bahamas Bowl on Jan.

4.

We're here for all of it.

ESPN bowl gurus Kyle Bonagura and Mark Schlabach are projecting every postseason matchup, including their breakdowns of how the CFP will play out, every week until the actual matchups are set on Selection Day on Dec.

8.

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20-21 -- ABC/ESPN or TNT Sports* Bonagura: No.

12 Boise State at No.

5 Texas Schlabach: No.

12 Memphis at No.

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