College football bowl projections after Week 7 -- Playoff, New Year's Six matchups

A weekend of matchups with big-time implications lived up to the hype, with Tennessee's thrilling win over Alabama, TCU's overtime victory over Oklahoma State and Utah's narrow win over USC leading the way.

With those games and others shaking up the very top of the college football pecking order, the impact was felt throughout the bowl picture.

ESPN college football reporters Kyle Bonagura and Mark Schlabach break it all down with their latest projections for all the games, including their analysis of the CFP matchups and which teams helped and hurt their causes the most over the weekend.

All times Eastern

CFP National Championship Presented by AT&TSoFi Stadium (Inglewood, California) Jan. 9, time TBD, ESPN and the ESPN AppBonagura: Georgia vs. Ohio StateSchlabach: Georgia vs. Ohio State

CFP Semifinal at the Chick-fil-A Peach BowlMercedes-Benz Stadium (Atlanta) Dec. 31, 4 or 8 p.m., ESPN and the ESPN AppBonagura: Georgia vs. TCUSchlabach: Georgia vs. Clemson

CFP Semifinal at the Vrbo Fiesta BowlState Farm Stadium (Glendale, Arizona) Dec. 31, 4 or 8 p.m., ESPN and the ESPN AppBonagura: Ohio State vs. ClemsonSchlabach: Ohio State vs. Tennessee

CFP breakdown

Bonagura: For most of the season, there has been a straightforward formula to project the CFP: Georgia, Alabama, Big Ten champion (Michigan), one other. But with Alabama's loss to Tennessee, that all goes out the window — and with it goes the assumption that there will be two SEC teams in the CFP. The possibility of that happening remains very good, of course, but the default position this week will be defer to undefeated conference leaders.

With that, here is the menu from which to choose:

SEC: Georgia, Tennessee, Ole Miss; Big Ten: Ohio State, Michigan; ACC: Clemson,