Updating the College Football Playoff impact tracker as Week 6’s Top 25 final scores roll in

Below, let’s keep track of Week 6’s ranked games in a way similar to the College Football Playoff committee’s perspective.

For the committee, it’s not about what you did this week. It’s about what your entire schedule did all year long. Beating a team in Week 6 that finishes .500-plus is better than beating a team that doesn’t, no matter where either team is ranked at kickoff. The same goes for a team that finishes in the Playoff’s Top 25. The committee also looks at whether your offense and defense outscored your opponent’s average opponent, plus other factors.

Committee rankings won’t be out until Oct. 31, so we’ll stick with AP Poll rankings for now.

We’ll have fun stuff and gameplay analysis elsewhere and later on. This post is only about how these results are likely to impact the Playoff picture.

Brief notes on games involving ranked teams will be added here as soon as each goes final. Win projections are based on S&P+. In parentheses: each team’s average score against FBS teams before Week 6, because the Playoff committee uses average offensive/defensive point totals to compare its opponents’ performances.