CFB Playoff Picture, Standings and Bracket Predictions After Week 11 of 2026-27 Season

Week 11's afternoon slate was incredibly calm compared to the bulk of the 2026 college football season.

No major upsets took place, which meant top-10 teams were able to solidify their respective resumes with victories.

The Indiana Hoosiers picked up the most significant win on Saturday afternoon with a home win over the USC Trojans. That was Indiana's first Top 25 win of the campaign.

There's potential for Week 11 to have some upsets, though, as the No. 2 Utah Utes and No. 6 Texas Longhorns both play on the road on Saturday night.

The CFB Playoff projections are based off the results after Week 11's afternoon games.

No. 9 Indiana Knocks Off No. 18 USC

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The Indiana Hoosiers answered some critics on Saturday with a home win over the USC Trojans.

Indiana dropped five spots in Tuesday's CFB Playoff ranking mainly because of its low strength of schedule.

Before Saturday, all eight of Indiana's victories came against unranked opponents. Its only loss, to the Ohio State Buckeyes, looks worse because of OSU's recent slide.

The victory over USC should help Indiana's resume in the eyes of the CFB Playoff selection committee.

Indiana now has a very clear path to the playoff field. It just needs to beat the Washington Huskies and Purdue Boilermakers in the next two weeks.

If that happens, the Hoosiers will most likely meet the UCLA Bruins in the Big Ten Championship Game. Indiana could be playing for a first-round bye in the playoffs in that potential matchup depending on what happens over the next few weeks to the teams above it.

As for USC, Saturday marked the end of its playoff dream, but it could still play spoiler in two weeks against UCLA.

No. 8 Tennessee Picks Up Road Win At Texas A&M

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The Tennessee Volunteers passed their last big road test of the regular season against the Texas A&M Aggies.

The eighth-ranked Vols are now 8-2 with two games left. The next game is a home meeting with the LSU Tigers. The regular-season finale is a road trip to face the Vanderbilt Commodores.

Getting to 10-2 is important for the Vols because that would basically guarantee their spot in the 12-team playoff field.

Josh Heupel's team still has a shot at the SEC Championship Game as well depending on how the tiebreakers shake out. The Vols own head-to-head wins over the Alabama Crimson Tide and Kentucky Wildcats, two of the other three two-loss teams in SEC play.

A 10-2 record with a SEC Championship Game berth, which would likely come with a matchup against the top-ranked Georgia Bulldogs, should be more than enough for the Vols to feel safe inside the playoff field.