2026-27 Week 9 College Football Playoff, bowl projections
After an eventful Week 9, our bowl gurus take a look at how the postseason picture changed.
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- MAC matchup features UMass squaring off against Ball StateBall State (3-5) at UMass (4-4), Nov. 4 at 7 p.m. EST.
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- Barstool Sports spotlight will be on Rentschler Field for UConn-UMass Friday night: How to watchUMass football went viral not even a year ago for setting off a season’s worth of fireworks to celebrate a fourth-quarter field goal. The kick helped the 0-9 Minutemen cut their deficit against Northern Illinois to 42 points, 45-3, and a small group of male students who made up most of the crowd went “tarps off” to join in the irony. UMass would go winless, 0-12, in its first year as a member ...
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- UConn matches up against UMass in Week 8UMass (4-3) at UConn (3-3), Oct. 23 at 7 p.m. EDT.
- Buffalo gets tying field goal late in regulation, goes on to defeat UMass 25-18 in OTJason Wright threw two touchdown passes to Clint Walker, including the game-winner in overtime, and Buffalo defeated UMass 25-18 on Saturday.
- Barstool College Football Show to make Rentschler Field stop for UConn vs. UMassThe Barstool College Football Show is officially set to visit East Hartford and Rentschler Field ahead of UConn’s Friday night game against UMass next week. “Growing up in the Northeast, UMass-UConn, they do not like each other,” Barstool founder Dave Portnoy said on the show’s Week 7 preview episode. “These are like bitter, bitter rivals. UMass was playing good (when we broached the idea), ...
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- MAC matchup features Buffalo playing UMassUMass (4-2) at Buffalo (3-3), Oct. 17 at 1 p.m. EDT.
- Miami (Ohio) holds firm, denying UMass 2-point conversion attempt in 20-19 winCaleb Heavner and Scoop Smith each ran for touchdowns and Miami (Ohio) held on to beat UMass 20-19 in a contest that went down to the last offensive play of the game on Saturday.
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- ‘Less Severe Than the Rumors of a Broken Foot,’ ‘Next Man Up’ — UMass Turns to Freshman Aedan McCarthy as Ankle Injury Sidelines Pop WatsonUMass quarterback Williams ‘Pop’ Watson III will miss Saturday’s homecoming game against Miami (OH) with an ankle injury, ESPN’s Pete Thamel reported Saturday morning, with true freshman Aedan McCarthy set to make his first career start for a Minutemen team looking to rebound from its first defeat this year. Pop Watson to Miss Miami (OH) Game With Ankle Injury, ESPN ReportsThamel, a college football senior writer for ESPN, cited sources for the news and added that McCarthy has appeared in two ga
- How to watch college football this weekend: Buckeyes on BTN, Bama vs. Georgia in a primetime SEC tilt, Bearcats hit the bye weekOhio State will face Maryland in a midday Big Ten matchup at the Shoe, the Red River Rivalry resumes in Dallas and the college football world awaits the top-10 battle between Georgia and Alabama at night on Saturday, Oct. 10. The noon games will feature defending national champion No. 7 Indiana at Nebraska on FOX and Texas A&M at No. 14 Missouri on ABC. Miami (OH) is at UMass at 2 p.m. in a ...
- Indiana isn’t ducking anybody. It’s following CFP's broken blueprint | OpinionIndiana football swapped UMass for Jacksonville State. Don't blame the Hoosiers for scheduling soft. Blame a Playoff system that rewards it.
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- UMass football secures first sellout in over a decadeUMass' game against Eastern Michigan on Saturday is now a sellout
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- Greatest turnaround ever? Undefeated UMass has college football's attention after 0-12 seasonThe Minutemen are undefeated to start to the season, a far cry from last year's 0-12 finish.