The Pac-12 dissolved in 2024, but one vestige of the former conference remains relevant to the college football season unfolding this fall: the bowl lineup. The legacy teams are locked into the postseason arrangement that existed prior to collapse.

Each week, the Hotline will project and assess the postseason status for all 12 teams. Last week’s projections can be found here.

The debate over the next version of the College Football Playoff is headed to overtime. And just as the on-field rules shift as the extra periods unfold, the event’s future format could change by the year.

CFP and ESPN executives agreed on Monday to extend the deadline for determining whether there will be changes to the playoff format for the 2026 season. Instead of Dec. 1, conference commissioners now have until

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