The upsets in Week 10 of the college football season have led to several changes to the playoff field in the latest USA TODAY Sports bowl projections.

Beyond the College Football Playoff race, there are some interesting developing stories in the push for bowl season.

No offense to lower-tier bowl games, but nobody at K-State will be using the Liberty Bowl or the Independence Bowl as a rallying cry this month. Chris Klieman has already guided the Wildcats to five bowl games in six seasons. K-State entered this year with much higher expectations than extending its bowl streak.

Here are the latest 2025 bowl projections for the Sooners entering Week 11: ESPN (Kyle Bonagura): Oklahoma vs TCU in Texas Bowl on Dec. 27 ESPN (Mark Schlabach): Oklahoma vs Houston in Texas Bowl on Dec. 27

Why? UNM is an obvious boon for attendance: Three of the five New Mexico Bowl crowds to surpass 30,000 fans were games the Lobos played in. The other two were games featuring New Mexico State (30,822) and BYU (32,424), one of the best traveling fanbases in all of college sports.

Here is where various national media outlets have Missouri football projected to play its bowl game with four games remaining in the regular season.

San Diego State appears to be a unanimous choice among prognosticators to play in the Los Angeles Bowl on Saturday, Dec. 13 at SoFi Stadium. That, of course, me

Major changes in our bowl projections exiting Week 10 ahead of the selection committee's first rankings release

Tennessee is projected to play in the Music City Bowl versus Illinois. The Music City Bowl will be contested on Dec. 30 at Nissan Stadium in Nashville, Tennessee. Kickoff is scheduled for 5:30 p.m. EST and will be televised by ESPN.