CFP bracket projection: Texas stays at the top, Oregon advances and LSU returns to the playoffs

It was another wild Saturday in college football as Week 7 brought drama and unexpected results that changed the playoff outlook.

This week’s College Football Playoff projection series

1. Texas: Georgia rolls into Austin next week and suddenly doesn’t look like the dominant force of years past.

2. Oregon: Of all the impressive games in QB Dillon Gabriel’s brilliant career, none was better than Ohio State’s win.

3. Miami: It’s FSU week, and it wasn’t that long ago that it meant something.

4. Brigham Young: Two games proving it in the Big 12 (Kansas State, Arizona) and two wins by a combined score of 79-28.

5. Ohio State: Rarely do you see a team do whatever it wants for four quarters and somehow lose the game.

6. Georgia: The fact that Mississippi State scored 31 points against the vaunted Georgia defense should be alarming (and UGA has given up more than 30 points for the second time this season).

7. Penn State: Don’t underestimate winning against a desperate team after a 2,000-mile trip to the West Coast.

8. Iowa State: It was ugly early, but the defense took over (again) and the magical season continues.

9. Clemson: There is no hotter quarterback in the country than Cade Klubnik, who has scored 21 total touchdowns since the season-opening loss to Georgia.

10. LSU: A patchwork defense, a hot quarterback. Somehow it works.

11. Pittsburgh: The last time Pitt was at this position, a guy named Dan Marino played quarterback.

12. Boise State: Broncos have two weeks to prepare for the toughest game on the schedule: at UNLV.

The proposed CFP schedule

Conference winners with byes: Texas, Oregon, Miami, BYU

First round games

No. 12 Boise State and No. 5 Ohio State

No. 11 Pittsburgh at No. 6 Georgia

No. 10 LSU at No. 7 Penn State

No. 9 Clemson at No. 8 Iowa State

This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: CFP bracket prediction: Texas leads, Oregon advances, LSU returns