Bowl projections: Alabama, Penn State, Ole Miss move into College Football Playoff bracket

Do you think it was personal for Ole Miss during Saturday night's public shaming of Lane Kiffin?

The Rebels' impressive Trinidad Chambliss-led win over LSU in a showdown of unbeaten top-10 teams has pushed Pete Golding's squad into our updated College Football Playoff bracket this week to lead our Week 4 bowl projections update.

Ole Miss is one of three new teams to join the CFP lookahead after a narrative-setting victory in the SEC opener for both teams. The Rebels have four more games this season against opponents currently ranked inside the top 25, the same number as Kiffin's Tigers.

After USC's near slip-up at Rutgers, Penn State joins the group of CFP hopefuls from the Big Ten. If the SEC intends to put four (or more) teams in the bracket, Alabama is one of those with an opportunity in the coming weeks after handling Florida State, 50-36, behind four total touchdowns from Keelon Russell.

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