# College Football Playoff and Bowl Projections After Week 11: Notre Dame, Alabama in Control

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4 outlets covering · First listed: Sports Illustrated, Nov 15, 2026, 3:17 PM · Read it: <https://www.si.com/college-football/cfp-and-bowl-projections-after-week-11-notre-dame-alabama-in-control>

A wild weekend led to several shake-ups in the playoff pecking order as we head into the home stretch of the season.

## Who's covering it

In the order they published:

- Nov 15, 2026, 2:26 AM: [Notre Dame has already started its college football playoff run](<https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/notre-dame-already-started-college-082609921.html>) — Yahoo Sports (Sports, United States)
  If you didn’t know it by now, Notre Dame is on its football playoff run RIGHT NOW.
- Nov 15, 2026, 7:42 AM: [College football grades: Notre Dame earns 'A' mark for beatdown, Alabama gets 'C+' on Week 11 report card](<https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/college-football-grades-results-week-11-2026-notre-dame-alabama/>) — CBS Sports (Sports, United States)
  A look at how national championship contenders fared in Week 11 action
- Nov 15, 2026, 9:24 AM: [2026 College Football Playoff Odds: Are Georgia, Notre Dame, Alabama Locks?](<https://www.foxsports.com/stories/college-football/2026-college-football-playoff-odds>) — Fox Sports (Sports, United States)
  See the latest CFP odds, with a few big dogs looking like locks to make the field.
- Nov 15, 2026, 3:17 PM: [College Football Playoff and Bowl Projections After Week 11: Notre Dame, Alabama in Control](<https://www.si.com/college-football/cfp-and-bowl-projections-after-week-11-notre-dame-alabama-in-control>) — Sports Illustrated (Sports, United States)
  A wild weekend led to several shake-ups in the playoff pecking order as we head into the home stretch of the season.
