When it comes to managing cross-country flights, no team can match UCLA’s success. Since the start of last season, when they joined USC, Oregon and Washington to form the Big Ten’s western wing, the Bruins have been perfect against the point spread when playing conference games in the Eastern and Central Time Zones.

Here are predictions and projections for the College Football Playoff bracket and 12-team CFP field after Week 14 games:

The late timeslot for Week 9 features two key SEC matchups — Oklahoma vs. Tennessee and South Carolina vs. Mississippi — as well as a Big Ten showdown between USC and Nebraska, plus Cincinnati traveling to Rice-Eccles to face Utah in the Pac-12 after ...

Oklahoma entered Saturday with one mission to beat LSU. The stakes were anything but ordinary being ranked No. 8 by the College Football Playoff committee. The Sooners could reach 10-2 and move to the front of the postseason conversation.