We are just over a week away from “Selection Sunday,” but first it’s Rivalry Week. Many SEC teams are locks for a bowl game throughout late December and early January. The SEC certainly brings some of the best teams to bowl season, creating some intriguing matchups. Let’s take a look at each bowl eligible team and where they’re projected to go.
Alabama Crimson Tide (10-1)
ESPN (Mark Schlabach): CFB Playoff at Cotton Bowl vs. Michigan State
CBS (Jerry Palm): CFB Playoff at Cotton Bowl vs. Michigan State
Fox Sports (Stewart Mandel): CFB Playoff at Cotton Bowl vs. Michigan State
Arkansas Razorbacks (6-5)
ESPN (Mark Schlabach): Belk Bowl vs. Duke
CBS (Jerry Palm): AdvoCare V100 Texas Bowl vs. West Virginia
Fox Sports (Stewart Mandel): AutoZone Liberty Bowl vs. Kansas State
Auburn Tigers (6-5)
ESPN (Mark Schlabach): Birmingham Bowl vs. Cincinnati
CBS (Jerry Palm): Birmingham Bowl vs. Memphis
Fox Sports (Stewart Mandel): Birmingham Bowl vs. Cincinnati
Florida Gators (10-1)
ESPN (Mark Schlabach): Buffalo Wild Wings Citrus Bowl vs. Ohio State
CBS (Jerry Palm): Sugar Bowl vs. Baylor
Fox Sports (Stewart Mandel): Sugar Bowl vs. Baylor
Georgia Bulldogs (8-3)
ESPN (Mark Schlabach): TaxSlayer.com Bowl vs. Penn State
CBS (Jerry Palm): Buffalo Wild Wings Citrus Bowl vs. Michigan
Fox Sports (Stewart Mandel): Music City Bowl vs. Penn State
Kentucky Wildcats (5-6)
*Kentucky is playing for bowl eligibility this Saturday against Louisville.
ESPN (Mark Schlabach): Raycom Media Camellia Bowl vs. Akron
CBS (Jerry Palm): Not projected
Fox Sports (Stewart Mandel): Not projected
LSU Tigers (7-3)
ESPN (Mark Schlabach): AutoZone Liberty Bowl vs. Texas Tech
CBS (Jerry Palm): Outback Bowl vs. Northwestern
Fox Sports (Stewart Mandel): TaxSlayer.com Bowl vs. NC State
Mississippi State Bulldogs (8-3)
ESPN (Mark Schlabach): AdvoCare V100 Texas Bowl vs. West Virginia
CBS (Jerry Palm): TaxSlayer.com Bowl vs. Pittsburgh
Fox Sports (Stewart Mandel): Buffalo Wild Wings Citrus Bowl vs. Ohio State
Ole Miss Rebels (8-3)
ESPN (Mark Schlabach): Buffalo Wild Wings Citrus Bowl vs. Ohio State
CBS (Jerry Palm): Music City Bowl vs. Penn State
Fox Sports (Stewart Mandel): Belk Bowl vs. Virginia Tech
Missouri Tigers (5-6)
*Missouri is playing for bowl eligibility this Friday against Arkansas.
ESPN (Mark Schlabach): Quick Lane Bowl vs. Central Michigan
CBS (Jerry Palm): Not projected
Fox Sports (Stewart Mandel): Not projected
Tennessee Volunteers (7-4)
ESPN (Mark Schlabach): Outback Bowl vs. Northwestern
CBS (Jerry Palm): Liberty Bowl vs. Kansas State
Fox Sports (Stewart Mandel): Outback Bowl vs. Northwestern
Texas A&M Aggies (8-3)
ESPN (Mark Schlabach): Music City Bowl vs. Louisville
CBS (Jerry Palm): Belk Bowl vs. Virginia Tech
Fox Sports (Stewart Mandel): AdvoCare V100 Texas Bowl vs. Texas Tech
These matchups certainly look intriguing throughout the SEC. Heading into the final week, Alabama looks to be the powerhouse as they’re the only team projected to make the College Football Playoff. However, the non-committee bowl games should turn out to be great ones, giving college football fans a great treat.
The SEC currently has two ineligible teams heading in, Vanderbilt and South Carolina. There could be two more teams falling to bowl ineligibility if Kentucky and Missouri were to lose in the final weekend.
However, if those teams were to lose, there still may be hope. The NCAA may have to include some 5-7 teams if there aren’t enough bowl eligible teams to fill the slots. The NCAA said they aren’t sure how they’ll handle the situation, but a team from the SEC could make it in with seven losses. We shall see after championship week, as final rankings and bowl games will be announced throughout the day on Sunday, Dec. 6.
Alabama going to be the champions
All about those GATORS
Go Vols!!
awesome AGS
Tennessee is far better than 7-4 or 8-4 project.
Vols have just learned how to win! This will carry over to next year!
Sec beware VOLS are back and were coming for the title! GBO VFL
Were coming Exactly. Like 20 years ago, hillbilly. Go Noles
Too little regard for the Iowa Hawkeyes and the Stanford Cardinal. However, Clemson has everyone appearing to lag farther behind. Watch out for the Big12 champions!
In the near future, I can see the champions of the power five conferences being matched up against the greater at-large teams; however, there shall become necessary to include a sixth, seventh, and eighth contest to create evenness along the playoff path. None of the NCAA championship playoff committee are going to liken unto my additional week playoff venues!
My foresight for an open “true playoff” venue path means four stages where the fourth culminates in the National Championship Game. It may appear timely with the NFL ProBowl? Am I wrong about the championship being pushed back into February? When is the ProBowl? Damn………….
I do not approve of the NCAA making exceptions for teams with 5-7 records. Praise
the Spirit. Amen.
Hotly toddy. We are so lucky to have Hugh Freeze
The NCAA is a joke! They will let anybody in because they take no pressure what so ever
If Mizzou not in a bowl game…. They minus well protest it that seems to work.
I am predicting that The Vols will have a 11-1 Season Next year.
Everybody said that last year… 8-4. But still, a pretty good 8-4 team