CBS Sports has announced its preseason bowl projections for the 2017 College Football Season.
CBS is predicting 10 SEC teams will compete in bowls with three participating in a New Year’s Six bowl. Jerry Palm with CBS Sports shared the results.
CBS has Alabama finishing the season with a No. 1 ranking and playing No. 4 Florida State in the Sugar Bowl as part of the College Football Playoff. Alabama and FSU are already set to face off this season in the Chic-fil-A Kickoff Game in Atlanta on September 2.
Florida and LSU are the other two SEC teams predicted to participate in a New Year’s Six bowl. CBS has the Gators squaring off with South Florida in the Peach Bowl, both as at-large selections. LSU is predicted to square off with Oklahoma State, both as at-large selections, in the Cotton Bowl.
Here is where the rest of the SEC schools are predicted to play in the postseason:
Georgia: vs. Nebraska in the Outback Bowl
Auburn: vs. Miami in the Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl
Tennessee: vs. Virginia Tech in the TaxSlayer Bowl
Arkansas: vs. Kansas State in the Liberty Bowl
Mississippi State: vs. Georgia Tech in the Belk Bowl
Kentucky: vs. Northwestern in the Music City Bowl
Texas A&M: vs. TCU in the Texas Bowl
Paul Harvey lives in Atlanta and covers SEC football.
