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Athlon Sports releases 2021 bowl projections

SDS Staff

By SDS Staff

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It’s that time of the year when the bowl projections come flooding in as the college football season is just around the corner.

Athlon Sports is the latest outlet to produce postseason projections, courtesy of their lead college football editor Steven Lassan, and he’s got 12 teams from the Southeastern Conference going bowling this year.

A College Football Playoff appearance and three New Year’s Six appearances are projected for the SEC this year by Athlon.

Here are the complete bowl projections involving SEC teams from Athlon.

SEC Bowl Projections

Birmingham Bowl (Dec. 28)

Projection: Louisville vs. Mississippi State

Liberty Bowl (Dec. 28)

Projection: West Virginia vs. Kentucky

Duke’s Mayo Bowl (Dec. 30)

Projection: NC State vs. Auburn

Music City Bowl (Dec. 30)

Projection: Michigan vs. Tennessee

Gator Bowl (Dec. 31)

Projection: Miami vs. Ole Miss

Outback Bowl (Jan. 1)

Projection: Penn State vs. Missouri

Citrus Bowl (Jan. 1)

Projection: Iowa vs. LSU

Texas Bowl (Jan. 4)

Projection: TCU vs. Arkansas

New Year’s Six Bowls

Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl (Dec. 30)

Projection: North Carolina vs. Florida

Fiesta Bowl (Jan. 1)

Projection: Cincinnati vs. Texas A&M

Sugar Bowl (Jan. 1)

Projection: Iowa State vs. Georgia

College Football Playoff

Cotton Bowl (Dec. 31)

Projection: Alabama vs. Ohio State

National Championship (Jan. 10)

Projection: Alabama vs. Clemson

SDS Staff

Saturday Down South reports and comments on the news around the Southeastern Conference as well as larger college football topics.

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