College football bowl projections: Brett McMurphy includes 11 SEC teams in preseason predictions

The 2024 college football season has not kicked off yet, but bowl game projections have already started.

With it being “game week” for the Week 0 slate, Brett McMurphy of the Action Network shared his preseason projections on Monday.

My @ActionNetworkHQ preseason bowl projections. @CFBPlayoff plus non-playoff bowls: Las Vegas: Tennessee-Arizona; Military: SMU-USF; Pop-Tarts: Clemson-Okla State; Holiday: Notre Dame-Washington; Guaranteed Rate: Iowa State-Maryland; Liberty: UCF-Kentucky https://t.co/w78knct5nX pic.twitter.com/7Dfkbu48ep

— Brett McMurphy (@Brett_McMurphy) August 19, 2024

The College Football Playoff expands to 12 teams this season. The 12 bids will go to the top five conference champions and seven at-large teams. The four highest-ranked conference champions will be seeded 1-4 and receive a first-round bye, automatically advancing to the quarterfinals.

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McMurphy has four SEC squads making the CFP in his postseason predictions. Alabama is projected as the No. 2 seed, receiving a bye. Georgia (No. 6), Ole Miss (No. 7) and LSU (No. 8) are also projected to be Playoff teams. Here’s McMurphy’s full 12-team field:

• No. 1 Oregon
• No. 2 Alabama
• No. 3 Miami
• No. 4 Utah
• No. 5 Ohio State
• No. 6 Georgia
• No. 7 Ole Miss
• No. 8 LSU
• No. 9 Penn State
• No. 10 Virginia Tech
• No. 11 Iowa
• No. 12 Texas State

Outside the CFP, McMurphy has seven other SEC teams playing in bowl games. Arkansas, Florida, Mississippi State, South Carolina and Vanderbilt are not projected to go bowling by McMurphy.

Alabama

College Football Playoff First Round – No. 2 seed (SEC champion), bye; CFP quarterfinals (Peach Bowl) vs. No. 7 seed Ole Miss; CFP semifinals (Orange Bowl) vs. No. 6 seed Georgia

Auburn

Gator Bowl vs. Florida State

Georgia

College Football Playoff First Round – No. 6 seed vs. No. 11 seed Iowa; CFP quarterfinals (Sugar Bowl) vs. No. 3 seed Miami; CFP semifinals (Orange Bowl) vs. No. 2 seed Alabama; CFP National Championship vs. No. 1 seed Oregon

Kentucky

Liberty Bowl vs. UCF

LSU

College Football Playoff First Round – No. 8 seed vs. No. 9 seed Penn State

Missouri

ReliaQuest Bowl vs. Michigan

Oklahoma

Texas Bowl vs. Kansas

Ole Miss

College Football Playoff First Round– No. 7 seed vs. No. 10 seed Virginia Tech; CFP quarterfinals (Peach Bowl) vs. No. 2 seed Alabama

Tennessee

Las Vegas Bowl vs. Arizona

Texas

Citrus Bowl vs. Nebraska

Texas A&M

Music City Bowl vs. Wisconsin

Andrew Olson

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