Athlon Sports projects 11 SEC teams to go bowling in 2016
With SEC Media Days kicking off next week, the season is just around the corner.
Team predictions, playoff odds and bowl projections are filling timelines right now.
Athlon Sports is the latest media outlet to release its 2016 bowl projections, and the outlet has 11 SEC teams going to the postseason, including Alabama in the College Football Playoff and winning the national championship again.
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Here are Athlon Sports’ projections:
College Football Playoff Semifinal (Chick-Fil-A Bowl): Alabama vs. Clemson
College Football Playoff Final: Alabama beats Floria State
Sugar Bowl (New Years Six): Tennessee vs. Oklahoma
Cotton Bowl (New Years Six): LSU vs. Houston
Outback Bowl: Georgia vs. Iowa
TaxSlayer Bowl: Florida vs. Virginia Tech
Buffalo Wild Wings: Ole Miss vs. Michigan State
Music City Bowl: Auburn vs. Wisconsin
Liberty Bowl: Mississippi State vs. West Virginia
Belk Bowl: Arkansas vs. North Carolina
Birmingham Bowl: Kentucky vs. UConn
Texas Bowl: Texas A&M vs. Baylor
Projected to miss a bowl game: Mizzou, South Carolina and Vanderbilt
I’m pinning this story up on the bulletin board to laugh at all season long.
yea..2 ACC teams in the playoffs is kind of funny..
Also 2 ACC teams is possible. An undefeated Clemson and a 1 loss FSU could both get in. Both teams play 2 SEC schools as part of their non conference schedule.
It’s a playoff with the teams picked by human beings. There’s no rule that those four teams have to all be from separate conferences. I’m imagining they’re looking at this as tOSU is at most 1-loss, Alabama is at most 1-loss, so they both get in fairly easily. Then the winner of FSU-Clemson is undefeated and the other one is 1-loss, and I bet they’re looking at it as if Clemson won that game, but FSU has a stronger OOC schedule(UF+OleMiss>AU+SoCar). If the Pac12 and BigXII eat themselves up, and produce 2-loss champions, why would the committee not pick a 1-loss FSU or Clemson, who would’ve each beaten two SEC teams one from each division, over them? I can totally see it.
I say there’s no way they pick a 1 loss FSU over a 2 loss Big12 or PAC12 champ. 1/2 of the committee would scream bloody murder. It’s also why I don’t see an LSU or Bama that doesn’t win the West get in. Those days are over.
That would be a 1 loss FSU or Clemson that doesn’t win their conference.
You’ll get nothing and you will like it.
Why?…they all ready won when you clicked on the link.