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CBS Sports expert Jerry Palm updates SEC bowl projections after Week 2
By Sydney Hunte
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With Week 2 of the college football season behind us, that means an updated batch of bowl projections from CBS Sports’ Jerry Palm.
Among SEC teams last week, Palm had Alabama in the Orange Bowl against Oklahoma and Georgia in the Cotton Bowl against Ohio State as he projected the Crimson Tide and Bulldogs in the College Football Playoff. In his latest projections, Alabama and Georgia are still playoff teams, with the Tide remaining as a No. 1 Playoff seed and taking on No. 4 seed Oregon in the Cotton Bowl. The Dawgs, projected as the No. 3 seed, are projected by Palm to face No. 2 seed Oklahoma.
Here are all of Palm’s SEC projections:
Alabama
Cotton Bowl (CFP) vs. Oregon
Arkansas
Texas Bowl vs. TCU
Auburn
Duke’s Mayo Bowl vs. N.C. State
Florida
Citrus Bowl vs. Wisconsin
Georgia
Orange Bowl (CFP) vs. Oklahoma
Kentucky
Music City Bowl vs. Michigan
LSU
Outback Bowl vs. Penn State
Mississippi State
Birmingham Bowl vs. Kent State
Missouri
Liberty Bowl vs. Kansas State
Ole Miss
Gator Bowl vs. Miami (Fla.)
Texas A&M
Sugar Bowl vs. Iowa State (New Year’s 6)
Sydney is an Atlanta-based journalist who has covered everything from SEC and ACC football to MLS, the U.S. men's national soccer team and professional tennis. His work has appeared on such platforms as SB Nation, Cox Media Group and FanSided.