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An Alabama-Georgia matchup in the SEC Championship Game isn’t official just yet as the Crimson Tide has to take care of Arkansas before clinching the SEC West. Could we potentially see 2 Alabama-Georgia showdowns in a matter of weeks? CBS Sports bowl expert Jerry Palm is now projecting UGA and UA will meet in the College Football Playoff semifinals 1-4 matchup.
Palm updated his postseason projections after the Week 11 results. With 2 teams in the CFP and another squad making the New Year’s Six in the Sugar Bowl, Palm has a total of 11 SEC teams going bowling.
Here are the updated CBS Sports projections:
Alabama
Orange Bowl (CFP semifinal) vs. No. 1 Georgia
Arkansas
Music City Bowl vs. Penn State
Auburn
Gator Bowl vs. North Carolina
Florida
Liberty Bowl vs. West Virginia
Georgia
Orange Bowl (CFP semifinal) vs. No. 4 Alabama
Kentucky
Outback Bowl vs. Wisconsin
Mississippi State
Texas Bowl vs. Kansas State
Missouri
Birmingham Bowl vs. Eastern Michigan
Ole Miss
Sugar Bowl (NY6) vs. Oklahoma
Tennessee
Duke’s Mayo Bowl vs. NC State
Texas A&M
Citrus Bowl vs. Iowa
Saturday Down South reports and comments on the news around the Southeastern Conference as well as larger college football topics.
