Alabama’s Week 6 loss to Texas A&M has shaken up the 2021 postseason picture.
CBS Sports expert Jerry Palm is among the analysts who no longer have Nick Saban’s squad making the College Football Playoff. While the Crimson Tide still controls its destiny in the SEC West, a trip to the SEC Championship Game means a potential showdown with No. 1 Georgia. After Week 6, Palm is projecting Kirby Smart’s Bulldogs as the only SEC team to make the CFP field of 4. Palm has UA as the only SEC team in a non-Playoff New Year’s Six bowl game.
Here are Palm’s full SEC projections:
Alabama
Sugar Bowl (NY6) vs. Texas
Arkansas
Outback Bowl vs. Nebraska
Auburn
Duke’s May Bowl vs. Virginia Tech
Florida
Gator Bowl vs. Pittsburgh
Georgia
Orange Bowl (CFP Semifinal) vs. Cincinnati
Kentucky
Citrus Bowl vs. Michigan State
Mississippi State
Birmingham Bowl vs. Western Michigan
Missouri
Quick Lane Bowl vs. Northern Illinois
Ole Miss
Music City Bowl vs. Minnesota
Tennessee
Liberty Bowl vs. Iowa State
Texas A&M
Texas Bowl vs. Baylor
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