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College football bowl projections: Brett McMurphy includes 12 SEC teams in preseason predictions
By Andrew Olson
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The 2023 college football season hasn’t kicked off just yet, but bowl game projections have already started.
On Monday, college football insider Brett McMurphy of the Action Network shared his Week 0 bowl projections. McMurphy has 12 SEC teams going bowling, with Missouri and Vanderbilt staying home for the holidays.
It. Is. Here! My @ActionNetworkHQ Week 0 bowl projections. All 41 bowls such as @CFBPlayoff (Georgia vs. Ohio St; Michigan vs. Florida St); Orange: Clemson vs. Penn St; Cotton: LSU vs. Texas Tech; Fiesta: Alabama vs. Washington; Peach: Oregon vs. Tulanehttps://t.co/VcE0YEufv2
— Brett McMurphy (@Brett_McMurphy) August 21, 2023
The 2023 season is the last year of the 4-team College Football Playoff before expansion to 12 teams. McMurphy projects a familiar SEC squad returns to the CFP and plays for the National Championship.
With 1 SEC team in the CFP, McMurphy has 2 other SEC programs playing in New Year’s Six bowl games. Here are the full projections for all 12 teams:
Alabama
Fiesta Bowl (NY6) vs. Washington
Arkansas
Music City Bowl vs. Illinois
Auburn
Gator Bowl vs. Louisville
Florida
Birmingham Bowl vs. Kansas
Georgia
Sugar Bowl (CFP semifinal) vs. Ohio State
CFP National Championship vs. Michigan
Kentucky
Liberty Bowl vs. TCU
LSU
Cotton Bowl (NY6) vs. Texas Tech
Mississippi State
Texas Bowl vs. Oklahoma
Ole Miss
Duke’s Mayo Bowl vs. Miami
South Carolina
Gasparilla Bowl vs. BYU
Tennessee
Citrus Bowl vs. Wisconsin
Texas A&M
ReliaQuest Bowl vs. Notre Dame
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