College football bowl projections: Brett McMurphy includes 12 SEC teams in preseason predictions

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