College football bowl projections: ESPN's preseason predictions include 12 SEC teams
The 2022 college football season is quickly approaching, with Week 0 games kicking off on Saturday, Aug. 27.
Ahead of the 2022 campaign, ESPN experts Kyle Bonagura and Mark Schlabach released their preseason bowl projections.
As you can see below, they had both Alabama and Georgia qualifying for the College Football Playoff and had 12 total SEC teams projected to qualify for postseason play.
Here are the SEC-related predictions from ESPN:
Alabama
- Bonagura: Peach Bowl (CFP) vs. Clemson
- Schlabach: Peach Bowl (CFP) vs. Clemson
Arkansas
- Bonagura: Liberty Bowl vs. TCU
- Schlabach: ReliaQuest Bowl vs. Wisconsin
Auburn
- Bonagura: Music City Bowl vs. Penn State
- Schlabach: None
Florida
- Bonagura: Gator Bowl vs. Miami
- Schlabach: Liberty Bowl vs. Kansas State
Georgia
- Bonagura: Fiesta Bowl (CFP) vs. Ohio State
- Schlabach: Fiesta Bowl (CFP) vs. Ohio State
Kentucky
- Bonagura: Citrus Bowl vs. Wisconsin
- Schlabach: Citrus Bowl vs. Penn State
LSU
- Bonagura: ReliaQuest Bowl vs. Michigan State
- Schlabach: Gator Bowl vs. Louisville
Mississippi State
- Bonagura: Birmingham Bowl vs. Washington State
- Schlabach: Birmingham Bowl vs. Charlotte
Ole Miss
- Bonagura: Las Vegas Bowl vs. UCLA
- Schlabach: Texas Bowl vs. Iowa State
South Carolina
- Bonagura: None
- Schlabach: Music City Bowl vs. Minnesota
Tennessee
- Bonagura: Texas Bowl vs. Iowa State
- Schlabach: Las Vegas Bowl vs. UCLA
Texas A&M
- Bonagura: Sugar Bowl vs. Oklahoma
- Schlabach: Sugar Bowl vs. Oklahoma