ESPN unveils SEC preseason Bowl Projections for 2019
For all but one SEC team, the 2019 season hasn’t kicked off yet, but that isn’t stopping the college football media from looking ahead to the postseason.
On Wednesday, Kyle Bonagura and Mark Schlabach of ESPN unveiled their bowl projections. We’ve seen plenty of College Football Playoff projections (which Bonagura and Schlabach include), but these projections include the whole field, all the way down to the Birmingham Bowl.
Bonagura and Schlabach project 11 SEC teams to go bowling after the 2019 season. Arkansas, Vanderbilt and Missouri are absent from the projections. MU, of course, for now has the bowl ban for the 2019 campaign.
Here’s where they have SEC teams going bowling, including some familiar faces in the CFP final four:
Birmingham Bowl
Legion Field, Birmingham, Alabama
Jan. 2, 3 p.m., ESPN
Bonagura: Kentucky vs. Cincinnati
Academy Sports + Outdoors Texas Bowl
NRG Stadium, Houston
Dec. 27, 6:45 p.m., ESPN
Bonagura: Ole Miss vs. Baylor
Schlabach: Mississippi State vs. TCU
Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl
Nissan Stadium, Nashville, Tennessee
Dec. 30, 4 p.m., ESPN
Bonagura: Tennessee vs. Virginia
Schlabach: Tennessee vs. Pittsburgh
Belk Bowl
Bank of America Stadium, Charlotte, North Carolina
Dec. 31, noon, ESPN
Bonagura: Auburn vs. Virginia Tech
Schlabach: Kentucky vs. Virginia Tech
AutoZone Liberty Bowl
Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium, Memphis, Tennessee
Dec. 31, 3:45 p.m., ESPN
Bonagura: South Carolina vs. TCU
Schlabach: South Carolina vs. Baylor
TaxSlayer Gator Bowl
TIAA Bank Field, Jacksonville, Florida
Jan. 2, 7 p.m., ESPN
Bonagura: Texas A&M vs. Minnesota
Schlabach: Auburn vs. Wisconsin
Outback Bowl
Raymond James Stadium, Tampa, Florida
Jan. 1, 1 p.m., ESPN
Bonagura: Michigan State vs. Mississippi State
Schlabach: Michigan vs. Texas A&M
Citrus Bowl
Camping World Stadium, Orlando, Florida
Jan. 1, 1 p.m., ABC
Bonagura: Florida vs. Penn State
Schlabach: Florida vs. Virginia
New Year’s Six
Capital One Orange Bowl
Hard Rock Stadium, Miami Gardens, Florida
Dec. 30, 8 p.m., ESPN
Bonagura: Syracuse vs. LSU
Allstate Sugar Bowl
Mercedes-Benz Superdome, New Orleans
Jan. 1, 8:45 p.m., ESPN
Bonagura: Georgia vs. Texas
Schlabach: LSU vs. Texas
PlayStation Fiesta Bowl (College Football Playoff semifinal)
State Farm Stadium, Glendale, Arizona
Dec. 28, 4 or 8 p.m., ESPN
Bonagura: Alabama vs. Oklahoma
Schlabach: Georgia vs. Oklahoma
Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl (College Football Playoff semifinal)
Mercedes-Benz Stadium, Atlanta
Dec. 28, 4 or 8 p.m., ESPN
Schlabach: Clemson vs. Alabama
National Championship Game:
College Football Playoff National Championship
Mercedes-Benz Superdome, New Orleans
Jan. 13, 8 p.m., ESPN
Bonagura: Alabama vs. Clemson
Schlabach: Georgia vs. Clemson