SEC bowl projections roundup following Week 3
In college football, every game matters, and each win or loss affects what bowl game a team will go to (or if they go at all) at the end of the season.
ESPN’s Kyle Bonagura and David Hale, CBS Sports and Sports Illustrated all released their updated bowl rankings following an exciting Week 3 of games.
Meanwhile, no one is sure what to do with LSU and Tennessee, as the Tigers and Vols are each projected to go to four different bowl games with four different opponents.
Then, there’s Mizzou, a team that dropped out of the projections entirely after an embarrassing loss to Purdue over the weekend.
Here’s what the experts think will happen to all the SEC teams heading into Week 4.
Alabama:
- ESPN: Rose Bowl vs. USC (Bonagura), Sugar Bowl vs. Oklahoma (Hale)
- CBS: Sugar Bowl vs. Oklahoma
- SI: Sugar Bowl vs. Oklahoma
Arkansas:
- ESPN: None (Bonagura), None (Hale)
- CBS: Liberty Bowl vs. Nebraska
- SI: Birmingham Bowl vs. South Florida
Auburn:
- ESPN: Outback Bowl vs. Maryland (Bonagura), TaxSlayer Bowl vs. Louisville (Hale)
- CBS: Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl vs. Miami
- SI: Outback Bowl vs. Wisconsin
Florida:
- ESPN: TaxSlayer Bowl vs. Virginia Tech (Bonagura), Outback Bowl vs. Wisconsin (Hale)
- CBS: TaxSlayer Bowl vs. Virginia Tech
- SI: Texas Bowl vs. TCU
Georgia:
- ESPN: Peach Bowl vs. South Florida (Bonagura), Peach Bowl vs. San Diego State (Hale)
- CBS: Peach Bowl vs. Wisconsin
- SI: Peach Bowl vs. Michigan
Kentucky:
- ESPN: Independence Bowl vs. North Carolina (Bonagura), Belk Bowl vs. Duke (Hale)
- CBS: Texas Bowl vs. West Virginia
- SI: Belk Bowl vs. Duke
LSU:
- ESPN: Belk Bowl vs. Duke (Bonagura), Texas Bowl vs. Texas (Hale)
- CBS: Music City Bowl vs. Iowa
- SI: TaxSlayer Bowl vs. Miami
Mississippi State:
- ESPN: Citrus Bowl vs. Michigan (Bonagura), Citrus Bowl vs. Virginia Tech (Hale)
- CBS: Outback Bowl vs. Purdue
- SI: Citrus Bowl vs. Florida State
South Carolina:
- ESPN: Birmingham Bowl vs. Houston (Bonagura), Birmingham Bowl vs. SMU (Hale)
- CBS: None
- SI: None
Tennessee:
- ESPN: Texas Bowl vs. Texas (Bonagura), Music City Bowl vs. Northwestern (Hale)
- CBS: Belk Bowl vs. NC State
- SI: Liberty Bowl vs. Kansas State
Texas A&M:
- ESPN: Cure Bowl vs. New Mexico State (Bonagura), Independence Bowl vs. Wake Forest (Hale)
- CBS: None
- SI: Independence Bowl vs. Syracuse
Vanderbilt:
- ESPN: Liberty Bowl vs. Texas Tech (Bonagura), Liberty Bowl vs. West Virginia (Hale)
- CBS: Birmingham Bowl vs. South Florida
- SI: Music City Bowl vs. Wake Forest