SEC bowl projections roundup following Week 4
Now that we’re four weeks into the college football season, we’re starting to get a clearer understanding of how each team stacks up on a national scale.
Though SEC play is only just beginning, the top teams are already starting to sort themselves out.
As Week 5 approaches, ESPN experts Kyle Bonagura and David Hale, CBS and Sports Illustrated have updated their bowl projections for the end of the season.
Here’s what the experts think of your favorite SEC squad following the fourth week of action:
Alabama:
- ESPN: Sugar Bowl vs. Oklahoma (Bonagura), Sugar Bowl vs. USC (Hale)
- CBS: Sugar Bowl vs. Oklahoma
- SI: Sugar Bowl vs. Oklahoma
Arkansas:
- ESPN: None
- CBS: Liberty Bowl vs. Texas A&M
- SI: Birmingham Bowl vs. USF
Auburn:
- ESPN: Citrus Bowl vs. Virginia Tech (Bonagura), Citrus Bowl vs. Miami (Hale)
- CBS: Outback Bowl vs. Purdue
- SI: Outback Bowl vs. Minnesota
Florida:
- ESPN: Music City Bowl vs. Louisville (Bonagura), Outback Bowl vs. Wisconsin (Hale)
- CBS: Citrus Bowl vs. Miami
- SI: Citrus Bowl vs. Notre Dame
Georgia:
- ESPN: Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl vs. San Diego State (Bonagura), Cotton Bowl vs. Ohio State (Hale)
- CBS: Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl vs. Wisconsin
- SI: Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl vs. Michigan
Kentucky:
- ESPN: TaxSlayer Bowl vs. Minnesota (Bonagura), Belk Bowl vs. FSU (Hale)
- CBS: Independence Bowl vs. Pittsburgh
- SI: Belk Bowl vs. Duke
LSU:
- ESPN: Belk Bowl vs. FSU (Bonagura), Liberty Bowl vs. Texas (Hale)
- CBS: Music City Bowl vs. Northwestern
- SI: Liberty Bowl vs. Oklahoma State
Mississippi State:
- ESPN: Outback Bowl vs. Michigan (Bonagura), Music City Bowl vs. Michigan State (Hale)
- CBS: TaxSlayer Bowl vs. FSU
- SI: TaxSlayer Bowl vs. Iowa
South Carolina:
- ESPN: Birmingham Bowl vs. Houston (Bonagura), Independence Bowl vs. Wake Forest (Hale)
- CBS: None
- SI: None
Tennessee:
- ESPN: Liberty Bowl vs. Kansas State (Bonagura), TaxSlayer Bowl vs. NC State (Hale)
- CBS: Belk Bowl vs. NC State
- SI: Texas Bowl vs. Texas
Texas A&M:
- ESPN: Independence Bowl vs. Wake Forest (Bonagura), Texas Bowl vs. Texas Tech (Hale)
- CBS: Texas Bowl vs. West Virginia
- SI: Independence Bowl vs. Wake Forest
Vanderbilt:
- ESPN: Texas Bowl vs. Texas (Bonagura), Birmingham Bowl vs. Memphis (Hale)
- CBS: Birmingham Bowl vs. USF
- SI: Music City Bowl vs. FSU