SEC bowl projections roundup following Week 7
After Week 7’s slate of SEC games, the new question is whether or not the conference can get two teams into the College Football Playoff.
With No. 1 Alabama and No. 3 Georgia both sitting at 7-0, it’s a fair question to ask, though one team would have to lose in the SEC Championship Game should they both go through the regular season undefeated.
Beyond that, the rest of the SEC bowl picture is starting to get clearer, though experts still can’t agree whether Vanderbilt will go to a postseason game or not.
However, experts from ESPN, CBS and Sports Illustrated have made their bowl projections, and here’s where they have each SEC team going following Week 7:
Alabama
- ESPN: Sugar Bowl (CFP) vs. Clemson (David Hale), Sugar Bowl vs. Clemson (Kyle Bonagura)
- CBS: Sugar Bowl (CFP) vs. Clemson
- SI: Sugar Bowl (CFP) vs. TCU
Auburn
- ESPN: Citrus Bowl vs. Notre Dame (Hale), Citrus Bowl vs. Michigan State (Bonagura)
- CBS: Citrus Bowl vs. Michigan State
- SI: Citrus Bowl vs. NC State
Florida
- ESPN: TaxSlayer Bowl vs. Virginia Tech (Hale), Belk Bowl vs. Virginia Tech (Bonagura)
- CBS: TaxSlayer Bowl vs. NC State
- SI: TaxSlayer Bowl vs. Virginia Tech
Georgia
- ESPN: Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl vs. USF (Hale), Capital One Orange Bowl vs. Miami (Bonagura)
- CBS: Orange Bowl vs. Miami
- SI: Rose Bowl (CFP) vs. Penn State
Kentucky
- ESPN: Music City Bowl vs. Iowa (Hale), Music City Bowl vs. Georgia Tech (Bonagura)
- CBS: Music City Bowl vs. Northwestern
- SI: Outback Bowl vs. Michigan State
LSU
- ESPN: Belk Bowl vs. FSU (Hale), Liberty Bowl vs. Iowa State (Bonagura)
- CBS: Outback Bowl vs. Purdue
- SI: Liberty Bowl vs. Iowa State
Mississippi State
- ESPN: Independence Bowl vs. Wake Forest (Hale), Outback Bowl vs. Michigan (Bonagura)
- CBS: Liberty Bowl vs. Kansas State
- SI: Independence Bowl vs. Boston College
South Carolina
- ESPN: Outback Bowl vs. Michigan State (Hale), Texas Bowl vs. Texas (Bonagura)
- CBS: Belk Bowl vs. FSU
- SI: Belk Bowl vs. UVA
Tennessee
- ESPN: Liberty Bowl vs. Texas Tech (Hale), Birmingham Bowl vs. Memphis (Bonagura)
- CBS: Birmingham Bowl vs. UCF
- SI: Birmingham Bowl vs. Memphis
Texas A&M
- ESPN: Texas Bowl vs. Texas (Hale), TaxSlayer Bowl vs. Purdue (Bonagura)
- CBS: Texas Bowl vs. Texas
- SI: Texas Bowl vs. Texas
Vanderbilt
- ESPN: None
- CBS: None
- SI: Music City Bowl vs. Iowa