Sports Illustrated bowl projections include 12 SEC teams
Sports Illustrated released its first list of bowl projections for 2017 on Tuesday, and it included a dozen SEC teams.
“These projections will come into more focus as each week of action unfolds,” the article stated. “For now, all we have to go off of are preseason expectations, conference tie-ins and a general sense of which matchups might entice bowl and TV execs the most.”
Here are the SEC matchups listed by SI:
Birmingham Bowl, Birmingham, Ala. (Dec. 23, 12 p.m., ESPN)
Memphis vs. Vanderbilt
Independence Bowl, Shreveport, La. (Dec. 27, 1:30 p.m., ESPN)
Wake Forest vs. Texas A&M
Texas Bowl, Houston (Dec. 27, 9 p.m., ESPN)
Texas vs. Arkansas
Belk Bowl, Charlotte, N.C. (Dec. 29, 1 p.m., ESPN)
Notre Dame vs. South Carolina
Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl, Nashville, Tenn. (Dec. 29, 4:30 p.m., ESPN)
Kentucky vs. Virginia Tech
TaxSlayer Bowl, Jacksonville, Fla. (Dec. 30, 12 p.m., ESPN)
Nebraska vs. Florida
AutoZone Liberty Bowl, Memphis, Tenn. (Dec. 30, 12:30 p.m., ABC)
Kansas State vs. Tennessee
Outback Bowl, Tampa, Fla. (Jan. 1, 12 p.m., ESPN2)
Wisconsin vs. Georgia
Citrus Bowl, Orlando, Fla. (Jan. 1, 1 p.m., ABC)
NC State vs. Mississippi State
PlayStation Fiesta Bowl, Glendale, Ariz. (Dec. 30, 4 p.m., ESPN)
Michigan vs. LSU
Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl, Atlanta (Jan. 1, 12:30 p.m., ESPN)
Auburn vs. Louisville
Allstate Sugar Bowl, New Orleans (Jan. 1, 8:45 p.m., ESPN)
Alabama vs. Oklahoma