Sports Illustrated experts predict winners of each SEC bowl game
This weekend kicks off the college football bowl season, and there will be plenty of postseason matchups to entertain fans throughout the holiday season.
The first of nine bowls involving SEC teams doesn’t take place until Dec. 27, when Mizzou and Texas play in the Texas Bowl, but that kicks off a stretch of all nine SEC bowl games in five days.
Ahead of the bowl bonanza, Sports Illustrated experts Andy Staples and Bruce Feldman made their picks for all 41 contests.
Here’s how the experts think each SEC squad will fare in its bowl game at the end of the month:
Texas Bowl: Mizzou vs. Texas
- Staples: Texas
- Feldman: Texas
Belk Bowl: Texas A&M vs. Wake Forest
- Staples: Wake Forest
- Feldman: Texas A&M
Music City Bowl: Kentucky vs. Northwestern
- Staples: Kentucky
- Feldman: Northwestern
TaxSlayer Bowl: Mississippi State vs. Louisville
- Staples: Louisville
- Feldman: Louisville
Outback Bowl: South Carolina vs. Michigan
- Staples: Michigan
- Feldman: Michigan
Peach Bowl: Auburn vs. UCF
- Staples: Auburn
- Feldman: Auburn
Citrus Bowl: LSU vs. Notre Dame
- Staples: Notre Dame
- Feldman: LSU
Rose Bowl: Georgia vs. Oklahoma
- Staples: Georgia
- Feldman: Oklahoma
Sugar Bowl: Alabama vs. Clemson
- Staples: Clemson
- Feldman: Clemson