Upsets shake up bowl projections
The Thanksgiving rivalry weekend wasn’t too kind to a number of favored teams, among them ACC division champions Clemson and Georgia Tech, who lost to Carolina and Georgia, respectively. With Mississippi State also upsetting Ole Miss, the bowl picture in the SEC is now like an over-tinted window. A full six of the 10 bowl-eligible teams in the conference have 7-5 records. It’s going to be an interesting affair when bowl representatives chat about the selections with SEC staff.
BCS National Championship Game
Alabama or Florida v. Texas
Sugar Bowl
Alabama or Florida v. Cincinnati
Capital One Bowl
LSU v. Penn State
Outback Bowl
Ole Miss v. Wisconsin
Cotton Bowl
Tennessee v. Oklahoma State
Chick-fil-A Bowl
Georgia v. Virginia Tech
Music City Bowl
South Carolina v. North Carolina
Liberty Bowl
Arkansas v. Houston
Independence Bowl
Auburn v. Texas A&M
Papajohns.com Bowl
Kentucky v. South Florida
Auburn got saved by the Big XII this past weekend as the conference has eight bowl eligible teams, and Oklahoma State won’t get a BCS spot, so all bowl commitments can be met. Otherwise, the Tigers probably would have faced off against UL-Lafayette. By pulling off the overtime win against Arkansas, LSU secured its spot as the third-best team in the SEC and can all but book its tickets to Orlando. As for the rest, it is a bit of a crapshoot, but through some filtering, that’s how it looks.
