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This was a pretty quiet week in the SEC, with only eight conference teams in action.
So with six teams off and no real upsets, there was no movement in the SEC bowl projections this week.
You might note that a few opponents have changed because of upsets elsewhere. The Big Ten finally got underway, and things did not exactly go as expected, with No. 8 Penn State taking a shocking defeat at Indiana and Rutgers, which had not won a conference game since 2017, taking down Michigan State on the road.
As always, these projections are based on where we think teams will be at the end of the season, not where they are now.
Now let’s look at this week’s projections:
| Bowl | Date | Location | Matchup |
| Rose (CFP semi) | Jan. 1 | Pasadena, Calif. | Alabama vs. Ohio State |
| Sugar (CFP semi) | Jan. 1 | New Orleans | Georgia vs. Clemson |
| Cotton | Jan. 2 | Arlington | Florida vs. Oklahoma St. |
| Citrus | Jan. 1 | Orlando | Texas A&M vs. Penn State |
| Gator | TBA | Jacksonville, Fla. | Kentucky vs. Wake Forest |
| Outback | Jan. 1 | Tampa, Fla. | LSU vs. Indiana |
| Liberty | TBA | Memphis, Tenn. | S. Carolina vs. Iowa St. |
| Music City | TBA | Nashville | Tennessee vs. Minnesota |
| Texas | TBA | Houston | Auburn vs. Texas |
| Las Vegas | TBA | Las Vegas | Missouri vs. Utah |
| Birmingham | TBA | Birmingham | Arkansas vs. Tulane |
Longtime newspaper veteran Jim Tomlin is a copy editor and writer with SaturdayDownSouth.com.
