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

Cody McClure

Cody McClure is an SEC Football Writer for Saturday Down South. He lives in Knoxville, Tennessee, where he also co-hosts a midday sports radio show for FOX Sports. Cody previously worked for Athlon Sports.