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And then there were 11.
Arkansas’ loss to Texas A&M Saturday officially dropped the Razorbacks out of the national bowl projections, leaving 11 SEC teams to fight for the best bowl possible. The Razorbacks could, of course, turn their season around and earn the six wins needed to become bowl eligible, but it will be an uphill climb from here.
The rest of the projections have a pretty fair consensus on what type of bowls teams will play. CBS Sports left Mississippi State off of its projections, but the other 10 SEC teams are going bowling, according to all of the experts.
Here are the collective bowl projections following Week 4:
ALABAMA
CBS Sports: Cotton Bowl vs. TCU (playoff semifinal)
ESPN: Citrus Bowl vs. Michigan
SDS: Outback Bowl vs. Michigan
AUBURN
CBS Sports: Birmingham Bowl vs. Cincinnati
ESPN: Birmingham Bowl vs. Cincinnati (Schlabach); Liberty Bowl vs. Oklahoma State (McMurphy)
SDS: Independence Bowl vs. Virginia Tech
FLORIDA
CBS Sports: Belk Bowl vs. Virginia Tech
ESPN: TaxSlayer Bowl vs. North Carolina (Schlabach); OutBack Bowl vs. Northwestern (McMurphy)
SDS: TaxSlayer Bowl vs. Penn State
GEORGIA
CBS Sports: Citrus Bowl vs. Michigan
ESPN: Peach Bowl vs. Clemson
SDS: Peach Bowl vs. Notre Dame
KENTUCKY
CBS Sports: Texas Bowl vs. Oklahoma State
ESPN: Liberty Bowl vs. Texas Tech (Schlabach); Music City Bowl vs. Penn State (McMurphy)
SDS: Music City Bowl vs. Georgia Tech
LSU
CBS Sports: Sugar Bowl vs. Baylor
ESPN: Sugar Bowl vs. Oklahoma (Schlabach); Sugar Bowl vs. TCU (McMurphy)
SDS: Sugar Bowl vs. Baylor
MISSISSIPPI STATE
ESPN: Texas Bowl vs. Oklahoma State (Schlabach); TaxSlayer Bowl vs. North Carolina State (McMurphy)
SDS: Liberty Bowl vs. Oklahoma State
MIZZOU
CBS Sports: Music City Bowl vs. Penn State
ESPN: Music City Bowl vs. Penn State (Schlabach); Texas Bowl vs. West Virginia (McMurphy)
SDS: Texas Bowl vs. Nebraska
OLE MISS
CBS Sports: Fiesta Bowl vs. Boise State
ESPN: Cotton Bowl vs. UCLA (playoff semifinal) (Schlabach); Cotton Bowl vs. Michigan State (playoff semifinal) (McMurphy)
SDS: Cotton Bowl vs. TCU (playoff semifinal)
TENNESSEE
CBS Sports: Liberty Bowl vs. Kansas State
ESPN: Belk Bowl vs. Duke
SDS: Belk Bowl vs. Duke
TEXAS A&M
CBS Sports: Outback Bowl vs. Northwestern
ESPN: Outback Bowl vs. Wisconsin (Schlabach); Fiesta Bowl vs. Toledo (McMurphy)
SDS: Citrus Bowl vs. Wisconsin
Mike Shaw is a contributing writer for Saturday Down South. He covers SEC football, Missouri, Texas A&M and Arkansas. Follow Mike on Twitter @michaelvshaw
