2015 AP Bowl Projections

[Coug]

Ralph D. Russo, the Associated Press' national college football reporter, is the latest to jump on board with the Tigers in his early bowl projections. The veteran writer has Auburn in the College Football Playoff facing Notre Dame in a semifinal game at the Cotton Bowl.

Associated Press prediction places Auburn in National Championship | AL.com

AP's SEC bowl predictions


Independence Bowl
Miami vs. Florida

Texas Bowl
Texas A&M vs. Texas

Birmingham Bowl
Memphis vs. Mississippi State

Belk Bowl
North Carolina State vs. Missouri

Music City Bowl
Georgia Tech vs. Tennessee

Peach Bowl
Alabama vs. Clemson

College Football Playoff semifinal at Cotton Bowl
Notre Dame vs. Auburn

College Football Playoff semifinal at Orange Bowl
Ohio State vs. Baylor

Outback Bowl
Nebraska vs. Arkansas

Citrus Bowl
Wisconsin vs. LSU

Sugar Bowl
Georgia vs. TCU

TaxSlayer Bowl
Minnesota vs. South Carolina

Liberty Bowl
Texas Tech vs. Ole Miss

College Football Championship Game in Glendale, Arizona
Ohio State vs. Auburn

 

[Vol4Lyfe]

Music city? This thread is going to get hostile....fast.

 

[SaluteToTheHill]

Lol @ MCB.... :lol:

 

[volmanbill]

I needed an afternoon chuckle.

 

[IndianaVolunteer]

I'll have whatever he's drinking.


Or smoking.

 

[Vol in Tears]

I'll have whatever he's drinking.


Or smoking.

 

[ice]

How in the world can someone predict bowl games before any games have been played.
Are the games rigged?. :crazy:

 

[Fingers]

At least the discussion now is which bowl, rather than bowl eligibility.

 

[Coug]

Music city? This thread is going to get hostile....fast.

Lol!

 

[lilesrt]

Georgia Tech would mop the floor with us.

 

[BigOrange15]

At least the discussion now is which bowl, rather than bowl eligibility.

Fair. Still, the MCB? Someone is underselling us.

 

[Berry4Heisman14]

If music city is the bowl we get we vastly underachieved this season.

 

[SaluteToTheHill]

I wonder how many games Ralphie predicts the Vols to win? 6-6 last year, got an invite to the Gator Bowl and the fans brought it. Bowls are all about money and how many fans/money a team will bring... Thats why vandy won 9 and only got an invite to the Birmingham doodie bowl.

 

[crusse10]

nobody's gonna comment on ND in the playoff?

 

[KnoxRealtorVOL]

Georgia Tech would mop the floor with us.

GT would be a tough game. But to say they would mop the floor with us is ignorant.

 

[KnoxRealtorVOL]

nobody's gonna comment on ND in the playoff?

They won 1 more game than we did last year, had an easier schedule than us, and just lost their QB.

Makes sense to me.

 

[JohnMarxism]

I don't see ND winning more than 9 games

 

[Backwards K]

Georgia Tech would mop the floor with us.

US? If you say Ga Tech would mop the floor with Tennessee, you aint one of US!!

If Alabama is in the Peach Bowl, will the Bammers put Saban on the hot seat? :shades:

 

[Volsfaninva917]

The Georgia qb situation is a disaster at best, especially since they took G. Lambert. I really dont see them in a bcs bowl.

 

[Aesius]

The Music City Bowl is no longer a 6-6 SEC team bowl.

If we win 8 games this season as most predict, there's a pretty good chance we head back to Nashville in December.

LSU was 8-4 with a 4-4 SEC record and played in it last year.

 

[Rockytoptalker]

It seems like we're projected to play Georgia Tech in the Music City Bowl every year.

 

[Boca Vol]

The Music City Bowl is no longer a 6-6 SEC team bowl.

If we win 8 games this season as most predict, there's a pretty good chance we head back to Nashville in December.

LSU was 8-4 with a 4-4 SEC record and played in it last year.

It's part of a group of 6 bowls that are determined by the SEC. Any of them could be for 6-6 teams. Here's the SEC bowl tie-ins:

SEC

If No. 1 isn’t in College Football Playoff:

1. Allstate Sugar Bowl or Discover Orange Bowl
2. Capital One Bowl vs. ACC or Big Ten No. 2

The conference will assign teams to the respective bowls in this pool:

Outback Bowl vs. Big Ten No. 3
Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl vs. ACC or Big Ten
TaxSlayer Gator Bowl vs. ACC or Big Ten
AutoZone Liberty Bowl vs. Big 12
AdvoCare Texas Bowl vs. Big 12
Belk Bowl vs. ACC

Next Tier:

Birmingham Bowl vs. ACC (if available)

With all of that said, there is one thing more useless than pre-season polls, and that's pre-season bowl predictions.

 

[UGADawg4Life]

The Georgia qb situation is a disaster at best, especially since they took G. Lambert. I really dont see them in a bcs bowl.

I actually think we're in better shape at QB than we were last season. And our receiver corps, which is deeper, should make the QB position easier. Especially given our running game. I'd love to have a Murray behind center, but I think we have adequate talent to at least vie for the East. Time will tell.

 

[Titans4Vols]

How in the world can someone predict bowl games before any games have been played.
Are the games rigged?. :crazy:

Someone might want to read up on the definition of the word "Prediction".

And the MCB doesn't automatically mean we underachieved. Very possible that we're in the MCB at 8-4/7-5 which is about what I'm projecting us as, given the SEC knows the game would be a sell out and they decide who goes where regardless of record.

 

[Aesius]

It's part of a group of 6 bowls that are determined by the SEC. Any of them could be for 6-6 teams. Here's the SEC bowl tie-ins:

SEC

If No. 1 isn’t in College Football Playoff:

1. Allstate Sugar Bowl or Discover Orange Bowl
2. Capital One Bowl vs. ACC or Big Ten No. 2

The conference will assign teams to the respective bowls in this pool:

Outback Bowl vs. Big Ten No. 3
Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl vs. ACC or Big Ten
TaxSlayer Gator Bowl vs. ACC or Big Ten
AutoZone Liberty Bowl vs. Big 12
AdvoCare Texas Bowl vs. Big 12
Belk Bowl vs. ACC

Next Tier:

Birmingham Bowl vs. ACC (if available)

With all of that said, there is one thing more useless than pre-season polls, and that's pre-season bowl predictions.

Yeah, it's not 100% based on record, but I do remember reading that the MCB is trying to move away from being considered a lower-tier bowl on par with Birmingham or Liberty.