2025 Bowl Projections (Preseason)

[YankeeVol]

ESPN:

Kinder's Texas Bowl
NRG Stadium (Houston)
9:15 p.m., ESPN
Bonagura: BYU vs. Texas A&M
Schlabach: Iowa State vs. Tennessee

Cheez-It Citrus Bowl
Camping World Stadium (Orlando, Florida)
3 p.m., ABC
Bonagura: Michigan vs. Tennessee
Schlabach: Illinois vs. Texas A&M

Bowl projections: Every matchup from the Celebration Bowl to the national title game

It's August and no games have been played, but we're breaking down who will be where in December and beyond.

www.espn.com

 

[TNRazor]

Slimeball has always hated UT, seems like he projects us to go to some rinky dink bowl every year.

 

[tennesseeduke]

ESPN:

Kinder's Texas Bowl
NRG Stadium (Houston)
9:15 p.m., ESPN
Bonagura: BYU vs. Texas A&M
Schlabach: Iowa State vs. Tennessee

Cheez-It Citrus Bowl
Camping World Stadium (Orlando, Florida)
3 p.m., ABC
Bonagura: Michigan vs. Tennessee
Schlabach: Illinois vs. Texas A&M

Bowl projections: Every matchup from the Celebration Bowl to the national title game

It's August and no games have been played, but we're breaking down who will be where in December and beyond.

www.espn.com

If we don’t make the playoffs then Michigan all day!

 

[cherokeeeVOL]

The Texas bowl in miserable Houston? Oof.

 

[PC Jr.]

Much prefer Orlando to Houston. We’ll see. Maybe the Vols will gel and develop a potent offense to match the D. Could get Spicy

 

[camp_steveo]

These people annoy me to no end.

UT in the CFP.

 

[ENGRVOL]

A reminder to people that Schlabach and Bonagura had Tennessee in the cheez-it and Gator bowl in their 2024 projections. Not exactly clairvoyant

12-team playoff! 36 bowl games! Projections for them all!

Our first look at every bowl game, plus the expanded playoffs, from the first round to the national title game.

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[TheDirector]

Slimeball has always hated UT, seems like he projects us to go to some rinky dink bowl every year.

Georgia Homer. He has hated us since the Fulmer years.

 

[zeppelin128]

ESPN:

Kinder's Texas Bowl
NRG Stadium (Houston)
9:15 p.m., ESPN
Bonagura: BYU vs. Texas A&M
Schlabach: Iowa State vs. Tennessee

Cheez-It Citrus Bowl
Camping World Stadium (Orlando, Florida)
3 p.m., ABC
Bonagura: Michigan vs. Tennessee
Schlabach: Illinois vs. Texas A&M

Bowl projections: Every matchup from the Celebration Bowl to the national title game

It's August and no games have been played, but we're breaking down who will be where in December and beyond.

www.espn.com

CBS Sports has us in the Liberty Bowl against Kansas State.

I'd much rather get Michigan. Playing Kansas State sounds about as exciting as watching paint dry.

 

[IndianaVol]

CBS Sports has us in the Liberty Bowl against Kansas State.

I'd much rather get Michigan. Playing Kansas State sounds about as exciting as watching paint dry.

I would much rather get Arizona St / LSU / Miami at home...or even better Bama / UGA / Oh St at home

 

[Big Orange Captain]

Playoffs or Bust. nobody cares about the third tier bowl games anymore

 

[lastlapuncle]

Schlabach sounds like a bad intestinal condition.A red clay hound sucker from day one.Waxes his nose hair for fun.

 

[camp_steveo]

If the Vols don't want to be invited to the Toilet Bowl, then beat UGA at home this year. Beat either UFla or Alabama on the road ...finally. Blow Arkansas out. Go 10-2 and prove it.

Thank you for your attention to this matter.

 

[YankeeVol]

Well this guy has us in the playoffs using NCAA 26

Simulating the season using EA Sports College Football 26

After 25 simulations, we tallied the national champions, Heisman winners, coaching changes and more.

www.espn.com

Ohio State's Jeremiah Smith and Julian Sayin, Tennessee's Joey Aguilar and Oregon's Makhi Hughes won Heisman Trophies in multiple seasons of our simulation.
Texas' Arch Manning did not win the Heisman in any of these seasons and never finished in the top five in Heisman voting, even in the season in which the Longhorns won a national title.

 

[WillisWG]

Last year CFN's predictions was the Gator Bowl vs Louisville. Then the season started

 

[Rickyvol77]

ESPN:

Kinder's Texas Bowl
NRG Stadium (Houston)
9:15 p.m., ESPN
Bonagura: BYU vs. Texas A&M
Schlabach: Iowa State vs. Tennessee

Cheez-It Citrus Bowl
Camping World Stadium (Orlando, Florida)
3 p.m., ABC
Bonagura: Michigan vs. Tennessee
Schlabach: Illinois vs. Texas A&M

Bowl projections: Every matchup from the Celebration Bowl to the national title game

It's August and no games have been played, but we're breaking down who will be where in December and beyond.

www.espn.com

We will likely never fall to the Texas Bowl unless we were 6-6.

Since 8-4 is likely our floor this year, outside of a Florida bowl our two fall backs are always Music City or the Mayo Bowl in Charlotte. The Charlotte people have been salivating at the chance to get us the past few seasons.

 

[LegionnaireOfTheMiserable]

We will likely never fall to the Texas Bowl unless we were 6-6.

Since 8-4 is likely our floor this year, outside of a Florida bowl our two fall backs are always Music City or the Mayo Bowl in Charlotte. The Charlotte people have been salivating at the chance to get us the past few seasons.

We could “fall” to the Texas Bowl since they don’t really rank teams now. An 8-4 team will probably be in the Texas Bowl. The playoff and the Citrus Bowl are the only bowls that are considered “better” than the Texas Bowl now. So we could go 9-3 with a 6th place finish (which I think most of us would consider an acceptable result) and go to the Texas Bowl.