Posted by ESPN.com's Chris Low
Slotting teams into bowl games with a third of the season remaining is a complete crap shoot. But since we’re in the month of November, I thought I’d try.
It looks like the SEC will again get two teams in the BCS, which is good news for the league. That means everybody else moves up in the pecking order.
The only team to be eliminated from bowl contention is Vanderbilt. Of the teams still trying to become bowl eligible, Mississippi State probably has the hardest path. Arkansas needs to win this week against South Carolina, or the Hogs could be in trouble.
The hot team right now is Tennessee. If the Vols keep winning, they’re going to be a commodity come selection time.
Here’s the way I see the SEC bowl lineup going at this point. I’m sure it will look different this time next week:
Slotting teams into bowl games with a third of the season remaining is a complete crap shoot. But since we’re in the month of November, I thought I’d try.
It looks like the SEC will again get two teams in the BCS, which is good news for the league. That means everybody else moves up in the pecking order.
The only team to be eliminated from bowl contention is Vanderbilt. Of the teams still trying to become bowl eligible, Mississippi State probably has the hardest path. Arkansas needs to win this week against South Carolina, or the Hogs could be in trouble.
The hot team right now is Tennessee. If the Vols keep winning, they’re going to be a commodity come selection time.
Here’s the way I see the SEC bowl lineup going at this point. I’m sure it will look different this time next week:
- BCS National Championship Game, Jan. 7, 8 p.m. ET, FOX Sports, Pasadena, Calif. -- Florida vs. BCS team
- Allstate Sugar Bowl, Jan. 1, 8:30 p.m., FOX Sports, New Orleans -- Alabama vs. BCS team
- Capital One Bowl, Jan. 1, 1 p.m. ET, ABC, Orlando, Fla. -- LSU vs. Big Ten team
- Outback Bowl, Jan. 1, 11 a.m. ET, ESPN, Tampa, Fla. -- Tennessee vs. Big Ten team
- AT&T Cotton Bowl, Jan. 2, 2 p.m. ET, FOX Sports, Arlington, Texas -- Auburn vs. Big 12 team
- Chick-fil-A Bowl, Dec. 31, 8 p.m. ET, ESPN, Atlanta -- South Carolina vs. ACC team
- Gaylord Hotels Music City Bowl, Dec. 27, 8:15 p.m. ET, ESPN, Nashville -- Georgia vs. ACC team
- Autozone Liberty Bowl, Jan. 2, 5:30 p.m. ET, ESPN, Memphis -- Ole Miss vs. Conference USA team
- Advocare Independence Bowl, Dec. 28, 5 p.m. ET, ESPN, Shreveport, La. -- Arkansas vs. Big 12 team
- Papajohns.com Bowl, Dec. 29, 3 p.m. ET, ESPN, Birmingham, Ala. -- Kentucky vs. Big East team
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Chris Low
Low joined ESPN.com in 2007 after 10 years with The (Nashville) Tennessean covering the University of Tennessee and SEC. The Rock Hill, S.C., native lives with his wife in Knoxville and has three sons.
SEC SCOREBOARD
Saturday, 11/21
Final Mississippi State 21 Arkansas 42 Final Chattanooga 0 2 Alabama 45 Final Florida International 3 1 Florida 62 Final 8 LSU 23 Mississippi 25 Final Vanderbilt 16 Tennessee 31 Final Kentucky 34 Georgia 27
