Bowl Projections: Week 12

[00Dawg]

Trend from the previous week is marked as ▲,▼, or -, if available. Due to SEC bowl tiers, some trends are subjective.

247: Outback vs Michigan State -
CBS: Outback vs Michigan State -
ESPN Sherman: Citrus vs Northwestern -
ESPN Bonagura: Outback Bowl vs Wisconsin ▲
SBNation: Texas vs Iowa State -
CFN: Music City vs Duke ▼
SDS: Gator vs Wisconsin -
CollegeSportsMadness.com: Outback vs Penn State -
Orlando Sentinel: Texas vs Oklahoma State -
SI: Citrus vs Penn State ▲
Athlon Sports: Texas vs Iowa State -
ActionNetwork.com: Liberty vs Texas Tech (new)
Sporting News: Outback vs Penn State -
Bleacher Report: Outback Bowl vs Wisconsin -
Brett McMurphy: Texas vs Oklahoma State -
USA Today: Music City vs Miami -

Week 12 plurality: Outback

For reference:
Preseason
247: Sugar vs Oklahoma
CBS: Liberty vs Kansas State
ESPN Sherman: Belk vs FSU
ESPN Bonagura: Outback vs Michigan
SBNation: Citrus vs Michigan
CFN: Liberty vs Kansas State
SDS: Music City vs Pitt
Athlon: Citrus vs Michigan State
Phil Steele: Outback vs Michigan State
CollegeSportsMadness.com: Citrus Bowl vs Michigan State
Bleacher Report: Citrus Bowl vs Michigan
Sporting News: Outback vs Michigan State
USA Today: Outback vs Northwestern
Preseason Consensus - Outback or Citrus

 

[00Dawg]

Quick bowl-positioning cheering guide note.

It is extremely important that Washington State win on Friday.
Washington winning almost certainly gives the PAC-12 two berths.

It's also important the Oklahoma beat WVU that same day.
A Mountaineer victory would likely give the Big 12 two slots, and there's a scenario where a WVU win and then a loss to Texas in the title game gives them 3 (might depend specifically on how close the games are).

If both Washington and WVU win, it's likely Florida heads to the Citrus, and every SEC team goes down a notch from there.

 

[00Dawg]

Expanded Cheering Guide

Bama over Auburn
LSU over TAMU
UGA over Tech
UF over FSU
Clemson over South Carolina
Louisville over UK

Kansas over Texas
Oklahoma over WVU
Washington State over Washington
Michigan over Ohio State
Maryland over Penn State
Boston College over Syracuse
Notre Dame over USC
BYU over Utah
Illinois over Northwestern
Boise State over Utah State

 

[ArcherSPS]

You’re a gentleman and a scholar, good work!

 

[johnson86-1]

I wonder if any of those people actually talk to bowl reps and/or SEC reps to try to figure out where we might fall in the Pool of 6 Bowls, or if they all just pull one out of their ***.