SEC Bowl Projections after Week 9

Let’s take a look at where the Team Speed Kills contributors are projecting SEC teams to go bowling after Week 9.

With their victory over Tennessee, South Carolina enters the fray this week as the Gamecocks sit at four wins and can defeat Missouri and Western Carolina to become bowl eligible (or pull off one of the upsets of the season over Clemson).

Mississippi State’s lackluster win over Samford did nothing to endear themselves to our contributors as they fell out of all of the picks. Last week, they appeared in a pair of projections.

As they have been able to for the past month, Tennessee can become bowl eligible this week, as can Kentucky, Arkansas and LSU. Missouri, with a loss to South Carolina this week, could be the first team to hit the seven loss mark.

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Playoff

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Alex Dusza	Alabama
Cam Newton	Alabama
Julian Council	Alabama
Tanner Dennie	Alabama
Will Marshall	Alabama
Niesha Middlebrooks	Alabama
Jonathan Waldrop	Alabama
Tom Stephenson	Alabama

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Access Bowls

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Florida and Auburn entered the fray of teams picked to go to New Years’ Six Bowls as this group of games found more diversity this week within the picks. It appears the consensus is that the Big Ten will garner the Orange Bowl spot that can go to either the SEC or Big Ten.

	Sugar	Orange	Cotton
Alex Dusza	Auburn		LSU
Cam Newton	Auburn		LSU
Julian Council	Auburn		Texas A&M
Tanner Dennie	Florida		Texas A&M
Will Marshall	Texas A&M		LSU
Niesha Middlebrooks	Florida		LSU
Jonathan Waldrop	Texas A&M		LSU
Tom Stephenson	Texas A&M		Auburn

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Citrus Bowl

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The Citrus Bowl continues the diverse picks as four different teams find their way into our projections this week.

Alex Dusza	Florida
Cam Newton	Texas A&M
Julian Council	LSU
Tanner Dennie	LSU
Will Marshall	Florida
Niesha Middlebrooks	Texas A&M
Jonathan Waldrop	Florida
Tom Stephenson	Tennessee

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Group of Six Bowls

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	Belk	Liberty	Music City	Outback	TaxSlayer (Gator)	Texas
Alex Dusza	Tennessee	Ole Miss	Kentucky	Georgia	Texas A&M	Arkansas
Cam Newton	Georgia	Ole Miss	Tennessee	Florida	Kentucky	Arkansas
Julian Council	Georgia	Ole Miss	Kentucky	Florida	Tennessee	Arkansas
Tanner Dennie	Kentucky	Ole Miss	Auburn	Tennessee	Georgia	Arkansas
Will Marshall	Tennessee	Georgia	Kentucky	Auburn	Ole Miss	Arkansas
Niesha Middlebrooks	Tennessee	Ole Miss	Auburn	Georgia	Kentucky	Arkansas
Jonathan Waldrop	Georgia	Ole Miss	Tennessee	Auburn	Kentucky	Arkansas
Tom Stephenson	Georgia	LSU	Ole Miss	Florida	Kentucky	Arkansas

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Birmingham and Independence Bowls

South Carolina and Missouri met in the 2005 Independence Bowl and the Gamecocks could go back there with a win this week over Missouri.

	Birmingham	Independence
Alex Dusza	South Carolina
Cam Newton	South Carolina
Julian Council	South Carolina
Tanner Dennie	South Carolina
Will Marshall	South Carolina	Vanderbilt
Niesha Middlebrooks	South Carolina
Jonathan Waldrop	South Carolina
Tom Stephenson	South Carolina