It is looking more and more like Kentucky fans can make plans for Birmingham, Alabama in early January.
ESPN’s Chris Low has joined the growing group prognosticators who have the Wildcats (6-6) in the BBVA Compass Bowl against a Big East opponent – which will likely be South Florida, but may be the Louisville Cardinals.
Here are Low’s bowl projections for SEC teams:
[B]- Tostitos BCS National Championship Game (Jan. 10, 8:30 p.m. ET):[/B] Auburn vs. BCS team
[B]- Allstate Sugar Bowl (Jan. 4, 8:30 p.m. ET): [/B]Arkansas vs. BCS team
[B]- Capital One Bowl (Jan. 1, 1 p.m. ET):[/B] LSU vs. Big Ten team
[B]- AT&T Cotton Bowl (Jan. 7, 8 p.m. ET):[/B] Alabama vs. Big 12 team
[B]- Outback Bowl (Jan. 1, 1 p.m. ET):[/B] South Carolina vs. Big Ten team
[B]- Chick-fil-A Bowl (Dec. 31, 7:30 p.m. ET):[/B] Mississippi State vs. ACC team
[B]- Gator Bowl (Jan. 1, 1:30 p.m. ET):[/B] Florida vs. Big Ten team
[B]- Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl (Dec. 30, 6:40 p.m. ET): [/B]Tennessee vs. ACC team
[B]- AutoZone Liberty Bowl (Dec. 31, 3:30 p.m. ET):[/B] Georgia vs. Conference USA team
[B]- BBVA Compass Bowl (Jan. 8, noon ET):[/B] Kentucky vs. Big East team
Low adds that the SEC is likely to get two teams into BCS bowls regardless of how the SEC Championship game plays out.
Here are Low’s thoughts:
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The big winner this past weekend was Arkansas, which is headed to the Sugar Bowl if Auburn can beat South Carolina this coming Saturday in the SEC championship game and secure a spot in the BCS National Championship Game.
The Hogs, who beat LSU 31-23 on Saturday to run their winning streak to six straight games, last played in the Sugar Bowl in 1980. An Arkansas-Ohio State matchup looks like a strong possibility in New Orleans, but only if Auburn wins this coming weekend in Atlanta.
If South Carolina upsets Auburn, then the Gamecocks would play in the Sugar Bowl and Auburn likely in the Orange Bowl.
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