New 247Sports bowl projections have Auburn still playing on New Year’s Day

Despite losing two games in a row Auburn is still slotted in a New Year’s Day bowl by 247Sports

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Auburn’s two-game losing streak hasn’t really cost the Tigers in any way when it comes to bowl projections.

247Sports released their latest projections after Week 13 of the college football season and still have Gus Malzahn’s team heading to Orlando to play in the Citrus Bowl. The only difference is that this week it is Northwestern that the Tigers are slotted to meet.

This could be a Top 15 team vs. unranked matchup in Orlando, a location Auburn is familiar with during bowl season. The Tigers have underperformed this fall relative to expectations while the Wildcats are an upset loss away from being unbeaten and likely ranked inside the Top 10.

Auburn and Northwestern have met once before, that coming in the 2010 Outback Bowl. The Tigers pulled out a 38-35 victory in what was a wild game.

Here are the rest of the bowl projections for SEC teams:

Liberty Bowl

Projected matchup: West Virginia vs. South Carolina

Gasparilla Bowl

Projected matchup: Boston College vs. Kentucky

Birmingham Bowl

Projected matchup: Memphis vs. Tennessee

Texas Bowl

Projected matchup: Texas vs. Mississippi State

Music City Bowl

Projected matchup: Iowa vs. Arkansas

Armed Forces Bowl

Projected matchup: Ole Miss vs. Colorado

Outback Bowl

Projected matchup: Wisconsin vs. LSU

Gator Bowl

Projected matchup: North Carolina vs. Missouri

Cotton Bowl

Projected matchup: Oklahoma vs. Florida

Peach Bowl

Projected matchup: Georgia vs. Cincinnati

Orange Bowl

Projected matchup: Texas A&M vs. Miami

Sugar Bowl (CFP semi-final)

Projected matchup: No. 1 Alabama vs. No. 4 Notre Dame

College Football Playoff National Championship Game

Projected matchup: No. 1 Alabama vs. No. 2 Clemson