Nick Saban and the Alabama Crimson Tide football team are used to being selected to high-profile bowl games. CBS Sports’ Jerry Palm predicted the 2020 bowl game selections for Alabama and other programs across the country.
In fact, 2019 was the team’s first time not being selected to a College Football Playoff semifinal bowl game since it’s creation, instead being named to face Michigan in the Citrus bowl in Orlando, Florida.
Palm believes the Crimson Tide will get to compete for title No. 18 as he predicts them to face Oklahoma at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California.
He explains his reasoning, and mentions that Alabama and Georgia are his picks to win the SEC West and SEC East, respectively.
“At the top, I am predicting No. 1 Clemson and Big 12 champion Oklahoma are joined by Alabama and Georgia, which I have meeting in the SEC Championship Game,” writes Palm. “I also have two AAC teams in the New Year’s Six, each of which are projected to have one loss. If that happens, it will be the first time a Group of Five team receives an at-large berth to the New Year’s Six.”