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We are not quite halfway through the 2020 college football schedule but it is never too early to start thinking about the postseason and CBS Sports did just that, publishing their College Football Playoff picks as well as their bowl projections on Monday.
The Florida Gators have been up and down in these projections this season, but since its loss to the Texas A&M Aggies two weekends ago, they have slipped out of CFP contention and into consideration for a New Year’s Six bowl game. UF was named a possibility for the Peach and Orange Bowls earlier in the year, and the latest outlook puts them in the former.
According to CBS Sports, Florida would meet the Penn State Nittany Lions on Jan. 1, 2021, in Atlanta Georgia, with both teams placed in the game as at-large bids. And instead of the Gators tasting oranges in Miami, the Hurricanes and the Georgia Bulldogs would face off on Jan. 2 in the Orange Bowl.
However, all of this is way up in the air as the nation continues to navigate through the coronavirus pandemic, plus the imminent inclusion of the Big Ten and Pac-12 into the competition as well as the typical ins-and-outs of a college football season. While the Gators are not quite projected as high as the fanbase prefers, in many ways, the team still controls its own destiny moving forward.
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