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Big Ten Bowl Projections: 2020-2021 Spring Version

CollegeFootballNews.com Big Ten bowl projections: 2020 spring version

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Games listed alphabetically until all the dates are announced  

Cheez-It Bowl

Date Coming
ESPN
Chase Field, Phoenix, AZ
Big Ten vs. Big 12 
Spring Projection: Michigan State vs. West Virginia 
Last Season: Air Force 31, Washington State 21

Mitsubishi Motors Las Vegas Bowl

Date Coming
ESPN
Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas, NV
Big Ten vs. Pac-12
Spring Projection: Iowa vs. Utah
Last Season: Washington 38, Boise State 7

Outback Bowl

Wednesday, January 1
1:00 ET, ESPN
Raymond James Stadium, Tampa, FL
Big Ten vs. SEC
Spring Projection: Michigan vs. Auburn
Last Season: Minnesota 31, Auburn 24

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Quick Lane Bowl

Date Coming
ESPN
Ford Field, Detroit, MI
Big Ten vs. MAC
Spring Projection: Northwestern vs. Kent State
Last Season: Pitt 34, Eastern Michigan 30

Redbox Bowl

Date Coming
FOX
Levi’s Stadium, Santa Clara, CA
Big Ten vs. Pac-12
Spring Projection: Indiana vs. Stanford 
Last Season: Cal 35, Illinois 20

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TransPerfect Music City Bowl

Date Coming
ESPN
Nissan Stadium, Nashville, TN
Big Ten vs. SEC
Spring Projection: Minnesota vs. Kentucky
Last Season: Louisville 38, Mississippi State 28

VRBO Citrus Bowl

Friday, January 1
1:00 ET, ESPN
Camping World Stadium, Orlando, FL
Big Ten vs. SEC
Spring Projection: Wisconsin vs. LSU
Last Season: Alabama 35, Michigan 16

PlayStation Fiesta Bowl

Saturday, January 2
ESPN
State Farm Stadium, Glendale, AZ
New Year’s Six at-large vs. New Year’s Six at-large
Spring Projection: Oregon vs. Penn State 
Last Season: Clemson 29, Ohio State 23

Rose Bowl

Friday, January 1
5:00 ET, ESPN
Rose Bowl, Pasadena, CA
CFP at-large vs. CFP at-large

Spring Projection: Ohio State vs. Georgia
Last Season: Oregon 28, Wisconsin 27

College Football Playoff National Championship

Monday, January 11
8:00 ET, ESPN
Hard Rock Stadium, Miami Gardens, FL
CFP vs. CFP

Spring Projection: Ohio State vs. Alabama
Last Season: LSU 42, Clemson 25

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Big Ten football has mediocre showing in bowl season

Everyone likes to point towards bowl-season for conference supremacy. Unfortunately for the Big Ten, it did not show that well.

Bowl season is now over and it’s time to take stock in what the Big Ten did against the rest of the college football universe. There have been really good years, some years in the crapper, and some really, really bad ones. You can count this one as a mixed bag of sorts.

All in all, the Big Ten went just a wee-bit under .500, going 4-5 during bowl season. And a little worse than that, it’s highest exposure games resulted in just a 2-3 finish. That would be the Fiesta Bowl (Ohio State loss), Rose Bowl (Wisconsin loss), Cotton Bowl (Penn State win), Camping World Bowl (Michigan loss), and Outback Bowl (Minnesota win).

Here’s a look at how all the conferences did, with the SEC leading the way (queue the chest thumpers):

Never should a conference’s strength be determined by a small sample size of a few games at the end of the year, but that’s the reality of the world we live in. The Big Ten did not show up like the conference stakeholders would have liked, so there it is.

It also feels like an opportunity lost. Both Ohio State and Wisconsin were both there with some officiating breaks going against each, and Indiana dominated throughout but fell to Tennessee.

Better luck next year I guess.