Looking at where Texas lands in recent CBS bowl projections

Let’s look at where Jerry Palm of CBS Sports has Big 12 teams playing in bowl season.

We are inching closer to bowl selection. The bowl picture is getting clearer and the variety of outcomes for Texas are dwindling away.

The Longhorns sit at 8-4 with two likely bowl outcomes. Steve Sarkisian’s team will either face a Pac-12 opponent in the Alamo Bowl or an ACC foe in the Cheez-It Bowl.

The favorite to win the Pac-12 bid for the Alamo Bowl is now heading to Pasadena for the Rose Bowl. The Utah Utes defeated the USC Trojans for the right to represent the conference in its premier game.

If selected by the Alamo Bowl, Texas likely won’t face Southern Cal either. The Trojans are almost certainly bound for a New Years Six game after an 11-2 season. That leaves Washington, Oregon, UCLA and Oregon State as potential opponents in San Antonio.

Should the Alamo decline to take Texas, the Longhorns would face a high level ACC team or Notre Dame.

Let’s look at where Jerry Palm of CBS Sports has Big 12 teams playing in bowl season.

Bowl Eligible Teams, Who’s Out, Who’s On The Bubble Going Into Week 13

Bowl Eligible Teams. Which college football teams are in, which ones are out, and who’s on the bubble and need a win?

College football bowl bubble 2022: Which teams are bowl eligible, and what does everyone else need to do to get to six wins?


Bowl Eligible Teams, Who’s On The Bubble Going Into Week 13

College football threw us a few curveballs in a fun Week 12.

Bowling Green came up with a brilliant breakthrough run after years of struggling. It’s going bowling.

Just when it seemed like Arkansas was in trouble, it came out and rocked Ole Miss to put away to get bowl eligible.

All of a sudden, Michigan State went from probably in to probably out after losing to Indiana and with Penn State up next week. All of a sudden, Wisconsin appeared to be in trouble late against Nebraska, and then it came through in the final seconds to get that sixth win before dealing with Minnesota.

The Big 12 and Pac-12 bowl bound teams are settled, and so are the American Athletic Conference and Mountain West eligibility situations.

Below is the status of every college football team the it comes their respective bowl situations. What’s every team’s remaining schedule? Who’s in with six wins, who’s out, and who’s on the bubble?

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Bowl Eligible Teams, Who’s On The Bubble
ACC | AAC | Big Ten | Big 12 | C-USA
IND | MAC | M-West | Pac-12 | SEC | Sun Belt
Bowl Projections | Rankings 1-131, By Conference

ACC Bowl Eligible Teams

Teams in italics moved categories this week

Bowl Eligible
Clemson, Duke, Florida State, Louisville, NC State, North Carolina, Pitt, Syracuse, Wake Forest

Who Isn’t Bowl Eligible
Boston College, Virginia, Virginia Tech

Will Likely Go Bowling
Miami (5-6): Pitt

Bowl Bubble/Likely Won’t Go Bowling
Georgia Tech (5-6): at Georgia

NEXT: American Athletic Conference Bowl Eligible Teams

Bowl Eligible Teams, Who’s Out, Who’s On The Bubble Going Into Week 12

Bowl Eligible Teams. Which college football teams are in, which ones are out, and who’s on the bubble and need a win?

College football bowl bubble 2022: Which teams are bowl eligible, and what does everyone else need to do to get to six wins?


Bowl Eligible Teams, Who’s On The Bubble Going Into Week 12

And now it’s really on.

UConn is bowl eligible and Texas A&M isn’t? Duke is in and Arkansas is fighting for its bowl life?

It’s been a fun year and now the bowl picture is becoming clearer. Who’s bowl eligible – six wins, or seven if you beat two teams from the FCS – and who’s already at seven losses and done? Okay, so 5-7 teams might be eligible if there aren’t enough teams available for the slots, but there’s no reason to get into that yet.

Below is the status of every college football team the it comes their respective bowl situations. What’s every team’s remaining schedule? Who’s in, who’s out, and who’s on the bubble?

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Bowl Eligible Teams, Who’s On The Bubble
ACC | AAC | Big Ten | Big 12 | C-USA
IND | MAC | M-West | Pac-12 | SEC | Sun Belt
Bowl Projections | Rankings 1-131, By Conference

ACC Bowl Eligible Teams

Teams in italics moved categories this week

Bowl Eligible
Clemson, Duke, Florida State, Louisville, NC State, North Carolina, Pitt, Syracuse, Wake Forest

Who Isn’t Bowl Eligible
Boston College, Virginia, Virginia Tech

Will Likely Go Bowling
Miami (5-5): at Clemson, Pitt

Bowl Bubble/Likely Won’t Go Bowling
Georgia Tech (4-6): at North Carolina, at Georgia

NEXT: American Athletic Conference Bowl Eligible Teams

Bowl Eligible Teams, Who’s Out, Who’s On The Bubble Going Into Week 11

Bowl Eligible Teams. Which college football teams are in, which ones are out, and who’s on the bubble and need a win?

College football bowl bubble 2022: Which teams are bowl eligible, and what does everyone else need to do to get to six wins?


Bowl Eligible Teams, Who’s On The Bubble Going Into Week 11

What college football teams are already bowl eligible, which ones are out of the mix, and which teams are on the bubble with three weeks to go?

There are a few tweaks here and there – you need seven wins if two came against FCS teams (this matters for Army and Appalachian State) – but for the most part a team needs to get six wins to become bowl eligible.

That’s why the emotions were running so high on the sidelines after Kansas beat Oklahoma State on Saturday.

Below is the status of every college football team the it comes their respective bowl situations. What’s every team’s remaining schedule?

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Bowl Eligible Teams, Who’s On The Bubble
ACC | AAC | Big Ten | Big 12 | C-USA
IND | MAC | M-West | Pac-12 | SEC | Sun Belt
Bowl Projections | Rankings 1-131, By Conference

ACC Bowl Eligible Teams

Bowl Eligible
Clemson, Duke, Florida State, Louisville, NC State, North Carolina, Syracuse, Wake Forest

Who Isn’t Bowl Eligible
Boston College, Virginia Tech

Will Likely Go Bowling   

Pitt (5-4): at Virginia, Duke, at Miami

Bowl Bubble/Likely Won’t Go Bowling

Georgia Tech (4-5): Miami, at North Carolina, at Georgia

Miami (4-5): at Georgia Tech, at Clemson, Pitt

Virginia (3-6): Pitt, Coastal Carolina, at Virginia Tech

NEXT: American Athletic Conference Bowl Eligible Teams

Bowl Bubble: Bowl Eligible Teams, Who’s Done, Who Needs A Win

Bowl Bubble: Bowl Eligible Teams. Which college football teams are bowl eligible, which ones are out, and which ones are on the bubble and need a win?

College football bowl bubble 2022: Which teams are bowl eligible, and what does everyone else need to do to get to six wins?


Bowl Bubble and Eligible Teams: Week 10

What college football teams are going bowling? Which ones are already out of the race for one of the big exhibitions, and which ones are still in the running but are in for a fight?

Who’ll make it, who won’t, and who’ll have to sweat it out?

Obviously Georgias, Tennessees, and Ohio States of the world are way past just the goal of just playing in a bowl game, but some shockingly big names are in serious trouble of not getting an invite.

A team has to win six games to be bowl eligible. That doesn’t guarantee a spot if there are more eligible teams than spaces, and there’s a way for five-win teams to get in if there aren’t enough available options – we’ll deal with the APR academic side of this later if we have to – but win six games, and there will be a swag bag waiting for you.

By conference, here are the eligible teams, the teams that are out, and the teams that have work to do.

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Bowl Eligible Teams, Who’s On The Bubble
ACC | AAC | Big Ten | Big 12 | C-USA
IND | MAC | M-West | Pac-12 | SEC | Sun Belt
Bowl Projections | Rankings 1-131, By Conference

ACC Bowl Eligible Teams

Bowl Eligible
Clemson, NC State, North Carolina, Syracuse, Wake Forest

Who Isn’t Bowl Eligible
None Yet

Will Likely Go Bowling
Duke (5-3): at Boston College, Virginia Tech, at Pitt, Wake Forest

Florida State (5-3): at Miami, at Syracuse, Louisiana, Florida

Louisville (5-3): James Madison, at Clemson, NC State, at Kentucky

Miami (4-4): Florida State, at Georgia Tech, at Clemson, Pitt

Pitt (4-4): Syracuse, at Virginia, Duke, at Miami

Bowl Bubble/Likely Won’t Go Bowling
Boston College (2-6): Duke, at NC State, at Notre Dame, Syracuse

Georgia Tech (3-5): at Virginia Tech, Miami, at North Carolina, at Georgia

Virginia (3-5): North Carolina, Pitt, Coastal Carolina, at Virginia Tech

Virginia Tech (2-6): Georgia Tech, at Duke, at Liberty, Virginia

Bowl Eligible Teams, Who’s On The Bubble
ACC | AAC | Big Ten | Big 12 | C-USA
IND | MAC | M-West | Pac-12 | SEC | Sun Belt

NEXT: American Athletic Conference Bowl Eligible Teams

Way-too-early bowl game possibilities for Texas in 2022

Texas’ recent bowl history says they will end up in one of four destinations.

Texas’ recent bowl history tells us they will end up in one of four destinations. The Longhorns will likely play in the Texas Bowl, Alamo Bowl, Sugar Bowl or not be bowl eligible.

The most likely destination based on past history puts Texas in the Valero Alamo Bowl. Their last two bowl appearances saw them playing in that game. Should they win eight or nine games, they will likely spend bowl season in San Antonio.

The worst case scenario should they make a bowl sends them to the TaxAct Texas Bowl. They would make it there with likely six or seven wins. Texas faced Missouri for the game in NRG Stadium in the 2017 season.

The most reasonable best case would put Texas in the Allstate Sugar Bowl. To make it to New Orleans, the Longhorns would likely need nine or more wins and a Big 12 championship win. Texas defeated Georgia 28-21 there in the 2018 season.

Here are a few possible bowl matchups Texas could anticipate.

Bowl Projections, College Football Playoff Predictions, Schedule: Post-Spring 2022

Bowl Projections: The first look at the possible post-season matchups and College Football Playoff games after spring football practices.

2022 post-spring College Football News bowl projections, predictions and possible matchups for the College Football Playoff.


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Oh why not?

The bowl schedule just came out without any real shockers – other than the Sugar Bowl will be played early on a Saturday morning when everyone cares about the NFL – but it’s still fun.

After spring ball and before we finish with all the team-by-team previews, here’s the first look at how the 2022-2023 bowl season might shake out.

First, though …

1. Bowl tie-ins don’t necessarily mean they’re a lock, and they could change fast. The Sun Belt will probably need more options with the expanded league – Conference USA doesn’t need as many – and in the end, it’s all about …

2. ESPN. It’s goal with the owned and operated bowls – and with the schedule as a whole – is to come up with the best matchups possible. There might be a few set conference tie-ins that aren’t adhered to.

3. Don’t get into any sort of a twist if your team isn’t here. There are about 15 worthy schools that need to find a home – it’s a problem that some conferences just aren’t going to have enough contracted slots.

If you don’t see your favorite here – Big 12 fans, this is for you and your conference without enough options – give it a bit before we do this again in August when we go into more deeper detail on each projection and why. Then feel free to yell at us.

And yes, we go a little off the grid for one College Football Playoff pick.

Finally, for as close-to-the-pin as we can get them with a slew of things still up in the air, you can check out all the 2022-2023 conference bowl tie-ins here.

Bowl Projections: Post-Spring 2022-2023

All Times Eastern. All conferences in parentheses are the alternate options for the bowls.

Bowl Projections: Post-Spring
Bowl Projections, Part 2 | Bowl Projections, Part 3
New Year’s Six | College Football Playoff

HomeTown Lenders Bahamas Bowl

Friday, December 16, 2022
11:30 am, ESPN
Thomas Robinson Stadium, Nassau, Bahamas
Last Year: Middle Tennessee 31, Toledo 24
Bowl Ties: Conference USA vs MAC
Bowl Projection: Louisiana Tech vs Kent State

Cure Bowl

Friday, December 16, 2022
3:00, ESPN
Camping World Stadium, Orlando, FL
Last Year: Coastal Carolina 47, Northern Illinois 41
Bowl Ties: Group of Five vs Group of Five or Army
Bowl Projection: East Carolina vs Marshall

Wasabi Fenway Bowl

Saturday, December 17, 2022
11:00 am, ESPN
Fenway Park, Boston, MA
Last Year: Canceled
Bowl Ties: ACC vs American Athletic (Conference USA)
Bowl Projection: Boston College vs Cincinnati

Cricket Celebration Bowl

Saturday, December 17, 2022
12:00, ABC
Mercedes-Benz Stadium, Atlanta, GA
Last Year: South Carolina State 31, Jackson State 10
Bowl Ties: MEAC vs SWAC
Bowl Projection: South Carolina State vs Jackson State

New Mexico Bowl

Saturday, December 17, 2022
2:15, ESPN
Dreamstyle Stadium, Albuquerque, NM
Last Year: Fresno State 31, UTEP 24
Bowl Ties: Mountain West vs AAC, C-USA, MAC or Sun Belt
Bowl Projection: Air Force vs UTSA

Jimmy Kimmel LA Bowl

Saturday, December 17, 2022
3:30, ABC
SoFi Stadium, Inglewood, CA
Last Year: Canceled
Bowl Ties: Mountain West vs Pac-12
Bowl Projection: Boise State vs UCLA

LendingTree Bowl

Saturday, December 17, 2022
5:45, ESPN
Independence Stadium, Shreveport, LA
Last Year: Liberty 56, Eastern Michigan 20
Bowl Ties: MAC vs Sun Belt (C-USA)
Bowl Projection: Northern Illinois vs Georgia State

SRS Distribution Las Vegas Bowl

Saturday, December 17, 2022
7:30, ABC
Allegiant Stadium, Las Vegas, NV
Last Year: Wisconsin 20, Arizona State 13
Bowl Ties: Pac-12 vs SEC
Bowl Projection: Washington vs Arkansas

Frisco Bowl

Saturday, December 17, 2022
9:15, ESPN
Toyota Stadium, Frisco, TX
Last Year: San Diego State 38, UTSA 24
Bowl Ties: Group of Five vs Group of Five or Army
Bowl Projection: Tulsa vs Utah State

Myrtle Beach Bowl

Monday, December 19, 2022
2:30, ESPN
Brooks Stadium, Conway, SC
Last Year: Tulsa 30, Old Dominion 17
Bowl Ties: C-USA, MAC, Sun Belt
Bowl Projection: Appalachian State vs BYU

Famous Idaho Potato Bowl

Tuesday, December 20, 2022
3:30, ESPN
Albertsons Stadium, Boise, ID
Last Year: Wyoming 52, Kent State 38
Bowl Ties: MAC vs Mountain West
Bowl Projection: Colorado State vs Miami University

RoofClaim.com Boca Raton Bowl

Tuesday, December 20, 2022
7:30, ESPN
FAU Stadium, Boca Raton, FL
Last Year: WKU 59, Appalachian State 38
Bowl Ties: Group of Five vs Group of Five
Bowl Projection: Coastal Carolina vs Liberty

R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl

Wednesday, December 21, 2022
9:00, ESPN
Mercedes-Benz Superdome, New Orleans, LA
Last Year: Louisiana 36, Marshall 21
Bowl Ties: Conference USA vs Sun Belt
Bowl Projection: Louisiana vs UAB

Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl

Thursday, December 22, 2022
7:30, ESPN
Amon G. Carter Stadium, Fort Worth, TX
Last Year: Army 24, Missouri 22
Bowl Ties: American Athletic vs Conference USA (Big 12, Pac-12)
Bowl Projection: UCF vs WKU

Bowl Projections: Post-Spring
Bowl Projections, Part 2 | Bowl Projections, Part 3
New Year’s Six | College Football Playoff

Bowl Projections: Post-Spring 2022-2023 Part 2… NEXT

College Football Expert Picks, Predictions: Alabama vs Georgia, North Dakota State vs Montana State

Expert Picks for the College Football Playoff National Championship: Alabama vs Georgia and FCS National Championship: North Dakota State vs Montana State

College football expert picks, CFP National Championship: Georgia vs Alabama, FCS National Championship: Montana State vs North Dakota State


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* next to the pick means the team will win, but not cover.
Click on each game for the game preview and CFN Prediction

CFN Predictions & Game Previews

FCS National Championship: Montana State vs North Dakota State

12:00, ESPN2
Line: North Dakota State -7, o/u: 47.5

Gill Alexander, VSIN: NDSU
Adam Dubbin, GatorsWire.com NDSU
Jeff Feyerer, CFN: NDSU
Pete Fiutak, CFN: NDSU*
Dan Harralson, VolsWire.com: NDSU
Phil Harrison, BuckeyesWire.com: NDSU
Jeremy Mauss, MWwire.com: NDSU*
Zac Neel, DucksWire.com: NDSU
Big Game Ben Niewoehner, CFN NDSU
Nick Shepkowski, FightingIrishWire.com NDSU
Scott Steehn, WinnersandWhiners.com: NDSU
Joe Vitale, UGAWire.com: NDSU
Clucko the Chicken, CFN: Montana State
CONSENSUS PICK: NDSU

College Football National Championship Expert Picks
FCS NDSU vs Montana St | Total Alabama vs Georgia
CFP Alabama vs Georgia | Total Bowl Results So Far 

NEXT: CFP National Championship Point Total: Georgia vs Alabama

5 Best College Football Bowl Predictions Against The Spread: December 20-24

5 best predictions against the spread for college football’s early bowl games – December 20th through the 24th. Which games appear to be the best bets against the spread?

5 best predictions for college football bowl games – Monday, December 20 through Friday, December 24. What games appear to be the best bets and the best picks?


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Bowl Game Predictions, Previews 
CFN Experts Picks: Bowls Dec 17-27
Bowl Schedule, Game Previews

Contact/Follow @ColFootballNews & @PeteFiutak

Results So Far ATS: 85-67-2

One massive miscalculation later …

I blame missing EVERYTHING against the spread during an epically bad Saturday on the stress and strain of having to scramble to find ESPN after the YouTube TV/Disney kerfuffle, and …

I can’t blame this multi-billion conglomerates. It was all my fault for totally whiffing on my belief that Conference USA was going to get rim-rocked this bowl season – except, of course, for my pick of Marshall to cover against Louisiana. (It didn’t.)

Picking bowl games takes a different skill set from the regular season. Logic, reason, and normal rules don’t always apply – hello, Jackson State and BYU.

So I’m done with you, Conference USA. You win.

I’m staying away from the against the spread calls of Old Dominion vs Tulsa in the Myrtle Beach Bowl (I like Tulsa -9, of course), UTSA vs San Diego State in Tropical Smoothie Cafe Frisco Bowl (I like SDSU -2.5, of course), and Miami University vs North Texas in the Frisco Football Classic (I like MU, of course).

I always stick with my picks, I take my beating, and then I move on. But there were things that have gone the right was so far.

The point totals went just fine over the first several games, so I’m mostly going with those for these bowls during the week before Christmas.

Pray for me.

Click on each game for the preview 

5. Missouri vs Army: Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl

LINE Army -4
ATS PICK Missouri

Oh, I am well aware that you pick against Army at your own risk.

I’m an adult, I take responsibility for my own actions, and I will almost always take my chances with SEC team over a Group of Five-level team.

Especially if that SEC team is getting points.

Yeah, I’m still smarting from going hard on San Diego State and its amazing defense in the 2017 Armed Forces Bowl – and then Army won.

Yeah, I’m still smarting from going hard on Houston in what should’ve been an easy in in the 2018 Armed Forces Bowl – and then Army won 70-14.

Yeah, I’m still smarting from going hard on West Virginia against the spread in the 2020 Liberty Bowl – and Army lost, but only by three.

Army is 4-1 in its last five bowl games from 2010 on, but there’s a strange part to that. None of the four bowl wins were against Power Five programs, and Army didn’t actually beat West Virginia last year.

In fact, Army hasn’t beaten a Power Five program since the win over Duke in 2017. Before that you have to go back to a 2012 win over Boston College.

I’m fully aware – and love – what Army does, and I know bowls go against what we all believe in our core to be true, but you’re getting points here. You’re not even asking the Power Five team to win big.

4. Hawaii vs Memphis
3. Miami University vs North Texas
2. San Diego State vs UTSA
1. Kent State vs Wyoming
CFN Experts Picks: Bowls Dec 17-27

NEXT: College Football Pick Against The Spread No. 4 Hawaii vs Memphis

5 Best College Football Bowl Predictions Against The Spread: December 17-18

5 best predictions against the spread for college football’s early bowl games – December 17th and 18th. Which games appear to be the best bets against the spread?

5 best predictions for college football bowl games – Friday, December 17 and Saturday, December 18. What games appear to be the best bets and the best picks?


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Bowl Game Predictions, Previews 
CFN Experts Picks: Bowls Dec 17-27
CFN Experts Picks: NFL 
Bowl Schedule, Game Previews
How Good Is Your Bowl? Ranking all 43

Contact/Follow @ColFootballNews & @PeteFiutak

Results So Far ATS: 84-63-2

Even in the best of times trying to bet on bowl games is tricky – teams get out of their respective regular season grooves. In 2020 it was impossible, and in 2021 it’s forget-about-it tough.

But they’re bowl games. You’re going to bet on them.

Trying to navigate through the opt-outs, coaching changes, and relative interest among the various teams, here are five of the best-looking investment opportunities for the first batch on Friday, December 17th and Saturday, December 18th.

Good luck and godspeed.

Click on each game for the preview

5. Coastal Carolina vs Northern Illinois: Tailgreeter Cure Bowl

LINE Coastal Carolina -11
ATS PICK Northern Illinois

How much do you believe that the regular season could carry over into the bowls? If you think that’s possible, then Northern Illinois shouldn’t have a problem covering this.

Those are a whole lot of points to be giving away to the champion of the MAC. Some might be freaked out by the late-season blowout loss to Western Michigan – NIU already had a spot in the MAC Championship wrapped up.

Northern Illinois is a badly flawed team in a whole lot of ways, and there’s reason to be concerned against an ultra-efficient, high-powered Coastal Carolina squad.

The Huskies don’t do much to pressure the backfield, they give up a whole lot of yards, and they don’t come up with enough takeaways or third down stops.

However, they’re great at dominating the time of possession, and they should be able to counteract what Coastal Carolina does by grinding and grinding some more.

The Chanticleers are more fun, more explosive, and more splashy on both sides of the ball, but they also struggled against mediocre team after mediocre team over the back half of the season.

The best win of the year was against … Kansas? Troy? You have as many wins over 2021 bowl teams as Coastal Carolina does.

That doesn’t mean the Sun Belt star can’t and won’t win this, and there’s a historical reason to think there could be a problem for Northern Illinois. The Huskies haven’t just lost their last six bowl games going back to the 2011 GoDaddy.com against Arkansas State; they’ve been annihilated in most of them.

This Northern Illinois is good at making teams play at its pace.

Now, if Toledo has problems in the Bahamas Bowl early on Friday and if Northern Illinois gets bombed on in this, avoid the MAC fast. But until that happens …

11 is a big number to be giving away here.

CFN Experts Picks: Bowls Dec 17-27

NEXT: College Football Pick Against The Spread No. 4 Oregon State vs Utah State: Jimmy Kimmel Bowl presented by Stifel