What are the latest bowl projections for Ole Miss after loss at LSU?
The first setback of the season occurred on Saturday when Ole Miss went down to Baton Rouge and handed a 45-20 loss by LSU.
All hope is not lost for No. 15 Ole Miss (7-1, 3-1 Southeastern Conference) and all the season goals are still in front of them, but now the room for error is much smaller. Also there are the on-the-field concerns with defense that needs worked on.
But that is for this week as the Rebels hit the practice field for their Week 9 matchup at Texas A&M (3-4, 1-3), a team that is floundering and a loss away from its season skidding out if it has not already.
Ole Miss and the Aggies play at 6:30 p.m. CT on the SEC Network this Saturday.
Until then it is time to take a look at the latest round of bowl game projections. Some bowl prognosticators have altered their postseason destinations for Ole Miss while the majority stayed similar to last weeks.
One loss did not unravel the opportunity for a prime bowl game this holiday season for the Rebels, but a snowball effect could.
Related: Poll Position: Ole Miss drops in the rankings after suffering first loss of the season
Ole Miss still has a sunny outlook
Despite the first blemish on the season Ole Miss still has many projections placing them in Florida for the holiday season.
ESPN’s Kyle Bonagura, CBS Sports’ Jerry Palm, Action Network’s Brett McMurphy and College Football News still project the Rebels to play in the Vrbo Citrus Bowl down in Orlando on Jan. 2.
In the SEC vs. Big Ten matchup at Camping World Stadium the opponent Ole Miss is projected to face varies among the outlets.
Bonagura and McMurphy each have Penn State slotted to face the Rebels while Palm has Purdue and College Football News has Illinois selected.
McMurphy did have Ole Miss playing in the Capital One Orange Bowl at Miami last week but a New Year’s Six bowl projection is still at play.
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Pro Football Network has the Rebels playing in the Orange Bowl against Clemson at Hard Rock Stadium on Dec. 30.
Living it up on Broadway
After a couple weeks of projections residing mostly in Florida after starting SEC play 3-0, Ole Miss now has a few outlets placing them back in Tennessee for the postseason.
Sports Illustrated’s Richard Johnson and Sporting News projects the Rebels to play at Nashville in the Music City Bowl on Dec. 31.
Johnson projects Ole Miss to play Penn State at Nissan Stadium while Sporting News projects Wisconsin will represent the Big Ten.
Back to Sin City
Similar to Tennessee bowl game projections fading away over the last few weeks so did any projections of putting Ole Miss out in the desert.
That has changed this week with two outlets projecting the Rebels playing in the SRS Distributors Las Vegas Bowl on Dec. 17.
The Rebels are projected to play in the SEC vs. PAC-12 matchup by ESPN’s March Schlabach and Athlon Sports. The opponents vary with Schlabach picking UCLA and Athlon projecting Utah.
Here are this week’s bowl projections:
ESPN
- Mark Schlabach – Las Vegas Bowl (vs. UCLA)
- Kyle Bonagura – Citrus Bowl (vs. Penn State)
CBS Sports
- Jerry Palm – Citrus Bowl (vs. Purdue)
Sports Illustrated
- Richard Johnson – Music City Bowl (vs. Penn State)
Action Network
- Bret McMurphy – Citrus Bowl (vs. Penn State)
College Football News / YAHOO!
- Citrus Bowl (vs. Illinois)
Athlon Sports
- Las Vegas Bowl (vs. Utah)
Pro Football Network
- Orange Bowl (vs. Clemson)
