Athlon Sports projects 12 B1G teams will go bowling following 2018 season
The 2018 season is still a few weeks away, but the preseason predictions are starting to roll in.
On Monday, Athlon Sports projected every 2018-19 bowl game, and unsurprisingly, 12 Big Ten squads were projected to qualify for postseason play.
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As you can see below, Ohio State is expected to make the College Football Playoff, with three other B1G teams making it to New Year’s Six bowls:
- Heart of Dallas Bowl: Minnesota vs. North Texas
- Quick Lane Bowl: Indiana vs. Wake Forest
- Pinstripe Bowl: Nebraska vs. NC State
- Music City Bowl: Maryland vs. South Carolina
- San Francisco Bowl: Northwestern vs. Oregon
- Holiday Bowl: Iowa vs. Stanford
- Outback Bowl: Purdue vs. Florida
- Citrus Bowl: Michigan State vs. Mississippi State
- Peach Bowl: Penn State vs. Miami
- Fiesta Bowl: Wisconsin vs. Boise State
- Rose Bowl: Michigan vs. Washington
- College Football Playoff Cotton Bowl: Ohio State vs. Alabama
The only two Big Ten teams not projected to go bowling are, as expected, Illinois and Rutgers.
Obviously, summer practices will shift these projections a bit, but for now, it’s an interesting look at how things stand ahead of the 2018 campaign.