Brett McMurphy releases updated bowl projections following Week 4, 12 B1G teams featured
Brett McMurphy of the Action Network has made some new bowl game predictions after Week 4. You can find his list of predictions here.
McMurphy still has two B1G teams making the College Football Playoff after Week 4. Michigan and Ohio State are playing SEC powerhouses in their bowl games. Michigan will be playing Georgia and Ohio State will play Alabama in the playoff predictions he has.
The only other B1G schools that McMurphy does not have making a bowl game are Northwestern and Nebraska. Northwestern is off to a 1-3 start following losses to Duke, Southern Illinois, and now Miami (Ohio). Nebraska is still searching for its first win under interim HC Mickey Joseph.
Here are McMurphy’s B1G bowl game predictions after what happened in Week 4:
Illinois
- Guaranteed Rate Bowl vs. Kansas State
Indiana
- Gasparilla Bowl vs. Miami (FL)
Iowa
- ReliaQuest Bowl vs. Texas A&M
Maryland
- Duke’s Mayo Bowl vs. Pitt
Michigan
- Peach Bowl (CFP) vs. Georgia
Michigan State
- Music City Bowl vs. LSU
Minnesota
- Citrus Bowl vs. Ole Miss
Ohio State
- Fiesta Bowl (CFP) vs. Alabama
Penn State
- Rose Bowl vs. USC
Purdue
- Birmingham Bowl vs. Louisville
Rutgers
- Quick Lane Bowl vs. Central Michigan
Wisconsin
- Pinstripe Bowl vs. Syracuse