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Jerry Palm is sticking with some bold bowl predictions, despite the way the weekend shook out.
Michigan State, which moved to No. 4 in the country after knocking off No. 7 Oregon, wasn’t even picked by Palm to represent the Big Ten in the Rose Bowl. Auburn, on the other hand, needed overtime to beat Jacksonville State but Palm kept the Tigers in his College Football Playoff projections.
In all, he tabbed nine Big Ten teams as bowl eligible, with Ohio State as the conference’s CFP representative.
Orange Bowl: Ohio State vs. Clemson (CFP semifinal)
Rose Bowl: Wisconsin vs. Oregon
Peach Bowl: Michigan State vs. Florida State
TaxSlayer Bowl: Nebraska vs. Ole Miss
Citrus Bowl: Penn State vs. Georgia
Outback Bowl: Michigan vs. LSU
Holiday Bowl: Iowa vs. UCLA
Foster Farms Bowl: Minnesota vs. Arizona State
Pinstripe Bowl: Northwestern vs. Virginia Tech
Connor O'Gara is the senior national columnist for Saturday Tradition. He's a member of the Football Writers Association of America. After spending his entire life living in B1G country, he moved to the South in 2015.