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College football insider releases 2021 bowl projections
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The college football season will finally get underway this weekend. Five games are set to air on Saturday, highlighted by a B1G showdown between Nebraska and Illinois.
Before the start of the year, college football experts are getting their final projections in for the postseason. Action Network’s Brett McMurphy was the latest to so, releasing his bowl projections for the end of the 2021 season.
McMurphy has a lot of faith in a lot of B1G programs this year. He’s projecting 10 teams from the conference play in a bowl game. Ohio State is projected to land in the College Football Playoff for a third-straight year while Wisconsin is the only other B1G team predicted to reach a New Year’s Six bowl game.
Here’s McMurphy’s B1G projections. You can view his complete bowl lineup here:
College Football Playoff semifinals
Orange Bowl
No. 2 Ohio State vs. No. 3 Oklahoma
Cotton Bowl
No. 1 Alabama vs. No. 4 Georgia
National Championship Game
No. 1 Alabama vs. No. 2 Ohio State
New Year’s Six bowl games
Rose Bowl
Utah vs. Wisconsin
Other bowls
Citrus Bowl
Penn State vs. Florida
Outback Bowl
Michigan vs. LSU
Music City Bowl
Indiana vs. Missouri
Las Vegas Bowl
Iowa vs. Washington
Pinstripe Bowl
Minnesota vs. Virginia Tech
Guaranteed Rate Bowl
Northwestern vs. West Virginia
Quick Lane Bowl
Maryland vs. Toledo
Redbox Bowl
Nebraska vs. Washington State
Dustin grew up in the heart of Big Ten country and has been in sports media since 2010. He has been covering Big Ten football since 2014. You can follow him on Twitter: @SchutteCFB