So this is the "pecking order" for SEC bowls
CFP/New Year's Six (all lumped together since the CFP rotates within the NY6)
CFP Peach Bowl - LSU (13-0/8-0) vs Oklahoma
Sugar Bowl - Georgia (11-2/7-1) vs Baylor
Orange Bowl - Florida (10-2/6-2) vs Virginia
Not NY6 bowl, but listed above the Tier 1 bowls
Citrus Bowl - Bama (10-2/6-2) vs Michigan
Tier 1
Outback Bowl - Auburn (9-3/5-3) vs Minnesota
Gator Bowl - Tennessee (7-5/5-3) vs Indiana
Music City Bowl - Mississippi State (6-6/3-5) vs Louisville
Texas Bowl - Texas A&M (7-5/4-4) vs Oklahoma State
Belk Bowl - Kentucky (7-5/3-5) vs Virginia Tech
Liberty Bowl - N/A
Tier 2
Birmingham Bowl - N/A
Independence Bowl - N/A
So really Mississippi State should be pretty happy that UT made Kentucky our b*tch, as usual, and ensured they were dropped by 2 bowls allowing the Fighting Cowbells to draw a better bowl than they deserved.