SEC Bowl Tie-Ins, Affiliations
1. Sugar Bowl vs. Big 12
SEC Champion goes here if not in the College Football Playoff, or highest-ranked SEC team
I don’t mind playing a big 10 team but would prefer to play one of the teams that thinks they are better than they really are like Mich, Mich State, Penn State, Wisconsin, etc. Minnesota just seems meh.
2. Vrbo Citrus Bowl vs. Big Ten
The Citrus Bowl gets its pick of the top SEC team available after the CFP and Sugar Bowl are in place
The SEC will assign teams to the respective bowls in this pool.
– AutoZone Liberty Bowl vs. Big 12
– Duke’s Mayo Bowl vs. ACC
– Mercari Texas Bowl vs. Big 12
– Outback Bowl vs. Big Ten or ACC
– TaxSlayer Gator Bowl vs. ACC
– TransPerfect Music City Bowl vs. Big Ten
Second Tier
– TicketSmarter Birmingham Bowl vs. American Athletic
– Union Home Mortgage Gasparilla Bowl vs. AAC, ACC, or Pac-12
Las Vegas Bowl vs. Pac-12
Note: SEC alternates with the Big Ten between the Las Vegas and Duke’s Mayo (formerly the Belk) bowls over six seasons. Duke’s Mayo is 2021, 2023, 2025, Las Vegas is 2020, 2022, 2024