There are 41 bowl games this season, meaning 82 teams will have a chance to watch the postseason game.
According to CBS Sports, Auburn will not be one of those 82 teams playing in a bowl.
CBS Sports’ Jerry Palm released his college football preseason bowl projections Thursday morning and did not include the Auburn Tigers in his field of scheduled bowl games. Palm’s college football playoff predictions include Alabama, Ohio State, Georgia and Oklahoma.
11 SEC teams are expected to make it into the postseason. Auburn, Missouri and Vanderbilt are the only three teams from the conference that Palm believes will not make it.
There are a few requirements that a program must meet in order to be eligible to play in a bowl. First, they must have at least six wins on their resume. Hypothetically, if there aren’t enough teams with six wins or more and there are still bowl spots to fill a 5-7 team, it could potentially be eligible for a postseason game if there’s a high enough APR score ( academic progress rate).
If Auburn missed a bowl, it would almost certainly mean five wins or fewer for the Tigers. BetOnline currently has Auburn’s over/under win total at just six.
Here’s a look at Auburn’s schedule.
Week 2, September 10 vs. San Jose State
Week 10, November 5th in the state of Mississippi
Week 11, Nov. 12 vs. Texas A&M
Week 12, Nov. 19 vs. Western Kentucky
ESPN’s FPI believes the Tigers have the strongest SOS (strength of schedule) in the country.
So on paper it can be difficult to get six wins. For Bryan Harsin & Co, who are still trying to decide who their starting quarterback will be.
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