New bowl projections place No. 25 South Carolina football in higher-profile games
College football insiders have the Gamecocks’ football team on the move upward in postseason projections.
South Carolina is the nation’s No. 25 team with a 5-2 record. It’s riding on a four-game winning streak with victories against Kentucky on the road and Texas A&M at home, the first win ever against the Aggies for USC.
With that resume comes some more high-profile bowl predictions.
Action Network’s Brett McMurphy placed South Carolina in the ReliaQuest Bowl in Tampa, Florida. McMurphy’s projection matched the Gamecocks up with the Notre Dame Fighting Irish. The ReliaQuest Bowl — formerly known as the Outback Bowl — is scheduled for Jan. 2 and will air on ESPN2.
Brad Crawford of 247Sports also placed USC in the ReliaQuest Bowl, but against Florida State.
Notre Dame and FSU are not ranked at the moment, but the Seminoles received a vote in the most recent Associated Press Top 25 poll.
Another prediction for the Gamecocks was the TransPerfect Music City Bowl in Nashville, Tennessee. College Football News placed South Carolina there, facing Michigan State. The TransPerfect Bowl is scheduled for Dec. 31 and will be aired on ESPN.
CBS’s Jerry Palm still has South Carolina in the Liberty Bowl against Baylor. That game will be played on Dec. 28 in Memphis, Tennessee.
Many of the recent bowl projections had the Gamecocks in the Birmingham Bowl, and others placed them in the Liberty Bowl. But they’re moving up in the SEC bowl pecking order with their recent success.
South Carolina played North Carolina in the Duke’s Mayo Bowl last season in Charlotte, winning 38-21.
The Gamecocks are projected to be favorites in their next two games (Missouri, Vanderbilt).
South Carolina 2022 football schedule
Sept. 3: South Carolina 35, Georgia State 14
Sept. 10: Arkansas 44, South Carolina 30
Sept. 17: Georgia 48, South Carolina 7
Sept. 24: South Carolina 56, Charlotte 20
Oct. 1: South Carolina 50, S.C. State 10
Oct. 8: South Carolina 24, Kentucky 14
Oct. 22: South Carolina 30, Texas A&M 24
Oct. 29: vs. Missouri, 4 p.m. (SEC Network)
Nov. 5: at Vanderbilt
Nov. 12: at Florida
Nov. 19: vs. Tennessee
Nov. 26: at Clemson
This story was originally published October 24, 2022 at 10:59 AM.
