Bowl Projections for West Virginia - Week 3
Last week, the West Virginia Mountaineers got in the win column for the first time in 2021 following a 66-0 win over the Long Island Sharks. It was expected to be a one-sided game, so not much has changed on the national media's perspective of this WVU team.
West Virginia looked really poor in their week one loss to Maryland but a win over No. 15 Virginia Tech this weekend could gain a lot of people's respect. Right now, the Mountaineers are viewed as a team that is not guaranteed to make a bowl game. Oddly enough, two outlets that have WVU getting bowl eligible have them playing in the Guaranteed Rate Bowl.
Here's how the bowl projections stand heading into the second weekend of college football.
Action Network - Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl vs Oregon State
CBS Sports (Jerry Palm) - No bowl game
College Football News - Guaranteed Rate Bowl vs Indiana
ESPN - Guaranteed Rate Bowl vs Michigan State
Yahoo! Sports - Guaranteed Rate Bowl vs Indiana
Big 12 Bowl Partners
Once the CFP has filled its bowl slots, Big 12 bowl partners will select the remaining Conference teams. Following is the order of selection. A bowl may pick from any available teams with .500 or better records when it reaches its spot in the selection order. After the placement of those teams, slots will be filled from among the pool of remaining teams.
Allstate Sugar
Valero Alamo
Cheez-It
Texas
AutoZone Liberty
Guaranteed Rate
Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl*/SERVPRO First Responders Bowl*
West Virginia is 16-22 all-time in bowl games.
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