More bowl projections have USC in the worst-case game: the Alamo Bowl
The USC Trojans were regulars in the Rose Bowl projections last weekend. They even had some people slot them into the College Football Playoff field.
However, after a close loss to Utah, one full of controversy, the projections have changed and Lincoln Riley’s team has basically fallen from a New Year’s Six bowl game for now.
A ton can change over the next few months, and if USC can win out and defeat UCLA in November, the Trojans will get a massive boost up the rankings.
Here are the latest bowl projections for the 6-1 USC Trojans.
ERICK SMITH, USA TODAY: ALAMO BOWL
Oct 15, 2022; Salt Lake City, Utah, USA; USC Trojans head coach Lincoln Riley speaks with quarterback Caleb Williams (13) during a time out against the Utah Utes in the second quarter at Rice-Eccles Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Rob Gray-USA TODAY Sports
Erick Smith has the Trojans facing Oklahoma State in the Alamo Bowl.
THE ATHLETIC: ROSE BOWL
Jan 1, 1973; Pasadena, CA, USA; FILE PHOTO; A fan holds up a USC Trojans and Ohio State Buckeyes flag pendants at the Rose Bowl. Mandatory Credit: Malcolm Emmons-USA TODAY NETWORK
This is a surprise: Stewart Mandel and Scott Dochterman have USC facing Michigan in the Rose Bowl still.
BRAD CRAWFORD, 247SPORTS: COTTON BOWL
Cincinnati Bearcats head coach Luke Fickell looks on in the first half of the NCAA football game between the Cincinnati Bearcats and the Notre Dame Fighting Irish on Saturday, Oct. 2, 2021, at Notre Dame Stadium in South Bend, Ind.
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Brad Crawford still has the Trojans in a big game and facing Luke Fickell and the Cincinnati Bearcats in the Cotton Bowl. Here’s what Crawford wrote:
With the loss at Utah, USC’s College Football Playoff hopes were dealt a difficult, but not yet fatal, blow following Cameron Rising’s two-point conversion in the final minute. This pushed the Trojans out of the Rose Bowl projection and into the Cotton this week. Coastal Carolina’s loss to Old Dominion removes the Chanticleers from the New Year’s Six discussion as the Group of Five’s best and brings Cincinnati back into the fold.
JERRY PALM, CBS SPORTS: ROSE BOWL
Michigan Wolverines head coach Jim Harbaugh on the sidelines during action against the Northwestern Wildcats on Saturday, Oct. 23, 2021 at Michigan Stadium.
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Jerry Palm left USC in the Rose Bowl for now.
ESPN: ALAMO BOWL
Oct 16, 2021; Austin, Texas, USA; Oklahoma State Cowboys head coach Mike Gundy shakes hands with Fox Sports analyst Joel Klatt before the game against the Texas Longhorns at Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Scott Wachter-USA TODAY Sports
ESPN has the Trojans facing the Oklahoma State Cowboys in the Alamo Bowl.
COLLEGE FOOTBALL NEWS: COTTON BOWL
Oct 1, 2022; Los Angeles, California, USA; USC Trojans head coach Lincoln Riley walks on the field before a game against the Arizona State Sun Devils at United Airlines Field at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. Mandatory Credit: Jayne Kamin-Oncea-USA TODAY Sports
Another Cotton Bowl projection with Luke Fickell and Cincinnati as the opponent.
