.Breaking down South Carolina’s bowl possibilitiesPhoto: (Image through Joseph Cress) Along With the College Volleyball Playoff chase after likely over, what comes next for the Gamecocks? A championship game somewhere, as well as a chance to accomplish a 10-win period for just the fifth time in system record. Yet where could the Gamecocks end up, and also that are actually some sensible rivals?
The ProcedureThe Cheez-It Citrus Bowl in Orlando has the initial selection of non-playoff SEC groups, currently Ole Miss by the rankings. If Ole Miss in some way snuck in to the playoff or soaked below South Carolina in between now as well as Sunday, it would unlock for the Gamecocks to go to Orlando. There is actually additionally an odds the Citrus Dish commitee could possibly repudiate the positions and select South Carolina regardless.From there certainly, the bowl hierarchy after the Citrus Bowl is dirty and also undefined.
The supposed “swimming pool of 6” bowl game follow the Citrus Bowl, however it boils down to bowl boards and invites instead of an established order where one bowl may select a crew, observed due to the following and so forth. Those six championship game are actually the ReliaQuest Dish (previously called the Country Bowl) in Tampa, the TaxSlayer Gator Dish in Jacksonville, Nashville’s Transperfect Popular music Urban area Dish, the SRS Distributors Las Vegas Dish, the Income Tax Act Texas Bowl (Houston) and the Autozone Freedom Dish in Memphis. Citrus Bowl Place: Orlando, FloridaDate: December 31stAffiliations: SEC vs.
Big TenThis is the simplest one to break down of the team. It has actually regularly been the leading SEC and also Big 10 staffs outside the New Years Six bowls (what is actually now the playoff). With 4 Huge Ten crews counted on to get inside the playoff, Illinois is the event’s only various other positioned team.
If the Gamecocks are slotted for Orlando it would most likely protest the Illini, implying a match versus former vast recievers coach Justin Stepp. South Carolina has actually played within this bowl game twice, beating Nebraska to finish the 2011 period and Wisconsin complying with 2013. ReliaQuest BowlLocation: Tampa Bay, FloridaDate: December 31stAffiliations: SEC vs.
Big TenProbably the least good location for Gamecock supporters even if of the regularity they have actually been there. South Carolina has actually played in what was formely referred to as the Country Dish five opportunities, all since 2000. This is actually greater than any other SEC staff.
The Gamecocks are actually 4-1 in Tampa florida, yet this bowl would verge on nearly being regular for large portions of the fanbase. When it comes to a possible opponent, the Big Ten has a different framework to the SEC, where it performs have a well established purchase. This championship game is first in line to pick a Large Ten crew after the Citrus Dish.
Stringently based upon gain total amounts Iowa would certainly be actually next with its 8-4 record. However Michigan, Minnesota as well as Rutgers are all close responsible for along with seven victories. Michigan especially might be eye-catching for a bowl board along with its own huge graduates network and also revived supporter power adhering to a rivalry sway Ohio State.
Gator BowlLocation: Jacksonville, FloridaDate: January 2ndAffiliations: SEC vs. ACCMaybe the Gamecocks would not most likely to the very same championship game on two excursions, but South Carolina enthusiasts possessed a tough turnout in 2022 and Jacksonville is only four hrs coming from Columbia. If South Carolina got back to Jacksonville, Syracuse, Duke as well as Louisville would be actually the frontrunners as achievable enemies from the ACC.
The ACC does certainly not have a true chain of command, indicating enthusiast rate of interest and also chances to sell tv adds would certainly factor in. This was a big component of exactly how the Gator Bowl found yourself using Notre Dame’s pseudo-ACC condition to land the Battling Irish after their 8-4 time in 2022. Songs Urban Area BowlLocation: Nashville, TennesseeDate: December 30thAffiliations: SEC vs.
Big TenThis is an extremely similar circumstance to the ReliaQuest Dish, where it commonly includes an SEC group and also a Huge 10 team both someplace in the 7-9 win variation. It is next in the Significant Ten position, suggesting the dish board would certainly have the rest of the conference outside the Citrus and ReliaQuest bowl attendees to decide on. It feels like the place for whoever carries out not come to Tampa in between Iowa and Michigan, however once more Minnesota and also Rutgers snoop.
South Carolina has actually never ever played in the Popular music Urban Area Dish, yet its own long background of having sizable contingents of followers travel to Nashville for Vanderbilt video games would definitely make it an eye-popping prospect. Sin City BowlLocation: Sin City, NevadaDate: December 27thAffiliations: SEC vs. Pac-12 ** Members of the Pac-12 prior to 2024 are still taken into consideration eligible for this dish invitation.This is actually where it begins to veer into the series of being actually theoretically possible, yet unexpected.
Just about anything outside of the three Florida bowls or Nashville seems like a longshot. The Pac-12 is dead, yet viable within this feeling. Groups who played in the organization in 2015 are actually still entitled for this championship game as a result of deals settled on before association re-alignment.
Colorado as an example is actually dish eligible, and also consequently eligible to play in any sort of game along with a Major 12 or even Pac-12 dead heat. Arizona Condition has its own sights bented on the playoff if it wins the Large 12 title video game, yet this might be a fallback possibility for the Sun Devils if they lose this weekend break. Washington as well as Southern Cal, both 6-6 in their brand-new Big Ten homes, will likewise be qualified right here.
It is actually tough to pin down exactly how this bowl board are going to select groups, requiring an SEC one that would bring in a cross-country travel in significant numbers and also needing to collaborate with other conferences on the past Pac-12 teams. Still, it is at least possible for South Carolina. Texas BowlLocation: Houston, TexasDate: December 31stAffiliations: SEC vs.
Big 12This is most likely the least probably destination for the Gamecocks, yet is actually still practically achievable. Texas A&M, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Missouri and LSU are actually all bowl eligible as well as in much closer closeness to Houston than the Gamecocks, creating a considerably bigger possibility at offering tickets. South Carolina has never played within this championship game, as well as geographics is actually a significant explanation.
If it did somhow property listed below, one of the 3 Texas universities along with an 8-4 report– Baylor, TCU and also Texas Technology– would be the likliest enemies. Right BowlLocation: Memphis, TennesseeDate: December 27thAffiliations: SEC vs. Big 12Again, this feels near to difficult.
The Liberty Dish is technically in the “pool of 6” but has usually found yourself along with a group near to Memphis after other bowls were actually packed. Arkansas, Mississippi Condition as well as Missouri have been actually the final 3 SEC crews to participate in here, as well as none of those staffs succeeded nine video games, either.Kansas Condition or some of the Texas universities would bring in the most feeling to load the Big 12 side of the activity.