We’re keeping regular tabs on the updated bowl projections for the Vols and we’ll throw in our own thoughts as the rest of the season unfolds:
ESPN (McMurphy): Music City Bowl vs. Indiana
ESPN (Schlabach): Belk Bowl vs. Duke
CBS: (Palm): Belk Bowl vs. NC State
SBNation (Kirk): Outback Bowl vs. Northwestern
RTI’s take: Since we last checked in on the Vols’ potential bowl landing spots a few weeks ago, Tennessee’s outlook has clearly improved. There was some level of concern that UT could be left out of the Pool of Six Bowls (Music City, Liberty, Texas, Outback, Belk, TaxSlayer) and relegated to the Birmingham or Independence Bowl, but it looks like, for now, the Vols will be able to avoid that. Seemingly any of those five Pool of Six Bowls could be in play with the likely exception of the TaxSlayer, since the Vols were in Jacksonville last year. The Music City or Belk both continue to make a lot of sense for UT at this point.
