This week's UK Bowl Projections

We'll begin week 4 with a look at where the various outlets project the Cats to end up in their bowl season. The Bowl Projection posts might be a little sparse for a while as MSNBC has apparently quit posting.

A couple of notes about bowl slots. Recall that the Gator Bowl has replaced the Independence in the SEC lineup. This is an obvious upgrade and gives our conference an extra New Year's Day Florida destination. Had this been the lineup over the last 4 years, it is very likely UK would have wound up in either Jacksonville or Atlanta 2-3 times.

With Florida no longer penciled in for 11 wins, there exists at least some possiblity that the SEC will only get one team into the BCS. Under the current format in place since the 2006 season (5 Bowls), this has never happened. This would obviously hurt the SEC by pushing everyone down a slot.

I eyeballing where things stand today, I'd say UK fans should be rooting against Georgia . With 2 SEC losses in the books and Florida, Auburn and UK on the road still on the schedule, they are ripe for overtaking. Georgia is slotted ahead of UK in each of the projections below.

ESPN MARK SCHLABACH
Music City Bowl v. North Carolina

ESPN ANDREA ADELSON
Liberty Bowl v. South Florida (She must mean Central Florida as the CUSA gets an automotic bid)

CFN-SCOUT
Birmingham (Formerly Papajohn's.com) Bowl v. South Florida

CBS SPORTSLINE
Music City Bowl v. NC State