Athlon Sports predicts Georgia, Clemson will meet in College Football Playoff
Fans anticipating the renewal of a rivalry between Georgia and Clemson may not have to wait too much longer, according to Athlon Sports.
Recent rumors that the teams might pop up on each other's schedules as early as 2021 caused a buzz on social media, but the annual bowl predictions from Athlon Sports have the two meeting in Miami later this year.
CFB Bowl Projections for 2018-19 https://t.co/XSwXfutJJa pic.twitter.com/pTMPtVVJS1
— Athlon Sports (@AthlonSports) July 12, 2018
College Football Playoff Bowl predictions from @AthlonSports
— The SEC Logo (@SEC_Logo) July 10, 2018
Orange Bowl: Clemson vs. Georgia
Cotton Bowl: Alabama vs. Ohio St.
Championship: Alabama vs. Clemson
The path Athlon predicts for the Bulldogs isn’t exactly clear. An earlier ranking of the SEC has Georgia falling behind after the conference championship.
Athlon Sports predicted SEC order of finish +Champion
— All College Football (@allcfb_) June 7, 2018
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East:
1. Georgia
2. Florida
3. South Carolina
4. Missouri
5. Kentucky
6. Tennessee
7. Vanderbilt
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West:
1. Alabama
2. Auburn
3. Mississippi State
4. Texas A&M
5. LSU
6. Ole Miss
7. Arkansas
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Champ: Alabama over Georgia pic.twitter.com/IIPyDHZbAs
This made some fans skeptical about the predictions, which include two SEC teams in the playoffs for a second year in a row.
Athlon Sports did their own projections of all the Bowl games, and the College Football Playoff...
— Mr. Ohio (@MrOH1O) July 10, 2018
I know Georgia and Bama are both very good, and have semi easy schedules. I don’t see how they both get back to the playoffs.
If you have a legit scenario of how, let me hear it. pic.twitter.com/fzwOvbPt6P
SEC title or not, Athlon Sports has consistently named Georgia a national front-runner since releasing a preseason top 25 in May.
Athlon Sports’ latest Preseason Top 25:
— College Town™ (@CollegeT0wn) May 21, 2018
1 Bama
2 Clemson
3 Georgia
4 OSU
5 Michigan
6 Miami
7 Auburn
8 Washington
9 Wisconsin
10 OU
11 Penn St
12 Mich St
13 FSU
14 Miss St
15 ND
16 VT
17 Florida
18 Stanford
19 Boise St
20 Texas
21 USC
22 WVU
23 Oregon
24 TCU
25 Texas A&M
