Sports Illustrated projects three Georgia colleges in 2017 bowl games

Sports Illustrated released its 2017 bowl projections Tuesday.

The projections included three Georgia colleges.

AutoNation Cure Bowl, Orlando, Fla. (2:30 p.m., CBSSN)
AAC vs. Sun Belt
SMU vs. Georgia Southern

Military Bowl Presented by Northrop Grumman, Annapolis, Md. (1:30 p.m., ESPN)

ACC vs. AAC

Georgia Tech vs. Navy

Outback Bowl, Tampa, Fla. (12 p.m., ESPN2)
Big Ten vs. SEC
Wisconsin vs. Georgia

Sports Illustrated projected all 39 matchups, and it has Alabama, Florida State, Oklahoma and Washington as the four playoff teams.

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