.Breaking down South Carolina’s dish possibilitiesPhoto: (Image through Joseph Cress) With the College Volleyball Playoff chase most likely over, what comes next for the Gamecocks? A championship game someplace, as well as a chance to round off a 10-win time for just the 5th time in system record. However where could the Gamecocks end up, as well as that are some practical opponents?
The ProcedureThe Cheez-It Citrus Bowl in Orlando has the 1st pick of non-playoff SEC groups, currently Ole Miss by the ranks. If Ole Miss somehow snuck in to the playoff or plunged below South Carolina in between currently and also Sunday, it would certainly unlock for the Gamecocks to head to Orlando. There is also an odds the Citrus Dish commitee could possibly scoff the rankings and choose South Carolina regardless.From there, the bowl position after the Citrus Bowl is dirty and also boundless.
The so-called “pool of six” championship game observe the Citrus Dish, but it comes down to bowl committees and invitations instead of a prepared order where one bowl can pick a team, adhered to due to the next and more. Those 6 championship game are actually the ReliaQuest Dish (formerly called the Rural Dish) in Tampa Fl, the TaxSlayer Gator Bowl in Jacksonville, Nashville’s Transperfect Songs City Bowl, the SRS Distributors Las Vegas Bowl, the Income Tax Act Texas Bowl (Houston) and the Autozone Liberty Dish in Memphis. Citrus Bowl Site: Orlando, FloridaDate: December 31stAffiliations: SEC vs.
Big TenThis is the simplest one to malfunction of the group. It has consistently been actually the best SEC and also Big 10 teams outside the New Years 6 bowls (what is currently the playoff). With four Major 10 teams anticipated to enter the playoff, Illinois is actually the conference’s just various other rated group.
If the Gamecocks are slotted for Orlando it will most likely protest the Illini, suggesting a match-up versus former vast recievers coach Justin Stepp. South Carolina has played within this championship game two times, beating Nebraska to finish the 2011 period and Wisconsin observing 2013. ReliaQuest BowlLocation: Tampa Bay, FloridaDate: December 31stAffiliations: SEC vs.
Big TenProbably the minimum good destination for Gamecock fans even if of the frequency they have actually been there. South Carolina has actually played in what was formely known as the Outback Bowl five opportunities, all due to the fact that 2000. This is greater than some other SEC staff.
The Gamecocks are 4-1 in Tampa, but this bowl would border on practically being actually routine for huge parts of the fanbase. As for an achievable enemy, the Big Ten has a different design to the SEC, where it performs possess an established order. This bowl game is to begin with in line to pick a Huge Ten crew after the Citrus Bowl.
Stringently based upon win totals Iowa would be actually following with its 8-4 report. Yet Michigan, Minnesota as well as Rutgers are actually all close behind along with 7 success. Michigan particularly might be attractive for a dish board with its sizable graduates network and revitalized follower power following a rivalry win over Ohio State.
Gator BowlLocation: Jacksonville, FloridaDate: January 2ndAffiliations: SEC vs. ACCMaybe the Gamecocks definitely would not most likely to the exact same championship game on two trips, yet South Carolina enthusiasts had a sturdy turnover in 2022 and also Jacksonville is actually only 4 hrs coming from Columbia. If South Carolina returned to Jacksonville, Syracuse, Duke and also Louisville would certainly be actually the frontrunners as achievable challengers from the ACC.
The ACC carries out not possess a correct position, meaning follower passion as well as chances to market television adds would consider. This was a large portion of how the Gator Bowl ended up using Notre Dame’s pseudo-ACC standing to land the Fighting Irish after their 8-4 period in 2022. Music City BowlLocation: Nashville, TennesseeDate: December 30thAffiliations: SEC vs.
Big TenThis is actually an extremely similar circumstance to the ReliaQuest Bowl, where it usually includes an SEC staff as well as a Major 10 team both someplace in the 7-9 succeed assortment. It is next in the Significant Ten chain of command, meaning the bowl committee would possess the rest of the conference outside the Citrus as well as ReliaQuest bowl individuals to select from. It believes that the spot for whoever carries out not get to Tampa florida in between Iowa and Michigan, yet once again Minnesota and Rutgers prowl.
South Carolina has certainly never played in the Music City Dish, but its own long history of having big sets of fans take a trip to Nashville for Vanderbilt activities would undoubtedly create it an eye-popping candidate. Las Vegas BowlLocation: Sin City, NevadaDate: December 27thAffiliations: SEC vs. Pac-12 ** Members of the Pac-12 just before 2024 are actually still looked at eligible for this bowl invitation.This is where it begins to veer into the stable of being actually practically feasible, yet unexpected.
Anything away from the 3 Fla bowls or Nashville thinks that a longshot. The Pac-12 is dead, but vital within this feeling. Groups that played in the league last year are actually still eligible for this championship game because of deals settled on prior to event re-alignment.
Colorado for example is actually dish eligible, and also as a result eligible to play in any kind of game with a Large 12 or even Pac-12 tie. Arizona Condition has its own sights set on the playoff if it succeeds the Significant 12 headline game, but this could be a fallback alternative for the Sun Devils if they drop this weekend break. Washington as well as Southern Cal, both 6-6 in their new Big 10 homes, would likewise be actually entitled here.
It is actually tough to lock in precisely just how this bowl committee will certainly pick groups, needing to have an SEC one that would certainly make a cross-country vacation in big varieties as well as having to team up with other conferences on the previous Pac-12 groups. Still, it goes to minimal for South Carolina. Texas BowlLocation: Houston, TexasDate: December 31stAffiliations: SEC vs.
Big 12This is probably the least probably place for the Gamecocks, but is still technically feasible. Texas A&M, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Missouri and LSU are actually all dish eligible as well as in far closer distance to Houston than the Gamecocks, developing a considerably bigger odds at selling tickets. South Carolina has actually never played within this championship game, and also geography is a huge main reason.
If it carried out somhow property here, some of the 3 Texas colleges with an 8-4 file– Baylor, TCU and Texas Tech– would be the likliest challengers. Freedom BowlLocation: Memphis, TennesseeDate: December 27thAffiliations: SEC vs. Big 12Again, this experiences near impossible.
The Freedom Bowl is actually actually in the “swimming pool of six” however has actually generally ended up along with a crew close to Memphis after other bowls were actually loaded. Arkansas, Mississippi State as well as Missouri have been the final three SEC groups to participate in right here, and none of those crews gained 9 activities, either.Kansas State or some of the Texas institutions would certainly create one of the most feeling to fill the Big 12 side of the activity.