The SEC’s bowl pairings will be all about the quarterback matchups.
As soon as the conference’s bowl assignments started rolling in on Sunday afternoon, the theme quickly became apparent, because the SEC’s defenses will go against some of the nation’s top signal-callers.
Check out this list of top QBs from ESPN’s Total Quarterback Rating metric:
No. 1 Baker Mayfield of Big 12 champion Oklahoma, who leads everyone with a 91.6 QBR. Facing Auburn in the Allstate Sugar Bowl.
No. 3 Lamar Jackson of Louisville (86.