It’s just May 23rd, but honestly — who doesn’t love the first batch of bowl projections? Sporting News has hooked us up with their first look at the projected postseason field, and they think the Tennessee Volunteers will go bowling for the first time since the 2016 season.
They have the Vols landing in Jacksonville, playing the Nebraska Cornhuskers. Tennessee defeated Nebraska in the 2016 Music City Bowl, 38-24.
A matchup this year would offer an entirely new wrinkle of storylines, however. The two programs fired and hired new coaches during the same cycle, with Nebraska ending up with former Cornhusker quarterback Scott Frost.