The folks over at CBS Sports released their projections for each and every bowl game for the 2016 season and there’s good news: the Cincinnati Bearcats were included. The less great news is that the Bearcats are only being projected to play in the Boca Raton Bowl on Dec. 20 against Central Michigan.
In June, SB Nation projected that UC would play Texas A&M in the Birmingham Bowl on Dec. 29. In CBS’ projections, Temple, not UC, would play in that bowl against Sun Belt Conference member Troy.
Obviously the thought of playing an SEC member like the Aggies is more enticing than competing against the Mid-American Conference Chippewas, but, as with all preseason projections, these are far from set in stone.