Northwestern football kicks off in less than two weeks, and the Wildcats are slowly gathering hype for the 2017 season. Every online college football outlet projects Northwestern to play in a bowl game this season, an impressive feat in and of itself considering where the program was about 10 years ago. Now the question is what bowl bid Northwestern will accept in 2017. Here’s a rundown of the projections:
SB Nation projects Northwestern to have a rematch of the 2011 Meineke Car Care Bowl in 2017. The Music City Bowl, played in Nashville, Tennessee, features a mid-tier ACC or B1G team against the SEC.