ESPN projects Tennessee earn bowl bid

And just like that, Tennessee is back in the hunt for a bowl bid. The Vols upset No. 21 Auburn on the Plains on Saturday, stealing a win and getting to 3-3 on the season. Most would tell you that Tennessee’s main goal for the season was to simply make it back to a bowl game. They’ve now got a decent chance to do just that.

In fact, ESPN is projecting it to happen — at least one analyst is. Mitch Sherman has the Vols making another appearance in the TaxSlayer Gator Bowl, a game that Tennessee dominated back in 2015 against the Iowa Hawkeyes.

Sherman projects their opponent to be Wisconsin.

Tennessee still has to get to six wins, however. A gimme-win in Charlotte is likely the only sure thing…