247Sports Releases 2021 Bowl Projections, Purdue Football Doesn't Make the List
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — With the 2021 college football season being less than three weeks away, 247Sports attempted to predict the postseason by posting its way-too-early bowl projections.
The list included nine Big Ten programs, including Ohio State. The Buckeyes are projected to compete for a national championship in the College Football Playoff after winning the conference title for the fifth straight season.
But with nine teams representing the conference in the postseason, that would mean five are left out. Purdue football was one of them.
The Boilermakers earned bowl appearances in its first two seasons under coach Jeff Brohm, which included a victory in the Foster Farms Bowl in 2017. But since then, it's been a two-year drought.
The team looks to get back to winning form during the 2021 season, which features a full, 12-game schedule. Here's a look at the bowl predictions for the rest of the conference.
247Sports Bowl Projections for Big Ten Programs
- Guaranteed Rate Bowl: Maryland vs. Texas Tech
- Pinstripe Bowl: Indiana vs. Virginia
- Music City Bowl: Northwestern vs. Kentucky
- Las Vegas Bowl: Iowa vs. Washington
- Citrus Bowl: Penn State vs. Ole Miss
- Outback Bowl: Michigan vs. Florida
- RedBox Bowl: Minnesota vs. Stanford
- Rose Bowl: Wisconsin vs. Oregon
- Cotton Bowl (CFP semifinal): Ohio State vs. Alabama
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D.J. Fezler is a staff writer for BoilermakersCountry.com. Hailing from The Region, he is from Cedar Lake in Northwest Indiana and has spent the last two years covering Purdue football and basketball.