With the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets getting their second straight bowl bid for the first time in a decade, and the question still remains: which bowl game will the team go to? Let’s look at some possibilities based on some previous bowl seasons to get at least an idea of where the team could land.
The most crucial thing to look at is the ACC standings, which if we take a look, the Yellow Jackets finished 6th in the conference standings. Where did the 6th ranked ACC team play last season? It was the Clemson Tigers accepting a bid to play in the Gator Bowl to take on the Kentucky Wildcats.
Using that information, we can also draw a conclusion to who the Yellow Jackets could face in the bowl game by looking at where the Kentucky Wildcats finished in the SEC last season, as they finished 10th in the SEC. Taking a quick look at the standings from this season, we can see that the team currently sitting in that spot this season is the Florida Gators.
The matchup between the two would be quite interesting, as if they meet, it will be the 39th time the teams have played each other, but the first time they would play each other since 1981, with much of those matchups happening while the Yellow Jackets were a part of the SEC before joining the Independents in 1964.
So, there you have it, the most likely spot for the Yellow Jackets to land this bowl season: the Gator Bowl against the Gators.