After grabbing their sixth win in a competitive, 27-24, win over BYU in Provo, Utah two weeks ago, for the most part, the Pirates control their own destiny in getting to the AAC Championship. With a UCF loss this weekend against Tulane and if the Pirates win against Cincinnati, ECU will hold the tiebreaker over both of those teams and improve to second in the conference standings, only needing to win out to find themselves competing for a conference title. In the meantime, we do know the Pirates will go bowling, it’s just a matter of where and against who? Here’s where all the media outlets are projecting ECU to play come bowl season.
247Sports.com Brad Crawford
Wed, Dec. 28 Military Bowl
Annapolis, MD
Opponent: Pittsburgh
Action Network/Brett McMurphy
Tues, Dec. 20 Boca Raton Bowl
Boca Raton, FL
Opponent: Coastal Carolina
*Spread: ECU favored by 5
Athlon Sports/Steve Lassan
Wed, Dec. 28 Military Bowl
Annapolis, MD
Opponent: Louisville
CBS Sports/Jerry Palm
Fri, Dec. 23 Independence BowlShreveport, LA
Opponent: Army
CollegeFootballNews.com
Tue, Dec. 27 First Responders Bowl
University Park, TX
Opponent: Kansas
*Bowl Tie-Ins: AAC, ACC, Big-12, Pac-12, SEC
ESPN/Kyle Bonagura & Mark Schlabach
Bonagura:
Sat, Dec. 17 Fenway Bowl
Boston, MA
Opponent: Duke
Schlabach:
Mon, Dec. 19 Myrtle Beach Bowl
Conway, SC
Opponent: Middle Tennessee State
Pro Football Network/Oliver Hodgkinson
Wed, Dec. 28 Military Bowl
Annapolis, MD
Opponent: NC State
Sporting News/Bill Bender
Tues, Dec. 20 Boca Raton Bowl
Boca Raton, FL
Opponent: Middle Tennessee State
Sports Illustrated/Richard Johnson
Thu, Dec. 22 Armed Forces Bowl
Fort Worth, TX
Opponent: UCONN
*Bowl Tie-Ins: AAC vs at-large
USA Today/Erick Smith
Sat, Dec. 17 Fenway Bowl
Boston, MA
Opponent: Pittsburgh