Even with last week’s home loss to South Alabama, the University of Louisiana football team improved is still in position to win the Sun Belt West Division title.
With two games left on the regular season, the Ragin’ Cajuns are bowl-eligible for the seventh straight season, and third straight under head coach Michael Desormeaux, and have a great chance to get placed in a bowl game with no ties to the SBC.
The team’s official bowl game destination won’t be determined until December but projections from college football reporters-bowl experts are already being released. Below are the latest bowl projections listed in alphabetical order by media outlet.
247Sports
Bowl: Union Home Mortgage Gasparilla Bowl
Location: Raymond James Stadium, Tampa, Florida
Date: Friday, Dec. 20
Matchup: Louisiana vs. Boston College
Athlon Sports
Bowl: R&L Carriers New Orleans Bowl
Location: Caesars Superdome, New Orleans
Date: Thursday, Dec. 19
Matchup: Louisiana vs. Liberty
The Action Network
Bowl: Myrtle Beach Bowl
Location: Brooks Stadium, Conway, South Carolina
Date: Monday, Dec. 23
Matchup: Louisiana vs. Toledo
CBS Sports
Bowl: R&L Carriers New Orleans Bowl
Location: Caesars Superdome, New Orleans
Date: Thursday, Dec. 19
Matchup: Louisiana vs. Sam Houston State
ESPN (Kyle Bongura)
Bowl: Birmingham Bowl
Location: Protective Stadium, Birmingham
Date: Friday, Dec. 27
Matchup: Louisiana vs. Florida
ESPN (Mark Schlabach)
Bowl: Radiance Technologies Independence Bowl
Location: Independence Stadium, Shreveport
Date: Saturday, Dec. 28
Matchup: Louisiana vs. West Virginia
The Sporting News
Bowl: R&L Carriers New Orleans Bowl
Location: Caesars Superdome, New Orleans
Date: Thursday, Dec. 19
Matchup: Louisiana vs. Jacksonville State
USA Today
Bowl: Scooter’s Coffee Frisco Bowl
Location: Toyota Stadium, Frisco, Texas
Date: Tuesday, Dec. 17
Matchup: Louisiana vs. North Texas
Most common destination: The R&L Carriers New Orleans Bowl in New Orleans on Dec. 17 (3 of 8 projections).
Most common opponents: All eight projections have different opponents.