Latest Bowl Projections Point to Liberty or Guaranteed Rate Bowl For West Virginia

The West Virginia University football team will learn its bowl game destination on Sunday, so that makes it a good time to check in on some of the prominent postseason prognosticators to see where they think the Mountaineers will be off to.

In our wide sampling of projections, all signs point toward a trip to either Memphis or Phoenix for WVU, with the Mountaineers picked to go to either the Liberty Bowl against a Southeastern Conference opponent or to the Guaranteed Rate Bowl to take on a Big Ten program.

Let’s take a look:

• ESPN (Kyle Bonagura) – vs Penn State in the Guaranteed Rate Bowl — Phoenix, Arizona (Dec. 26)
• ESPN (Mark Schlabach) – vs Rutgers in the Guaranteed Rate Bowl — Phoenix, Arizona (Dec. 26)
• Yahoo – vs. Mississippi State in the AutoZone Liberty Bowl — Memphis, Tennessee (Dec. 31)
• 247Sports – vs Mississippi State in the AutoZone Liberty Bowl — Memphis, Tennessee (Dec. 31)
• Stadium (Brett McMurphy) – vs. Arkansas in the AutoZone Liberty Bowl — Memphis, Tennessee (Dec. 31)
• CollegeFootballNews – vs Kentucky in the AutoZone Liberty Bowl — Memphis, Tennessee (Dec. 31)
• Bleacher Report – vs. Northwestern in the Guaranteed Rate Bowl — Phoenix, Arizona (Dec. 26)
• CBS Sports – vs Kentucky in the AutoZone Liberty Bowl — Memphis, Tennessee (Dec. 31)
• USA Today – vs. Penn State in the Guaranteed Rate Bowl — Phoenix, Arizona (Dec. 26)
• The Sporting News – vs Minnesota in the Guaranteed Rate Bowl — Phoenix, Arizona (Dec. 26)