BLACKSBURG -- Virginia Tech's win at Old Dominion in Week 3 allowed the Hokies to enter more bowl projections with a 2-1 record. A win over Rutgers this weekend would certainly help place Tech in a more favorable bowl destination heading into ACC play.
The majority of bowl projections after Week 3 have Tech heading to Fenway Park to face a team from the American Athletic Conference in the Fenway Bowl.
The Hokies have played bowl games in baseball stadiums three times prior (2002 San Francisco Bowl at Pacific Bell Park, 2023 Insight Bowl at Bank One Ballpark and 2021 Pinstripe Bowl at Yankee Stadium). So why not add another trip to a ballpark?
The bowl projections will become clearer once ACC teams have gotten into league play and the pecking order begins to take shape.
Here are the bowl projections after Week 3:
Gasparilla Bowl (Dec. 20, 3:30 p.m., ESPN; Raymond James Stadium, Tampa, Florida)
Hero Sports (Colton Pool): vs. Army
Birmingham Bowl (Dec. 27, noon or 3:30 p.m., ESPN; Protective Stadium, Birmingham, Alabama)
ESPN (Mark Schlabach): vs. Baylor
Fenway Bowl (Dec. 28, 11 a.m., ESPN; Fenway Park, Boston)
CBS Sports (Jerry Palm): vs. East CarolinaAction Network (Brett McMurphy): vs. South Florida247Sports (Brad Crawford): vs. South FloridaCollege Football Network (Oliver Hodgkinson): vs. Tulane
Pop-Tarts Bowl (Dec. 28, 3:30 p.m., ABC; Camping World Stadium, Orlando, Florida)
College Football News: vs. UCF
Gator Bowl (Jan. 2, 7:30 p.m., ESPN; EverBank Stadium, Jacksonville, Florida)
USA Today (Erick Smith): vs. LSUAthlon Sports (Steven Lassan): vs. South Carolina
Damien Sordelett (540) 981-3124
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