Auburn is Outback Bowl Bound
Auburn will be playing in a New Year's Day Bowl.
An Auburn athletic official confirmed to AuburnSports.com that Auburn will accept a bid to the Outback Bowl, which will be played Jan. 1 in Tampa, Fla.
Chizik led AU to the Outback Bowl in his 1st season as head coach.
An official announcement is expected Tuesday afternoon.
It will be Auburn's first appearance in the Outback Bowl since a 43-14 loss to Penn State in 1996. Auburn beat Ohio State 31-14 in 1990 in what was then called the Hall of Fame Bowl.
The Tigers will be the first SEC West team to play in the Outback Bowl since the 1997 game featuring Alabama and Michigan.
The Outback also gets the No. 3 selection from the Big Ten. With Ohio State and Iowa expected to play in a BCS Bowl, Auburn's likely opponent would be Wisconsin (8-3) or Northwestern (8-4).
The Badgers play at Hawaii Dec. 5 and the Outback Bowl won't choose the Big Ten representative until Sunday.
Auburn has never played Northwestern. The Tigers lost to Wisconsin 24-10 in the 2005 Capital One Bowl and defeated the Badgers 28-14 in the 2003 Music City Bowl.
In his first season as Auburn's head coach, Gene Chizik led the Tigers to a 7-5 record.
The Outback Bowl is scheduled to kickoff at 10:00 a.m. CT in Raymond James Stadium. It will be carried live on ESPN.
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