Bowl Projections 2013: Most Lopsided Potential Matchups

College football teams are supposed to be matched up in bowls with opponents of similar ability, but according to 2013 projections, mismatches will be in abundance. 

Here are the three most lopsided potential postseason showdowns. 

Chick-fil-A Bowl: Texas A&M vs. Miami

The ACC No. 2 and the SEC No. 5 will face off in the Chick-fil-A Bowl. Miami could sneak in as the former to face Johnny Manziel and Texas A&M. If the Hurricanes are selected ahead of Clemson and Duke, they will be embarrassed by the Aggies.

Texas A&M is the victim of a brutal schedule. Its four losses came against teams that are currently ranked No. 3, No. 4, No. 5 and No. 15 in the latest BCS standings, according to ESPN. Three of those losses were decided by just one score. In Comparison, Miami lost to the now-unranked Hokies, No. 20 Blue Devils and No. 1 Seminoles by a combined 63 points.

The Hurricanes haven't been the same since losing star halfback Duke Johnson to a season-ending ankle injury against Florida State. They would be no match for the Aggies, who—unlike Miami—still have their best player in Manziel.

Outback Bowl: Missouri vs. Iowa

The Big Ten No. 3 will play an SEC team, which is likely to be Missouri if it loses to Auburn in the SEC Championship, in the Outback Bowl.

Iowa is a competent football team. It will enter the postseason with an 8-4 record. But it's an absolutely inferior opponent to Missouri.

The Hawkeyes played four teams that are now in the Top 25—No. 2 Ohio State, No. 10 Michigan State, No. 14 Northern Illinois and No. 21 Wisconsin—and lost to them all, three out of the four by a double-digit margin. They're incapable of keeping up with Missouri, which has defeated four ranked teams and fields the No. 15 scoring offense in the nation.

Iowa doesn't boast a wideout with at least 400 receiving yards (or a 1,000-yard running back). It's no wonder its offense is ranked 75th in points per game. The Hawkeyes' strength is a defense that allows 18.8 points per game, but the Tigers surrender just 19.4 per, and they compete in a superior conference.

Sugar Bowl: Alabama vs. UCF

Here are all the Alabama players projected to be selected in the first three rounds of the 2014 NFL draft or the first round of the 2015 draft: C.J. Mosley, Ha Ha Clinton-Dix, Cyrus Kouandjio, Adrian Hubbard, Ed Stinson, AJ McCarron, Anthony Steen, Amari Cooper and T.J. Yeldon. Here are all the UCF players projected to do the same.

Exactly. There are none.

If Auburn leapfrogs Ohio State in the BCS standings and into the championship, Alabama will likely face off against the AAC champion UCF. The Knights have never been to a BCS bowl, let alone won one. Alabama has won three out of the past four national titles.

This is such an outrageous mismatch that UCF would be lucky to be in the game at halftime.

David Daniels is a breaking news writer at Bleacher Report and news editor at Wade-O Radio.

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