Bowl Projections: Bahamas Bowl Preseason Prediction, Breakdown and History

Before the season gets underway, what's the first guess on what the 2024 Bahamas Bowl might be? Why did we make this call, who else should be in the mix, and what's the history of the bowl?

This will all change throughout the season with its twists and turns, but in the preseason, the Bahamas Bowl projection is ...

Bahamas Bowl Projection

Saturday, January 4
11:00 am, ESPN/ESPN2
Thomas A Robinson National Stadium, Nassau, Bahamas
Bowl Affiliations : CUSA, MAC
Last Season: WKU 38, Old Dominion 35 OT
Preseason Bowl Projection (with predicted final regular season records)
Jacksonville State (6-6) vs Ohio (7-5)

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Why this is the preseason Bahamas Bowl Projection

The Bahamas Bowl should actually be in the Bahamas this year after spending a season as the Famous Toastery in North Carolina - the stadium in Nassau was under renovation.

Take your pick of anyone other than, likely, the champion from the MAC - it’s later in the bowl season because it takes so long get the logistics together - and Ohio hasn’t been in this since 2017.

There aren't a ton of Conference USA teams to choose from. It won’t be the league champion, WKU was in it last year, so it’ll probably Middle Tennessee or Jacksonville State.

5 teams also in the mix for the Bahamas Bowl

1. Middle Tennessee
2. Liberty
3. Toledo
4. Miami University
5. Bowling Green

Bahamas Bowl History

Dec 18, 2023, WKU 38, Old Dominion 35
Dec 16, 2022 UAB 24, Miami Univ. 20
Dec. 17, 2021 Middle Tennessee 31, Toledo 24
2020 Cancelled
Dec. 22, 2019 Buffalo 31, Charlotte 9
Dec. 21, 2018 FIU 35, Toledo 32
Dec. 22, 2017 Ohio 41, UAB 6
Dec. 23, 2016 Old Dominion 24, Eastern Michigan 20
Dec. 24, 2015 Western Michigan 45, Middle Tennessee 31
Dec. 24, 2014 Western Kentucky 49, Central Michigan 48