The SEC is pushing for us to go to the Outback. I’d say it’s not rumor now:

247Sports intel: The TaxSlayer Gator Bowl has narrowed its SEC selection to two teams — South Carolina or Texas A&M. Everything hinges on who the SEC puts in the Outback Bowl, which — as of Saturday night — appears to be Mississippi State, per sources. That would move the Aggies to the Gator and South Carolina to Charlotte (Belk).

This is from an Aggie Site and matches what a ton of others are saying.