🏈 Championship Saturday: CFB Heaven

Ladies and gentlemen, it’s a beautiful day in the world of college football, let’s break down the top games from the top conferences…

Big 12 Championship: As far as traditional Big 12 powerhouses goes, this is not that. The Big 12 Championship is a perfect example of how conference realignment reshaped football. Arizona State and Iowa State have never played each other before, but both teams share a conference championship droughts. Iowa State completed their first 10-win regular season in school history and looks to win their first conference championship since 1912. Arizona State is in their second season of Big 12 football, and has the opportunity to go from worst to first. Their last conference title came in the form of a 2007 Pac-10 co-title. 12:00 PM on ABC, Sun Devils vs Cyclones.

SEC Championship: It’s a match of two college football titans in the SEC. Most impressively, Texas will make its SEC Championship debut in their first season as members of the conference. It’s an interesting matchup between the old guard of the conference and their newest addition. Despite some shaky performances in recent weeks, Georgia is the only team to have beaten Texas this year, a 30-15 blowout in mid-October. Both teams will be headed to the College Football Playoff no matter the outcome, but it will be interesting to see how both teams fair in the bright lights.

Big 10 Championship: This game is about two things, seeding in the College Football Playoff, and winning a league title. This is the first meeting between the two since the 1995 Rose Bowl, when Penn State completed a perfect season. The Ducks remain the only unbeaten team in college football, and seek a conference championship in their first year of Big 10 membership. Penn State has won 4 Big Ten titles, most recently in 2016, this one feels really important to the James Franklin and the Nittany Lions.

ACC Championship: The ACC title game features another team that is in it’s first year of conference membership, as newly minted Southern Methodist University (SMU) takes on ACC powerhouse Clemson. SMU has not only proved to be a conference powerhouse, but a potential national powerhouse. Behind QB Kevin Jennings, Rhett Lashlee’s team has been a force to reckon with all year long. Their one loss came at home to (18) BYU in early September. Clemson is and has been the school that you need to defeat to get to the top of the conference. Tigers QB Cade Klubnik has had a strong season, but loses to South Carolina, Louisville, and UGA has their College Football Playoff hopes leaning on this one game. Win and you’re in.

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