#Championship Week

TCU vs Kansas State Big 12 Championship prediction, game preview, odds, how to watch. Championship Week, Saturday, December 3 Date: Saturday, December 3 Game Time: 12:00 ET Venue: AT&T Stadium, Arlington, TX How To Watch: ABC Record: TCU (12-0), Kansas State (9-3) - Kansas State can absolutely pull this off. It had a rough game against Texas, and…

The College Football Playoffs National Championship takes place on Jan. 9 with the TCU Horned Frogs matching up against the defending champion Georgia Bulldogs and college football bettors can't wait. The Action Network will review the best and easiest ways to wager on college football through the premier sportsbooks in the country to give bettors…

Coastal Carolina vs Troy Sun Belt Championship prediction, game preview, odds, how to watch. Championship Week, Saturday, December 3 Date: Saturday, December 3 Game Time: 3:30 ET Venue: Veterans Memorial Stadium, Troy, AL How To Watch: ESPN Record: Coastal Carolina (9-2), Troy (10-2) - It was a rocky road, but it's here. It only seems like Coastal…

This article is part of our College Football Picks series. It's conference championship week in college football. Also, for Buffalo and Akron to make up that game that was snowed out. Friday features a Conference USA title game between the conference's bully on the block and its underdog opponent. We have the UTSA Roadrunners hosting the North…

The Big Ten championship will be determined Saturday as No. 2 Michigan and Purdue meet in Indianapolis inside Lucas Oil Stadium. The Wolverines are aiming to repeat as conference champions, but the Boilermakers aim to win the Big Ten for the first time since they split the title in 2000 with Michigan and Northwestern. For the second year in a row,…

Good morning, I'm Dan Gartland. Here is a friendly reminder to double-check your lineups for fantasy football championship week. (I started an injured Tony Pollard, because I decided to see a movie instead of watching Thursday Night Football.) We'll be back in your inbox on Tuesday, Jan. 3. In today's SI:AM: If you're reading this on SI.com, you…

I went 6-4 against the spread during Championship Week, putting me two games over.500 for the season. Here are my guesses for the rest of the bowl games. (All point spreads come from BetMGM. Click here for live odds. All kickoff times Eastern.) Both teams are very limited offensively at this point but the hunch here is that the Iowa staff is more…

STILLWATER, Okla. - As a preseason top-25 team, Oklahoma State football is expected to once again contend for a Big 12 Championship in 2022, with an outside shot at making its first-ever appearance in the College Football Playoff. The Cowboys came painfully close to a conference title last season and are hoping to make a return trip to Arlington in…

The stage is set, and a champion will be crowned on Saturday in Atlanta as No. 1 Georgia battles it out with No. 14 LSU in the 2022 SEC Championship Game. Though they won the national title last season, the Bulldogs lost in the SEC title game to Alabama, so they're seeing the program's first SEC championship since 2017. Standing in Georgia's way,…

Clemson vs North Carolina ACC Championship prediction, game preview, odds, how to watch. Championship Week, Saturday, December 3 Date: Saturday, December 3 Game Time: 8:00 ET Venue: Bank of America Stadium, Charlotte, NC How To Watch: ABC Record: Clemson (10-2), North Carolina (9-3) - Here comes the passing game. It struggled a wee bit over the…

Good morning, I'm Dan Gartland. Here is a friendly reminder to double-check your lineups for fantasy football championship week. (I started an injured Tony Pollard, because I decided to see a movie instead of watching Thursday Night Football.) We'll be back in your inbox on Tuesday, Jan. 3. In today's SI:AM: If you're reading this on SI.com, you…

North Texas vs UTSA prediction, game preview, odds, how to watch. Championship Week, Friday, December 2 Date: Friday, December 2 Game Time: 7:30 ET Venue: Alamodome, San Antonio, TX How To Watch: CBS Sports Network Record: North Texas (7-5), UTSA (10-2) - The Mean Green came close the first time around. They went to UTSA, got the passing game…

Every high school football team in the state wishes they were playing this week. Only 24 get the honor. And most high school football writers in the state hope for the chance to cover a game this week. Few of us also get that honor. I became a sports writer in 2007. This is my 16th high school football season as a journalist. On Wednesday, I am…

Fresno State vs Boise State Mountain West Championship prediction, game preview, odds, how to watch. Championship Week, Saturday, December 3 Date: Saturday, December 3 Game Time: 4:00 ET Venue: Albertsons Stadium, Boise, ID How To Watch: FOX Record: Fresno State (8-4), Boise State (9-3) - Fresno State didn't have its guy the first time around. It…

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Ohio vs Toledo MAC Championship prediction, game preview, odds, how to watch. Championship Week, Saturday, December 3 Date: Saturday, December 3 Game Time: 12:00 ET Venue: Ford Field, Detroit, MI How To Watch: ESPN Record: Ohio (9-3), Toledo (7-5) - Oh would this be sweet for the Ohio program. Four times the bridesmaid but never the bride in the…

The 2022 Heisman Trophy ballots will be counted pretty soon, and the Heisman Trophy winner will be announced in a few days' time. Less than a handful of contenders remain in a race that was pretty wide open for most of this 2022 college football season. For whatever it's worth, all who remain are quarterbacks. Michigan's Blake Corum is out. Ditto…

The SEC Championship Game this season features No. 1 Georgia battling No. 14 LSU inside Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta. The Bulldogs are on a mission to solidify their spot as the No. 1 seed in the College Football Playoff as the reigning national champions look to successfully defend their national title title. In front of them, however, is a…

Who: Purdue Boilermakers (8-4) vs. Michigan Wolverines (12-0) When: Saturday, Dec. 3 (Week 14) Time: 8:00 p.m. ET Where: Lucas Oil Stadium (Indianapolis, Indiana) Betting Odds Summary Spread: Wolverines -16.5 (-110), Boilermakers+16.5 (-110) Moneyline: Wolverines (-820), Boilermakers (+550) Total: Over/Under 51.5 (-110/-110) After an exciting and…

Friday night gives No. 4 USC and No. 12 Utah the chance to shine in the national spotlight as the two meet in a highly anticipated rematch of their regular-season thriller in the Pac-12 Championship Game. The Trojans are seeking to avenge a 43-42 loss at Utah from Oct. 15 that remains their only blemish under first-year coach Lincoln Riley, while…

Michigan vs Purdue Big Ten Championship prediction, game preview, odds, how to watch. Championship Week, Saturday, December 3 Date: Saturday, December 3 Game Time: 8:00 ET Venue: Lucas Oil Stadium, Indianapolis, IN How To Watch: FOX Record: Michigan (12-0), Purdue (9-3) - Michigan is playing for fun. Last year the Wolverines had to beat Iowa in the…

Welcome to championship weekend! We have some great games this weekend and multiple games with playoff implications. It's time to continue our college football odds series with the best picks for Championship weekend! TCU and USC can both earn a spot in the fight for the national championship with a victory, while Ohio State is sitting at home…

Championship week is here! Our Hawkeyes blew a chance at the title game, losing to a horrible, rotten, no-good Nebraska team. It was so disgusting that the Spread Awareness staff agreed to not even put out an article this week until we realized something…. Last week we caught FIRE. After struggling for weeks, we had our winningest week of the…

Bowl projections and College Football Playoff predictions before Championship Weekend and after the penultimate CFP rankings A whole slew of things changed in the last few days since we published our latest round of Bowl Projections on Saturday night. It starts with the penultimate College Football Playoff rankings - which might be a fool's errand…

Ohio State suffered a debilitating blow to its hopes of making the College Football Playoff in Week 13. Debilitating, but not fatal. The Buckeyes no longer control their Playoff destiny and won't be able to compete for a Big Ten championship after falling 45-23 at home to No. 2 Michigan. But that loss, even so late in the season, doesn't preclude…

Conference Championship week starts on Friday with a pair of title games and one with College Football Playoff implications. UTSA looks to make it two Conference-USA titles in as many years as they host North Texas at the Alamaodome on Friday night for the second time this season after a close call in October. The main event comes in Las Vegas when…

Can you believe it? December - and Conference Championship Week - is already here. That also means it's my final Triple Option of 2022. So, with the college football season winding down and the holiday season just around the corner, what could be a better gift than a play on each and every one of this weekend's 10 conference championship…

UCF vs Tulane American Athletic Conference Championship prediction, game preview, odds, how to watch. Championship Week, Saturday, December 3 Date: Saturday, December 3 Game Time: 4:00 ET Venue: Yulman Stadium, New Orleans, LA How To Watch: ABC Record: UCF (9-3), Tulane (10-2) - What did UCF do right a few weeks ago in the 38-31 win at Tulane? The…

No. 9 Clemson and No. 23 North Carolina meet in the ACC Championship Game on Saturday night in a rematch of the 2015 conference title game that kick-started the Tigers' run of six straight College Football Playoff appearances. While this year's showdown in Charlotte won't carry playoff implications for either team, it remains a key pivot point for…

Making our college football expert picks for every 2022 conference championship game with predictions for winners, ATS picks and more. Goodbye, regular season. Welcome to championship week. Over Friday, Dec. 1 and Saturday, Dec. 2, college football fans will be treated to one conference championship game after another. In total, 10 conference…

Georgia vs LSU SEC Championship prediction, game preview, odds, how to watch. Championship Week, Saturday, December 3 Date: Saturday, December 3 Game Time: 4:00 ET Venue: Mercedes-Benz Stadium, Atlanta, GA How To Watch: CBS Record: Georgia (12-0), LSU (9-3) - The pressure is totally off. That's not necessarily a good thing - whiffing against Texas…

Lincoln Riley led the Oklahoma Sooners to the College Football Playoff three times during his tenure in Norman, but none of those teams finished with fewer than two losses during the season. In his first season at USC, the Trojans (11-1) are the fourth-ranked team in the CFP rankings and can likely secure their place in this year's playoff with a…

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This page rounds up the top college football picks and predictions from our betting experts for Week 14. Check below for all of our top against the spread, Over/Under, and prop picks on all the biggest matchups based on the NCAAF odds from our best sportsbooks. It's Conference Championship week in the college football season and much is still to be…

College football finally moves from the regular season to conference championship week after three-plus months of grueling action, and plenty remains on the line. Although Georgia and Michigan are shoo-ins for the College Football Playoff, the third and fourth spots could potentially be up for grabs with TCU and USC looking like the top contenders.…

Rivalry Week is in the books, which means Championship Week is upon us along with the penultimate set of bowl projections before the announcement of the College Football Playoff and other bowl matchups on Sunday, Dec. 5. Sometimes, information leaks out in advance, and the CBS Sports bowl projections page will be updated as that happens throughout…

USC vs Utah Pac-12 Championship prediction, game preview, odds, how to watch. Championship Week, Friday, December 2 Date: Friday, December 2 Game Time: 8:00 ET Venue: Allegiant Stadium, Las Vegas, NV How To Watch: FOX Record: USC (11-1), Utah (9-3) - How did the Utes do it the first time around? They got down big early, rallied back, and rallied…

LSU's bitter loss to Texas A&M last week changed the national championship conversation headed into championship week, but the most important question remains the same. Can No. 3 TCU and No. 4 USC win one more game to earn their way into the College Football Playoff to join No. 1 Georgia and No. 2 Michigan? All four of those teams play in their…

The Conference USA Championship Game will be a rematch of an October thriller as UTSA hosts North Texas with a league title on the line. When these teams played in Week 8, the Roadrunners escaped with a 31-27 victory after quarterback Frank Harris found receiver De'Corian Clark for the go-ahead touchdown with just 15 seconds left. That played…

LSU's bitter loss to Texas A&M last week changed the national championship conversation headed into championship week, but the most important question remains the same. Can No. 3 TCU and No. 4 USC win one more game to earn their way into the College Football Playoff to join No. 1 Georgia and No. 2 Michigan? All four of those teams play in their…

With the college football season winding down, the 2022 conference championship week is finally here. Some teams have more than a conference title at stake, so whatever happens, it can seriously affect the future of a program. With the No. 4 USC Trojans facing the No. 11 Utah Utes on Friday for the Pac-12 trophy, we're going to dive into some USC…

An SEC Championship Game with enormous College Football Playoff implications takes place on Saturday when the No. 1 Georgia Bulldogs and No. 3 Alabama Crimson Tide collide in the 2021 SEC Championship Game at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta. Georgia (12-0) may already have earned a spot in the CFP but can guarantee a berth in the final four with a…

The Big 12 Championship Game is guaranteed to have a first-time winner when the No. 5-ranked Oklahoma State Cowboys take on the No. 9-ranked Baylor Bears on Saturday at AT&T Stadium. The winner, especially if it is Oklahoma State, will have a chance to reach the College Football Playoffs and will also bring home the first conference title since the…

College football championship week is upon us - and with the results will come the CFP Final Four and the debate that will ensue, especially if No. 1 Georgia (12-0), No. 2 Michigan (12-0) or No. 3 TCU (12-0) stumble. All are favorites, the Bulldogs and Wolverines by large margins, but that is why they play the games, right? Georgia is an 18.5-point…

Buffalo vs Akron prediction, game preview, odds, how to watch. Championship Week, Friday, December 2 Date: Friday, December 2 Game Time: 1:00 ET Venue: UB Stadium, Amherst, NY How To Watch: ESPN+ Record: Buffalo (5-6), Akron (2-9) - Where did that come from? Akron had fought through the first season under head coach Joe Moorhead with more…

With just one week left on the schedule before the bowls kick of, the college football season is poised to finally sort out the major conference and playoff races with Championship Week on the horizon. What can we expect from the Week 14 slate of games? This week, we turn to FPI to guide us in making our own picks for the biggest matchups. Football…

Conference championship week has arrived, which means we have our smallest college football betting card since way back in Week 0 when I could go outside without a coat on. Sort of sad, isn't it? What isn't sad is a 2-2 record in the final week of the regular season, which is just fine this late in the game as lines get sharper. While conference…

With College Football Playoff spots on the line across the nation, championship week looms large. If the USC Trojans can avenge their only loss in a rematch against Utah, coach Lincoln Riley's team will complete an improbable turnaround that would almost certainly land it in the final four. TCU needs to beat Kansas State for the second time this…

Bahamas (Dec. 16): Miami-Ohio (6-6) vs. UAB (6-6) Cure (Dec. 16): Buffalo (5-6) vs. Rice (5-7) Frisco (Dec. 17): UNLV (5-7) vs. Southern Miss (6-6) LendingTree (Dec. 17): Troy (10-2) vs. Utah State (6-6) New Mexico (Dec. 17): Fresno State (8-4) vs. North Texas (7-5) Myrtle Beach (Dec. 19): Georgia Southern (6-6) vs. Air Force (9-3) Boca Raton (Dec.…