There’s plenty to keep an eye on as conference championship weekend kicks off. Here’s what you need to know on the first Saturday in December.
Can the Pac-12 break its playoff drought?
This could actually be the year for the Pac-12 to make the College Football Playoff. It’s hard to see a playoff scenario that leaves out the winner of No. 3 Washington vs. No. 5 Oregon on Friday night in the Pac-12 title game. A win would make the Huskies 13-0 and a lock for a playoff spot. Oregon would be very hard to keep out at 12-1. The Ducks are the top-ranked one-loss team in the CFP rankings. The Pac-12 hasn’t gotten a team into the playoff since Washington made it in 2016 and no matter what, the conference will end its existence with Washington and Oregon as its only two schools to make a playoff.
Georgia meets Alabama for the sixth time in the Kirby Smart era
No. 1 Georgia and No. 8 Alabama meet for the fourth time in four seasons in Saturday’s SEC championship game. Alabama and Nick Saban won the first two matchups by identical 41-24 scores in 2020 and in the 2021 SEC title game, but Georgia and Kirby Smart got their revenge in the national championship a month later with a 33-18 victory. That win has catapulted Georgia past Alabama as the team to beat in the SEC as the Bulldogs have won 29 straight games since losing that SEC title game to the Crimson Tide. The national title win over Alabama was also the first time Smart had beaten Saban in five tries.
Georgia and Alabama meet for the sixth time since Kirby Smart became the Bulldogs’ head coach. (Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images) (Kevin C. Cox via Getty Images)
Florida State’s second game without Jordan Travis
College Football Playoff selection committee chairman Boo Corrigan said Tuesday night that No. 4 Florida State was a “different team” without star QB Jordan…
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