We’re down to the final weeks of the nation’s conference races, with title games coming into focus.
College Football Standings: Could Virginia Crash The ACC Championship Game?
The Week 13 USA Today poll and the Week 13 AP Poll each have an ACC team in the top six (it’s Virginia Tech), but there’s only a minute chance that an ACC team will play in the BCS Championship Game.
Because of this, it is far more fun to discuss the most insane possibility still alive: Virginia could win the ACC.
Read Article >College Football Standings: Pac-12 Championship Game Could Feature UCLA, Somehow
With Oregon’s loss in Week 12, the Pac-12 can only look at the Week 13 USA Today poll and the Week 13 AP Poll and wonder what might have been or hope for enough upsets to elevate Stanford back into BCS National Championship Game contention.
But there’s plenty of intrigue left in the conference, almost all of it centered on the Pac-12 South.
Read Article >College Football Standings: Big Ten Championship Game Nearly Set
The Big Ten is devoid of BCS National Championship Game championship contenders: just check the Week 13 USA Today poll and the Week 13 AP Poll, and that’s easily understood. But the conference has a few Big Ten Championship Game contenders left.
Michigan State has things handled in the Legends Division. The Spartans are 6-1 in conference, and by virtue of their head-to-head win against Michigan, will be the division champions even with a Week 13 loss to Northwestern; the Spartans will play in the Big Ten Championship Game.
Read Article >College Football Standings: Big 12 Title Comes Down To Bedlam
Both Oklahoma State and Oklahoma took hits in the Week 13 USA Today poll and the Week 13 AP Poll, but each of the Sooner State titans still has an easy path to the BCS: it just takes a Big 12 title. And no other Big 12 team remains in the running for that distinction.
The Cowboys are 7-1 in conference, with their only loss coming to Iowa State last Friday. The Sooners are 5-2 in conference, with losses to Texas Tech and Baylor. But Kansas State, 6-2 in Big 12 play, has lost to both teams, meaning that the Wildcats are out of the running for the Big 12 title because of head-to-head tiebreakers.
Read Article >College Football Standings: SEC Championship Game Waiting On West Winner
Incredibly, though the SEC West rules the top three in both the USA Today and AP polls for Week 13, the conference’s championship game is only half-filled because of that division.
LSU, Alabama, and Arkansas are all theoretically alive in the SEC West, and the Razorbacks could force a three-way tie atop the division with a win over LSU this Friday; all three teams would be 7-1 in conference if Arkansas and Alabama win in Week 13. But that win might not get Arkansas to Atlanta, because a three-way tie would come down to BCS standings, and LSU is likely to remain No. 1 in them with or without a win this week.
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