When it comes to setting conference championship game matchups in the final week of the regular season, we can do it the easy way or we can do it the hard way.

The ACC, Big Ten, Big 12, SEC and almost certainly the American are the leagues whose champions will get automatic College Football Playoff bids. Each has two teams that will advance to conference title games as long as they win Friday or Saturday.

Fans of teams on the bubble are hoping things get messy and will have tiebreaker scenarios pulled up on their phones as games unfold. Without getting into the weeds, here are the front-runners' direct routes to the championship games Dec. 5-6.

American: No. 21 North Texas beats Temple at home; No. 22 Tulane beats Charlotte at home.

Atlantic Coast: No. 17 Virgina beats Virginia Tech

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