Michigan defensive end Derrick Moore, center, celebrates after a sack against Maryland quarterback Malik Washington to force a turnover during the second half of an NCAA college football game, Saturday, Nov. 22, 2025, in College Park, Md. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)
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

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