After Georgia knocked off Georgia Tech to close out the regular season last week, coach Kirby Smart lamented the new era of college football, in which the playoff supersedes everything, and some programs would rather miss a conference championship game to rest up and get healthy than chase a trophy.

It's true. Championship Week isn't what it used to be, and a number of this year's participants -- Georgia included -- have their spot in the playoff already secured, regardless of the outcome of their conference title game.

But if the playoff has taken some of the shine off a championship trophy, there will still be plenty of action this weekend with high stakes.

In the Big 12, BYU hopes to avenge its only loss -- a blowout to Texas Tech -- and steal a playoff bid.

In the ACC, chaos has

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