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Big Ten Championship Game – Ohio State vs Michigan State Predictions
For Michigan State, the biggest prize out of the conference championship game is winning the Big Ten for the first time for the second time in four seasons. For Ohio State, there’s a lot more in stake – from remaining undefeated a second straight year to making the BCS national championship game.
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ACC Championship Game – Duke vs Florida State Predictions
The most one sided of the conference championship games (in theory at least), as Florida State, the #1 team in the nation, will try not to mess up their incredible opportunity to play for the national title against whoever, taking on the huge underdog in the form of Duke.
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Pac 12 Championship Game – Stanford vs Arizona State Predictions
The only conference championship game that is a rematch from the regular season, Arizona State are hoping that a lot of things have changed since they last met Stanford back in September.
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SEC Championship Game – Missouri vs Auburn Predictions
No one expected Auburn and Missouri to be the teams to reach Atlanta and turn the 2013 SEC championship game into a mini Tiger bowl, but these are the surprising winners of the divisions, and two teams that hope to put on enough of a performance to convince the voters to give them a chance to take a leap in the polls and find themselves playing for the national title and not a lesser BCS bowl game.
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Big 12 – Texas vs Baylor Predictions
Some are suggesting this is the undercard in the Big 12 conference title, as whoever wins the game between Baylor and Texas will need to hope Oklahoma State lose their game in order to earn that BCS berth and ticket to the Fiesta Bowl.
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Big 12 – Oklahoma vs Oklahoma State Predictions
There is no Big 12 championship game, so fans have to take the semi encounters they’re given. The first of them will be another chapter in the Bedlam series, as Oklahoma State try to wrap up the conference title which will send them to the Fiesta Bowl, while Oklahoma are here mainly to try and spoil the party.
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North Carolina Tar Heels – The Most Confusing Team in The Nation
So how good are North Carolina? One of the best, based on their wins against Louisville and now number one ranked Michigan State? Or hopeless, like the group that lost to Belmont and UAB? At this stage of the season, it seems like everyone is trying to find out their true identity, but a win at East Lansing points towards Roy Williams having a shot at his best season in a very long time.
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College Football Preseason Rankings Mean Nothing – 2013 Edition
Every season there’s another example of how preseason polls are quite terrible at predicting who are actually the best teams in college football. Florida State, undefeated and number one heading into the conference championship game, were outside the top 10. Florida, who finish the season at 4-8 were the number 10 team in the nation when the polls came out.
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Duke Blue Devils – Quinn Cook Gets Them Back on Track
The early part of the season for schools that see themselves as national title contenders isn’t just about the big wins, but showing that they can rebound from the tough losses. A great performance from Quinn Cook and not one of the freshman phenom, Jabari Parker, helped Duke get back on track with a 79-69 win in the Big Ten/ACC Challenge.
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Possible Scenarios For the National Championship Game
Heading into championship week which will determine what the BCS national title game will look like, it seems we’re down to five choices to fill two spots: Florida State as the clear favorite, Ohio State who’ll probably get in if all goes well, Auburn or Missouri representing the SEC and even Alabama, waiting for a turn of events that suits them just fine.