Sunday, November 18, 2018

Week 12 wrap up

The is the last week that we have to play "what if" or "if/then" with any of the conference races.  Two conferences already have their championship games set.  Two others have half of the matchup set, with a winner-take-all game set for the other side.
Remember, all records listed here are just conference records.

ACC Championship:  Clemson (7-0) vs. Pitt (6-1)
Both teams clinched their division with best record.

Bowl eligible:  Clemson, Notre Dame, UVA, BC, Syracuse, NC State, Duke, Pitt, GT, Miami
Last chance for bowl:  Wake Forest, FSU, VT*
No bowl:  UNC, Louisville

(VT would need to schedule a 12th game and win to be bowl eligible.)

SEC Championship:  Georgia (6-1) vs. Alabama (7-0)
Both teams clinched their division with the best record.

Bowl eligible:  Georgia, Alabama, Florida, LSU, Kentucky, Auburn, Mississippi State, Texas A&M, Missouri, South Carolina
Last chance for bowl:  Tennessee, Vanderbilt
No bowl:  Ole Miss, Arkansas

Big Ten
East
The winner of Michigan at Ohio State will clinch the division.  Michigan (8-0) would clinch with best record, while Ohio State (7-1) would clinch due to the head-to-head tiebreaker over Michigan.

West Champion:  Northwestern (7-1)
Northwestern clinched with the best record.

Bowl eligible:  Ohio State, Michigan, Iowa, Penn State, Wisconsin, Michigan State, Northwestern
Last chance:  Maryland, Indiana, Purdue, Minnesota
No bowl:  Rutgers, Nebraska, Illinois

Pac-12
North
The winner of the Apple Cup will clinch the division.  Washington State (6-1) would clinch with the best record, while Washington (6-2) would clinch with the head-to-head tiebreaker.

South Champion:  Utah (6-3)
Utah clinched with best record.

Bowl eligible:  Washington, Washington State, Utah, Oregon, Stanford, Arizona State, Cal
Last chance:  Colorado, USC, Arizona
No bowl:  Oregon State, UCLA

Big 12
Still in contention:
-Oklahoma (7-1) lost to Texas.
-WVU (6-2) has a tiebreaker over Texas.
-Texas (6-2) lost to WVU.  They have a tiebreaker over Oklahoma.

The Big 12 gets decided on Black Friday.  First, Texas plays at noon against Kansas, and then WVU and Oklahoma face off in prime time.  If Texas wins their game, then the Big 12 championship will be Texas vs. WVU/Oklahoma winner.  If Texas loses, then WVU and Oklahoma will be playing two weeks in a row.

Bowl eligible:  Texas, Oklahoma, WVU, Iowa State, Oklahoma State
Last chance:  Texas Tech, Baylor, TCU, Kansas State
No bowl:  Kansas

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