Saturday features the four power conference title games that will shape the College Football Playoff field. The 12-team bracket will be announced Sunday afternoon.
Georgia used a dominating performance from its defensive front to overwhelm Texas in the first meeting, and Texas’ offensive line could be thinner on Saturday. Georgia’s offense also squandered some opportunities in that game. A loss for the Bulldogs would also be their third of the season, but it’s very hard to see Georgia dropping out of the 12-team playoff field given their current ranking.
Is the Big Ten title game a play-in for the No. 1 seed in the College Football Playoff? The Ducks enter as the only undefeated team at the top level of college football while Penn State took advantage of Ohio State’s loss to Michigan to sneak into the title game and move up a spot in the CFP rankings.
The ACC title game could have the most at stake. An SMU win likely gives the conference just one team in the College Football Playoff. A Clemson win could mean two berths for the conference, but only if the playoff committee keeps an 11-2 SMU team ahead of a 9-3 Alabama team that jumped Miami (10-2) on Tuesday in the next-to-last set of rankings.
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Texas kicks FG
Bert Auburn splits the uprights on a 41-yarder to open the scoring in this one.
Big play for Texas!
Quinn Ewers launches a bomb to Matthew Golden, who goes for 50 yards down the sideline.
Longhorns are in business.
Georgia interception!
Quinn Ewers’ pass bounced off the hands of Isaiah Bond and into the waiting arms of Georgia’s Daylen Everette.
Bulldogs take over at their own 33.
Kickoff is here!
After a long gap between games, the SEC championship is finally underway in Atlanta.
Texas has the ball to start us off.
CFP is watching closely…
Final: ASU 45, ISU 19
Buoyed by Cam Skattebo’s 208 yards and 3 TDs, the Sun Devils run away with the Big 12 title in their first year in the conference.
Ohio wins MAC championship
In the only other game this morning, the Bobcats made a meal out of Miami (Ohio). This touchdown run by Anthony Tyus III sealed things late in the fourth.
Touchdown Iowa State
The Cyclones have found the end zone for the first time since their opening drive. Rocco Becht is back in the game and he hit Jaylin Noel for a 25-yard touchdown with 7:27 left.
They went for 2, but didn’t get it.
ASU 45, ISU 19
Iowa State adds FG
The Cyclones finally cobbled together another scoring drive, mostly with true freshman Connor Moberly under center in place of Rocco Becht after the big hit. But they have to settle for a Kyle Konrardy field goal in the red zone.
ASU 45, ISU 13
ASU player ejected for targeting
The fourth quarter is underway and ASU’s Shamari Simmons was just disqualified for targeting after a huge hit on Rocco Becht. He’ll have the sit out the first half of ASU’s first-round CFP game for that one.
Touchdown Arizona State!
Who else but Cam Skattebo? The star didn’t even need to break a tackle this time as he caught a swing pass from Sam Leavitt and ran it 33 yards for a touchdown.
ASU 45, ISU 10
Fumble recovered by ASU!
The Cyclones just can’t stop the bleeding. Abu Sama put the ball on the ground again and the Sun Devils have the ball right back.
There’s still 5 minutes left in the third quarter, but the game feels like it’s over.
Touchdown Arizona State!
The Sun Devils wasted no time after the turnover as Sam Leavitt found Xavier Guillory for a 25-yard touchdown.
ASU 38, ISU 10
Interception ASU!
The Sun Devils get the ball right back after a Rocco Becht throw ricochets off a helmet and into the hands of ASU’s Keith Abney II.
Touchdown Arizona State!
The Sun Devils add to their lead after the turnover with a workmanlike 11-play, 43-yard drive capped off by a pass from Sam Leavitt to Xavier Guillory.
ASU 31, ISU 10
Fumble recovered by ASU!
We are back for the second half and the Sun Devils still have all the momentum after a fumble by Abu Sama in the opening minutes.
Halftime: ASU 24, ISU 10
The Sun Devils are in control at the break after a huge first half from Cam Skattebo.
Touchdown Arizona State!
The Sun Devils are in the end zone just before the half as Cam Skattebo caps off the quick-hitting drive with a short TD run. That’s 140 yards and 2 touchdowns for him in the first half.
ASU 24, ISU 10
Cam Skattebo breaks another long run!
The ASU star took a straightforward run and broke several tackles for a 53-yard gain to put the Sun Devils inside the red zone.
