Rivalry-Week Games Will Help Decide Who Makes College Football Playoff

No. 2 Ohio State gets a chance to avenge last year’s loss to Michigan, and No. 3 Texas faces a tough matchup at Texas A&M.
Rivalry-Week Games Will Help Decide Who Makes College Football Playoff
Quinshon Judkins of the Ohio State Buckeyes runs with the ball past Tyrique Tucker of the Indiana Hoosiers in the third quarter at Ohio Stadium in Columbus, Ohio, on Nov. 23. Jason Mowry/Getty Images
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It’s that time of the year. No, not Thanksgiving. It’s the end of the regular season for college football teams nationwide. There have been upsets, big wins, historic losses and chaos all over the nation over the past month. And, now, there’s one more week to decide who plays in conference championship games—and, ultimately, the College Football Playoff.

Rivalry games are on tap for a holiday weekend. There are spots up for grabs all over the place for games of greater significance. One game is arguably the biggest in an old rivalry that hasn’t been played in more than a decade.

Tab Bamford
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Tab Bamford has been writing about sports for two decades. He has worked with the National Baseball Hall of Fame, Big Ten Conference, Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame and been credentialed for all-star events and postseason games in MLB, the NFL, NHL, NBA and NCAA.