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The ACC, CUSA, MAC and SEC title games are set. Iowa, Washington and Troy have claimed a spot in the Big Ten and PAC-12 championships, respectively. That's 11 teams with reservations, and 9 more that are looking to be filled.
(Home site of Regular Season champion - to be determined)
There are no divisional races so the top two teams go. A trio of teams that are 7-0 in the conference will have to sort it all out on Thanksgiving weekend. Tulane, SMU and UTSA are all 7-0.
Tulane doesn't play SMU, and hosts UTSA on 11/24.
UTSA doesn't play SMU, and visits Tulane on Friday.
In the event of a first-place tie, the host would be the higher ranked team that wins in the final weekend.
(Determined by playoff rankings if applicable, or composite computer rankings if necessary)
Final regular season games:
Friday - UTSA at Tulane
Saturday- Navy at SMU
If Tulane defeats UTSA, and SMU defeats Navy
Tulane and SMU would meet in the Championship Game.
If Tulane defeats UTSA, and Navy defeats SMU
Tulane would host either SMU or UTSA in the Championship Game
If UTSA defeats Tulane, and SMU defeats Navy
UTSA and SMU would meet in the Championship Game
If UTSA defeats Tulane, and Navy defeats SMU
UTSA would host either SMU or Tulane in the Championship Game
(at Charlotte)
With a national championship final four playoff spot on the line, especially for FSU, these teams still need to win their Thanksgiving weekend rivalry games.
Of course, FSU will be without Heisman hopeful QB Jordan Travis after what appeared to be horrible leg injury on Saturday night in the 58-13 win over North Alabama. And FSU's opponent this week, the Florida Gators, will apparently be without QB Graham Mertz after a collarbone injury in the 33-31 loss at Missouri. The Gators need a win at home just reach bowl eligibility after allowing Mizzou to convert a late 4th-and-17 and drive to the game-winning field goal.
Louisville gets a slumping Kentucky that fell to 1-5 in its last 6 games with a 17-14 loss at South Carolina.
Final regular season games:
Saturday- Florida State at Florida, Kentucky at Louisville
(at Indianapolis)
Without Jim Harbaugh on the sideline, Michigan became the first to 1,000 wins but had issues putting away Maryland on the road. The 31-24 win could not have made Harbaugh extremely happy, and he will also be suspended from the sideline for the big game with Ohio State.
Final regular season games:
Friday - Iowa at Nebraska
Saturday - Ohio State at Michigan
(at Arlington)
No one has locked-up a spot.
There are no divisional races so the top two teams go.
Texas (7-1) leads four teams at 6-2 (Oklahoma State, Oklahoma, Kansas State).
Final regular season games:
Friday - Texas Tech at Texas, TCU at Oklahoma
Saturday- BYU at Oklahoma State, Iowa State at Kansas State
Per The Oklahoman
Texas: First with win. First with loss and OU and Oklahoma State loss. First with loss, OU win, Oklahoma State win and Kansas State win. Second with loss and Oklahoma State loss.
Oklahoma State: First with win, Texas loss and OU loss. First with win, OU win, Texas loss and Kansas State loss. Second with win and Texas win. Second with loss, Texas win, and OU loss. Second with loss, OU loss and Kansas State loss.
Oklahoma: First with win, Texas loss and Oklahoma State loss. Second with win, Texas win and Oklahoma State loss. Second with win, Texas loss, Oklahoma State win and Kansas State loss.
Kansas State: Second with win, Oklahoma State loss and OU loss. Second with win, OU win, Oklahoma State win and Texas loss.
Our translation: The simplest scenario is Texas vs. Oklahoma State if both win.
(at Lynchburg, home site of Regular Season champion)
Liberty (11,0, 8-0) was locked-in before this past weekend's games. New Mexico State (9-3, 6-1) secured the 'guest' spot with a 38-29 win at Western Kentucky last week, but what the Aggies made a big statement yesterday with a resounding 31-10 win at Auburn. After going to just 2 bowl games in its history, head coach Jerry Kill has New Mexico State going bowling in back-to-back seasons for the first time in history. The 9 wins in a season is the most since 1960 (11-0).
Final regular season games:
Saturday- Jacksonville State at New Mexico State, Liberty at UTEP
(at Detroit)
East: Miami (9-2, 6-1) clinched last Wednesday with 23-10 home win vs. Buffalo.
West: Toledo (10-1, 7-0) secured the west with a 49-23 win over Eastern Michigan, and Central Michigan's 38-28 loss at Western Michigan two weeks ago.
Final regular season games:
Friday - Toledo at Central Michigan
Saturday- Miami at Ball State
(Home site of Regular Season champion)
The championship will be Boise State at UNLV if both win on Thanksgiving weekend. No one is locked in, best as we can tell.
Final regular season games:
Friday - Air Force at Boise State
Saturday- SJSU at UNLV
UNLV (9-2, 6-1) was a 31-27 winner at Air Force (8-3, 5-2) on Saturday to move into solo first, with the Falcons joining Boise State and San Jose State in a 3-way tie for 2nd. Interestingly, the schedule sets up that the final weekend games feature head-to-head showdowns of those four schools.
UNLV is 1-0 vs. the other 3 teams in the mix for a title spot. The Rebels had their only conference loss to Fresno State.
Air Force (8-3, 5-2) is 1-1 vs. the other 3. The Falcons beat SJSU in September.
Boise State (6-5, 5-2) rolled to a 45-10 win at Utah State under interim head coach Spencer Danielson after the firing of Andy Avalos. The Broncos are 1-0 vs. the other 3. Boise State beat San Jose State and don't play UNLV.
San Jose State was a 24-13 winner at San Diego State in the next-to-last game for Aztec head coach Brady Hoke, who abruptly announced his retirement earlier in the week.
San Jose State (6-5, 5-2) is 0-2 vs. the other 3. The Spartans lost to both Air Force and Boise State.
Fresno State was shockingly upset 25-17 at home as a 22-point favorite over New Mexico. The second straight loss for Fresno State knocked the Bulldogs out of the race.
(at Las Vegas)
Washington (11-0, 8-0) will be the designated home team in the title game after the Huskies scored a 22-20 win in the rain at Oregon State and knocked the Beavers out of the hunt.
Oregon (10-1, 7-1) scored a 49-13 rout at Arizona State.
The final year of the conference, as we know it, looks like it will come down to a rematch of Washington and Oregon. The Huskies won 36-33 at home over the Ducks on October 14.
Surprising Arizona (8-3, 6-2) rolled 42-18 at home over Utah to improve to 6-2 and can sneak into the title game with a win at Arizona State on Saturday, IF Oregon loses to Oregon State on Friday.
Oregon clinches the other spot with a win over Oregon State, OR an Arizona loss to Arizona State.
Final regular season games:
Friday - Oregon State at Oregon
Saturday- Arizona at Arizona State, Washington State at Washington
Eastern: Georgia beat Ole Miss last Saturday night but had already secured the division title when Missouri whipped Tennessee earlier in that same day. Yesterday, Georgia (11-0, 8-0) as an easy 38-10 winner at Tennessee.
Western: Alabama (10-1, 7-0) had already secured the division title with a a 49-21 win at Kentucky. Yesterday, the Tide was a 66-10 winner over FCS member Chattanooga.
Both schools, of course, factor into the National Championship equation and each plays its final regular season rivalry game on the road.
Final regular season games:
Saturday- Georgia at Georgia Tech, Alabama at Auburn
West: Troy (9-2, 6-1) had already secured the divisional title with a 45-14 win at ULM on November 11. Yesterday, the Trojans were 31-24 winners at home over Louisiana.
East: James Madison (10-1, 6-1) is not eligible. Coastal and App State are 7-4, 5-2. The Chants are in with a win at home over JMU, no matter what App State does because the Mountaineers lost to Coastal earlier this season.
App State needs to beat Georgia Southern at home and pull for JMU to beat Coastal.
The Mountaineers are coming off a huge 26-23 overtime upset of JMU in Harrisonburg, ending the Dukes' undefeated season.
Final regular season games:
Saturday- Georgia Southern at App State, JMU at Coastal.
This season has 117 of the 133 FBS schools facing one FCS opponent, and Army playing two such games for a total of 118 FBS-FCS matchups.
Of the 16 FBS schools that do NOT play a FCS program, 7 are in the B1G (Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, Purdue, Wisconsin). 6 more are evenly split between the Big 12 (Houston, Oklahoma, Texas) and Pac-12 (Colorado, USC, Washington). The other three are Liberty (CUSA) , UTSA (American), and Virginia Tech (ACC).
All four of the remaining scheduled FBC-FCS games took place this week with FBS teams taking all of them in blowouts. Abilene Christian lost 38-10 at Texas A&M, Chattanooga was drubbed 66-10 at Alabama, North Alabama was a 58-13 victim at Florida State, and Sacred Heart lost 31-3 at UConn.
The FBS programs were 114-4 this year against the FCS schools. Over-all, the FBS is a collective 1,800-152 (.922) since we began tracking this in 2003.
Here are the FCS wins in 2023, so far:
September 9: Idaho 33, Nevada 6
September 9: Southern Illinois 14, Northern Illinois 12
September 9: Fordham 40, Buffalo 37
September 16: Sacramento State 30, Stanford 23
GEORGIA - 28 straight over-all, Won 25 straight home games, and 14 straight true road games.
Last: 38-10 win at Tennessee on Saturday, November 18.
Next: at Georgia Tech on Saturday, November 25
MICHIGAN - Won 23 straight conference games.
Last: 31-24 win at Maryland on Saturday, November 18.
Next: Hosts Ohio State on Saturday, November 25
VANDERBILT - Lost 9 straight over-all.
Last: 47-6 loss at South Carolina on Saturday, November 11.
Next: Visits Tennessee on Saturday, November 25.
STANFORD - Lost 8 straight home games.
Last: 27-15 home loss to Cal in "The Big Game" on Saturday, November 18.
Next: Hosts Notre Dame on Saturday, November 25
TEMPLE - Lost 14 straight true road games.
Last: 34-24 loss at UAB on Saturday, November 18.
Next: Hosts Memphis on Saturday, November 25
ULM - Lost 9 straight over-all, lost 9 straight conference games.
Last: 35-3 loss at Ole Miss on Saturday, November 18.
Next: Visits Louisiana on Saturday, November 25