Kirk Herbstreit breaks down three conference championship games that will impact the College Football Playoff field.
It is conference championship week and the four title games in Power 5 conferences all have playoff implications. Will the projected winners make the committee's job a simple one, or will chaos reign supreme and shake up the College Football Playoff rankings on the final weekend?
We approach each of the four marquee matchups through the lens of our advanced stats at Football Outsiders. The traditional box score only tells part of the story. A deeper data dive reveals key statistical matchups that may have the strongest impact on the outcome of each game: