Fitz’s Five to Watch - Week 14
Yahoo Sports’ Jason Fitz runs through the standout matchups that catch his eye on this weekend’s college football championship slate.
Video Transcript
JASON FITZ: Why settle for a top four, when you can have a top five matchups of the weekend. Let's rank the conference championships, in at number five Michigan, Iowa, why? Because, well, Iowa sucks. I know they're here and everybody can talk about their defense, but they're going to get rolled in this game so it's barely worth watching.
In at number four, Oklahoma State Texas. This one's huge, because remember, Texas sits ahead of Alabama in the current college football playoff rankings. I keep telling you, there's a shot that Texas would make it over Alabama, if they win. That's all the more reason to watch and see if Texas tries to put up style points, which I think they will.
In at number three, Georgia, Alabama. I just mentioned the SCC championship game, and you would usually have this higher, but here's the thing, as much as we want to talk about Georgia being number one, and they will be if they win, this is without question. Alabama doesn't have a clear path to the playoff without some help, which is why the number two match-up is the match-up a lot of people are glossing over. It's the ACC Championship, Florida State taking on Louisville.
If Louisville wins this game, now, we got a huge can of worms. If Florida State wins this game but doesn't look good enough, we also have a can of worms. The eye test matters on the one weekend of the year where the college football playoff committee sits in the same room to watch the games, which brings us to the number one match-up, we all know what it is. It's the PAC 12 championship. It's the rematch. It's the game we've been waiting for.
Washington taking on Oregon. I'm telling you all year Oregon has been playing like a top team and deserves to be in these top fours. Well, they'll have the chance to prove it right now in this game. Can Bo Nix exact the revenge that Oregon is looking for against Washington? Or does Washington get an absolutely massive win and shut all of the haters up to vault up into the top 4 and continue to show that they belong in the college football playoff? The PAC 12 championship game has given us all the drama we need and more.