Following the conclusion of the college football regular season, five conferences, the ACC, Big 12, SEC, Conference USA and MAC, hold championship games to determine a conference champion.http://cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/conference_champs/conference_champs.php?cat=1 Starting at the conclusion of the 2011 NCAA Football season, the Big Ten Conference will hold a championship game as well.http://espn.go.com/blog/bigten/post/_/id/19946/fox-to-televise-first-six-bt-title-games

In the 2010 college football season, Championship Saturday took place on December 4, 2010. The top-ranked Auburn Tigers defeated the 19th-ranked South Carolina Gamecocks 56-17 to win the [[SEC Championship. The 2010 SEC Championship Game took place at 4:00 p.m. EST and aired on CBS. In the Dr. Pepper Big 12 Championship Game, the ninth-ranked Oklahoma Sooners defeated the 13th-ranked Nebraska Cornhuskers 23-20 at 8:00 p.m. EST on ABC. To determine the champion of the Atlantic Coast Conference, the 21st-ranked Florida State Seminoles fell to the 15th-ranked Virginia Tech Hokies 44-33 at 7:45 p.m. EST on ESPN in the ACC Championship Game. At noon EST on ESPN2, the Southern Methodist Mustangs were defeated by the Central Florida Golden Knights 17-7 in the Conference USA Championship Game. Finally, to determine the champion of the Mid-American Conference, the MAC Championship Game took place at 7:00 p.m. EST on Friday, December 3, 2010. The 25th-ranked Northern Illinois Huskies lost to the Miami-Ohio RedHawks 26-21 on ESPN2.http://scores.espn.go.com/ncf/scoreboard?seasonYear=2010&seasonType=2&weekNumber=14

In the 2009 season, championship Saturday took place on December 5. Games included:

• SEC Championship:
  • Alabama Crimson Tide defeat Florida Gators 32-13http://statistics.ncaafootball.com/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=ncaa-football&page=cfoot/scores/live/scoreboard.aspx?season=2009,type=Regular,week=15

• Big 12 Championship:
  • Texas Longhorns defeat Nebraska Cornhuskers 13-12http://statistics.ncaafootball.com/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=ncaa-football&page=cfoot/scores/live/scoreboard.aspx?season=2009,type=Regular,week=15

• ACC Championship:
  • Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets defeat Clemson Tigers 39-34http://statistics.ncaafootball.com/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=ncaa-football&page=cfoot/scores/live/scoreboard.aspx?season=2009,type=Regular,week=15

• Conference USA Championship:
  • East Carolina Pirates defeat Houston Cougars 38-32http://statistics.ncaafootball.com/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=ncaa-football&page=cfoot/scores/live/scoreboard.aspx?season=2009,type=Regular,week=15

• MAC Championship:
  • Central Michigan Chippewas defeat Ohio Bobcats 20-10http://scores.espn.go.com/ncf/boxscore?gameId=293382117

• ACC Championship
  • Virginia Tech 30 - Boston College 12http://scores.espn.go.com/ncf/scoreboard?seasonYear=2008&seasonType=2&weekNumber=15

• Big 12 Championship
  • Oklahoma 62 - Missouri 21http://scores.espn.go.com/ncf/scoreboard?seasonYear=2008&seasonType=2&weekNumber=15

• Conference USA Championship
  • East Carolina Pirates 27 - Tulsa Golden Hurricane 24http://scores.espn.go.com/ncf/scoreboard?seasonYear=2008&seasonType=2&weekNumber=15

• MAC Championship
  • Buffalo Bulls 42 - Ball State Cardinals 24http://scores.espn.go.com/ncf/scoreboard?seasonYear=2008&seasonType=2&weekNumber=15

• SEC Championship
  • Florida Gators 31 - Alabama Crimson Tide 20http://scores.espn.go.com/ncf/scoreboard?seasonYear=2008&seasonType=2&weekNumber=15

• ACC Championship
  • Virginia Tech 30 - Boston College 16http://scores.espn.go.com/ncf/scoreboard?confId=80&seasonYear=2007&seasonType=2&weekNumber=14

• Big 12 Championship
  • Oklahoma 38 - Missouri 17http://scores.espn.go.com/ncf/scoreboard?confId=80&seasonYear=2007&seasonType=2&weekNumber=14

• Conference USA Championship
  • Central Florida 44 - Tulane 25http://scores.espn.go.com/ncf/scoreboard?confId=80&seasonYear=2007&seasonType=2&weekNumber=14

• MAC Championship
  • Central Michigan 35 - Miami-Ohio 10http://scores.espn.go.com/ncf/scoreboard?confId=80&seasonYear=2007&seasonType=2&weekNumber=14

• SEC Championship
  • LSU 21 - Tennessee 14http://scores.espn.go.com/ncf/scoreboard?confId=80&seasonYear=2007&seasonType=2&weekNumber=14