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
2009 Championship Games
In the 2009 season, championship Saturday took place on December 5. Games included:
- SEC Championship:
- Big 12 Championship:
- ACC Championship:
- Conference USA Championship:
- MAC Championship:
2008 Championship Games
- ACC Championship
- Big 12 Championship
- 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
- SEC Championship
- Florida Gators 31 - Alabama Crimson Tide 20http://scores.espn.go.com/ncf/scoreboard?seasonYear=2008&seasonType=2&weekNumber=15
2007 Championship Games
- 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
- MAC Championship
- Central Michigan 35 - Miami-Ohio 10http://scores.espn.go.com/ncf/scoreboard?confId=80&seasonYear=2007&seasonType=2&weekNumber=14
2009 SEC Championship Game Highlights
Just like in many years, the 2009 SEC Championship Game resulted in the winning team continuing on to play in the BCS Championship Game. The number-one Florida Gators played against the number-two Alabama Crimson Tide in the game, which also featured two undefeated teams in the SEC title game for the first time ever. Alabama won the SEC Championship and went on to win the BCS Championship Game by defeating the Texas Longhorns.
