We already knew Week 14 was a loaded one. Now, we know it’s a historic one as well.
Championship Saturday will feature four games in which both teams are ranked in the Top 10 of the Associated Press Top 25. According to ESPN Stats & Info, this marks the first time since Thanksgiving weekend in 1973 that such a feat has happened.
In fact, 1973 and 2017 are the only two times that’s ever happened in college football history.
Could this be the best championship weekend ever?
— ESPN Stats & Info (@ESPNStatsInfo) December 1, 2017
There are four matchups between Top-10 teams in the AP Poll, tied for the most in a single week in AP Poll history (Thanksgiving weekend 1973).
As for those specific matchups?
No. 1 Clemson vs. No. 7 Miami, ACC championship game
No. 2 Oklahoma vs. No. 10 TCU, Big 12 championship game
No. 3 Wisconsin vs. No. 8 Ohio State, Big Ten championship game
No. 4 Auburn vs. No. 6 Georgia, SEC championship game
Add that gloriously bloated buffet to last night’s full-course matchup of No. 10 USC vs. No. 12 Stanford in http://collegefootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2017/12/01/no-10-usc-fights-off-no-12-stanford-to-capture-first-pac-12-title-since-2008/the Pac-12 championship game and the appetizer that’s No. 14 UCF vs. No. 20 Memphis for the AAC championship later on today, and Week 14 serves as a veritable feast for college football fans for what’s the final weekend of the 2017 regular season.