Conference championship games used to be one of the best weekends in college football. But in the expanded CFP era, are they still necessary?
Tonight on Late Shift College Football, we’re asking: should college football keep conference championship games, change them, or kill them completely?
Do they still matter? Do they hurt playoff teams? Should the SEC and Big Ten keep playing them? Should conference champions get automatic CFP bids? And would college football be better off using that weekend for playoff games instead?
Call in and make your case.
*ALSO: Georgia may still be the standard in the SEC, but the fight behind the Bulldogs is where the league gets dangerous.
Oklahoma made the College Football Playoff last season and looks loaded again in 2026. Ole Miss believes it has built a roster capable of breaking through. Texas A&M has the talent, money, and expectations to become a real problem. Alabama is still Alabama, even if the conversation around the Tide has changed. And then come the teams nobody wants to deal with: Tennessee, LSU, Missouri, Texas, South Carolina, Florida, Auburn, Arkansas, Kentucky, Mississippi State, and Vanderbilt — all trying to turn SEC chaos into a playoff path.
Tonight on Late Shift College Football, we’re opening the phones for every SEC fan base. Is your team a real contender, a dangerous spoiler, or just living off offseason hype? Who is closest to catching Georgia? Who is being slept on? Who is overrated? And which SEC team is one big win away from changing the entire conversation?
Oklahoma fans, are the Sooners being underrated after making the playoff?
Ole Miss fans, is this the year the Rebels stop being “almost”?
Texas A&M fans, is the breakthrough finally coming?
Alabama fans, are people way too quick to act like the Tide are no longer the standard?
Tennessee, LSU, Missouri, Texas, South Carolina, Florida, Auburn and the rest of the SEC — where do you fit in this fight?
Call in and make your case.
Other Call-in Topics:
-- Your Team’s Ceiling and Floor
-- Should Notre Dame have to join a conference?
-- Alabama’s New Standard: National Title or Disappointment?
-- One Coach on the Hot Seat, One Coach Getting Too Much Hype
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