It’s conference championship weekend around college football, and we will know the national semifinals and all the bowl matchups come Sunday with the release of the final College Football Playoff rankings for 2018.

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The first Power 5 title game is Friday night as No. 10 Washington (rankings from latest AP poll) faces No. 17 Utah in the Pac-12 Championship Game from Levi’s Stadium outside San Francisco – that’s where the national title matchup will also be played. The Huskies are 5-point favorites, but that game has no bearing on the national semifinals. The winner heads to the Rose Bowl against a Big Ten opponent. Washington is just 1-6 ATS in its past seven games.

Will the Big 12 get a team in the College Football Playoff? Only if No. 5 Oklahoma trounces No. 9 Texas in that conference title game on Saturday afternoon from outside Dallas. Even a big Sooners win might not be enough as it could depend on what happens in the SEC title game and what Ohio State does as well on Saturday. OU’s only loss this year was against Texas at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas on October 6, 48-45. The Sooners are -7.5 this time but have failed to cover their past six against the Longhorns.