Staff Picks: Championship weekend matchups
For the first time in a long time, there will be a weekend with no South Carolina football.
The No. 14 Gamecocks wrapped up the regular season last Saturday with a big win over Clemson to move to 9-3 on the year.
While South Carolina isn’t playing, it’s still a massive weekend in college football with many conference championship games taking place on Friday and Saturday. The GamecockCentral and 107.5 The Game staffs shared their picks for all championship matchups from around the country.
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| Western Kentucky at Jacksonville State (Conference USA) | UNLV at Boise State (Mountain West) | Tulane at Army (American) | Ohio vs. Miami-Ohio (MAC) | Iowa State vs. Arizona State (Big 12) | Georgia vs. Texas (SEC) | Marshall at Louisiana (Sun Belt) | Penn State vs. Oregon (Big Ten) | Clemson vs. SMU (ACC) | |
| George Bagwell (69-57) | Jacksonville State | UNLV | Tulane | Ohio | Arizona State | Texas | Louisiana | Oregon | SMU |
| Peyton Butt (68-58) | Jacksonville State | Boise State | Tulane | Miami-Ohio | Arizona State | Texas | Louisiana | Oregon | SMU |
| Elijah Campbell (83-43) | Western Kentucky | Boise State | Tulane | Miami-Ohio | Arizona State | Texas | Marshall | Oregon | Clemson |
| Chris Clark (70-56) | Jacksonville State | Boise State | Tulane | Miami-Ohio | Arizona State | Georgia | Louisiana | Oregon | SMU |
| Terry Ford (88-38) | Jacksonville State | Boise State | Tulane | Miami-Ohio | Arizona State | Georgia | Marshall | Oregon | Clemson |
| Griffin Goodwyn (88-38) | Jacksonville State | Boise State | Tulane | Miami-Ohio | Arizona State | Texas | Louisiana | Oregon | Clemson |
| Tyler Head (72-54) | Jacksonville State | Boise State | Army | Ohio | Arizona State | Georgia | Marshall | Oregon | SMU |
| Wes Mitchell (83-43) | Jacksonville State | Boise State | Tulane | Miami-Ohio | Arizona State | Texas | Louisiana | Oregon | SMU |
| Jay Philips (82-44) | Jacksonville State | Boise State | Army | Miami-Ohio | Arizona State | Georgia | Louisiana | Oregon | Clemson |
| Kendall Smith (75-51) | Jacksonville State | Boise State | Tulane | Miami-Ohio | Arizona State | Texas | Louisiana | Oregon | SMU |
| Mike Uva (83-43) | Jacksonville State | Boise State | Tulane | Miami-Ohio | Arizona State | Texas | Louisiana | Oregon | SMU |
| Jack Veltri (86-40) | Jacksonville State | Boise State | Army | Miami-Ohio | Arizona State | Texas | Marshall | Oregon | Clemson |
| Chris Wellbaum (68-58) | Jacksonville State | Boise State | Army | Ohio | Arizona State | Texas | Louisiana | Oregon | SMU |
| Kevin Miller (57-24) | Jacksonville State | Boise State | Tulane | Miami-Ohio | Arizona State | Georgia | Louisiana | Oregon | Clemson |
