Some of this year's best games were completely under the radar. Whether ti was an innocuous regular-season game hidden in the season, crazy overtime thrillers or something entirely different, there were some of the most enthralling contests this calendar year.
Much like Thanksgiving Day, championship weekend in college football serves as a meaty beginning to the holiday season for fans. Before the excitement of bowl season, Super Saturday provides some incredible fireworks.
So here we are: championship week. Sure, there are some regular-season games happening (mainly in the Sun Belt, independents and a rescheduled Florida State-Louisiana Monroe tilt), but this is all about the nine conference championship games. There are a couple are de facto playoff games in their own right.
We're more than halfway through the season, and things are just as chaotic as they were at the start of the year. Top teams are dropping games they are supposed to win, and struggling teams have risen up to shock college football week after week.
There is so much talent in college football that it is spread all over the country. Sure, schools like Alabama, Clemson, Ohio State and USC still get a bunch of great players to reload their programs but there are top level guys in places you wouldn't expect.