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The Kennesaw State Owls<\/a> face the Jacksonville State Gamecocks<\/a> in the Conference USA Championship game on Friday, Dec. 5, 2025 at AmFirst Stadium in Jacksonville, Ala. <\/p>\n How to watch: Fans can watch the game for FREE via a trial of DirecTV<\/a> or FuboTV<\/a>. <\/p>\n Streaming platform Free trialMonthly priceDiscount DirecTV<\/a>Yes$89.99$35 off your first monthFuboTV<\/a>Yes$84.99$30 off your first month<\/p>\n Here\u2019s what you need to know:<\/p>\n What: College Football <\/p>\n Who: Kennesaw State vs. Jacksonville State<\/p>\n When: Dec. 5, 2025 (12\/5\/25)<\/p>\n Time: 7 p.m. ET <\/p>\n Where: AmFirst Stadium<\/p>\n TV: CBSSN<\/p>\n Live stream: DirecTV<\/a> (free trial), FuboTV<\/a> (free trial)<\/p>\n Here\u2019s a college football story via the Associated Press: <\/p>\n The conference championship games are upon us, providing the College Football Playoff committee one last look at contenders for the 12-team field<\/a> and requiring anxious coaches and players on bubble teams to keep the antacids handy.<\/p>\n The Big Ten will be the only conference with a sense of calm this weekend with No. 1 Ohio State and No. 2 Indiana<\/a> squaring off in Indianapolis. Those two unbeaten teams are locks for the playoff, and even the loser could receive a top-four seed and the first-round bye that goes with it. Oregon will be the third Big Ten playoff team.<\/p>\n This is where it could get messy.<\/p>\n Georgia will be in the playoff win or lose against Alabama in the Southeastern Conference game.<\/a> If Alabama loses \u2014 after beating the Bulldogs in the regular season \u2014 the committee will have to decide whether to let a three-loss Crimson Tide join Georgia, Mississippi and Texas A&M from the SEC. Oklahoma, Texas and Vanderbilt also will plead their cases.<\/p>\n Texas Tech should secure a top-four seed if it beats BYU for a second time this season in the Big 12. A BYU win likely would give the Big 12 two playoff teams.<\/a><\/p>\n The Atlantic Coast Conference game between Virginia and Duke could have ramifications for the Group of Five. Virginia would be in the playoff with a win and out with a loss.<\/p>\n James Madison, if it beats Troy in the Sun Belt on Friday night, would be pulling hard for Duke to beat Virginia. A Duke win probably allows JMU to sneak in as the fifth highest-ranked conference champion, ahead of what would be the five-loss Blue Devils. That doesn\u2019t mean the ACC would necessarily get shut out. The CFP committee could give an at-large spot to Miami,<\/p>\n The first, and maybe only, G5 bid will go to the winner between North Texas and Tulane in the American Conference.<\/p>\n Finally, there\u2019s idle independent Notre Dame. The Fighting Irish lost their first two games of the season to ranked opponents (Miami and Texas A&M) by a total of four points and have been dominant while rolling off 10 straight wins but slipped one spot to No. 10 in this week\u2019s CFP rankings.<\/p>\n Best game<\/p>\n No. 2 Indiana (12-0, No. 2 CFP) vs. No. 1 Ohio State (12-0, No. 1 CFP) in Indianapolis, Saturday, 8 p.m. ET (Fox)<\/p>\n The nation\u2019s first 1-2 matchup in two seasons is a clash of the high-scoring Indiana offense against a Buckeyes defense that could go down as one of the best all time.<\/p>\n Never mind the Hoosiers haven\u2019t beaten Ohio State since 1988. This isn\u2019t your father\u2019s or grandfather\u2019s Indiana. The Hoosiers were 10-0 and on their way to the CFP last year when they lost 38-15 to the Buckeyes<\/a> in a top-five matchup, the only meeting since Indiana hired Curt Cignetti after the 2023 season.<\/p>\n Heisman watch<\/p>\n The 48-hour voting window for the Heisman Trophy opens Saturday at 5 p.m. ET, and based on wagering markets and media surveys, it appears to be a three-man race among quarterbacks Fernando Mendoza of Indiana, Julian Sayin of Ohio State<\/a> and Diego Pavia of Vanderbilt.<\/a> Notre Dame running back Jeremiyah Love is in line to be a finalist.<\/p>\n BetMGM Sportsbook listed Mendoza as the favorite, just aheaed of Sayin and Pavia.<\/p>\n Voters undecided between Mendoza and Sayin will get one more look at them in the Big Ten championship game.<\/p>\n Numbers to know<\/p>\n 3 \u2014 Coaches in championship games who will or could leave their team after the season: North Texas\u2019 Eric Morris (hired by Oklahoma State), Tulane\u2019s Jon Sumrall (Florida) and James Madison\u2019s Bob Chesney (linked to UCLA).<\/p>\n 6 \u2014 Championship games that are rematches of regular-season games.<\/p>\n 19 \u2014 Conference championship game winners that have gone on to win that season\u2019s national title, including 13 of the 33 SEC winners.<\/p>\n 21 \u2014 Five-loss teams, including Duke, that have qualified for championship games in power conferences and the Group of Five, according to Sportradar. The other power conference teams were 2018 Pittsburgh (7-5) in the ACC, 2012 Wisconsin (7-5) in the Big Ten, 2012 Georgia Tech (6-6) in the ACC and 2011 UCLA (6-6) in the Pac-12.<\/p>\n 2009 \u2014 Last time a conference championship game was a No. 1 vs. No. 2 matchup (Florida-Alabama in SEC).<\/p>\n Under the radar<\/p>\n UNLV (10-2) at Boise State (8-4), Mountain West, Friday, 8 p.m. ET (Fox)<\/p>\n Boise State has been a bit out of sight, out of mind since Heisman Trophy finalist Ashton Jeanty and the CFP-qualifying Broncos dominated the Group of Five last year. Here they are, playing for a third straight Mountain West championship thanks to a one-point win over Utah State on Friday and finishing in the top two of the computer analysis of metrics<\/a> that resolved the four-team tie for first place.<\/p>\n