The college football conference championship weekend is filled with some key matchups, starting Friday night with UNLV at Boise State. The winner of the Mountain West Championship game earns a Group of Five berth in the new 12-team College Football Playoff.

Nine conference championship games will be played Dec. 6-7, including three on Friday evening.

The College Football Playoff guarantees a spot for the highest-ranked conference champion from the Group of Five leagues (American, Mountain West, Sun Belt, Mid-American, Conference USA). Boise State is currently ranked 10th and the highest Group of Five team. A win secures Boise State a first-round bye as 1 of 4 teams in the 12-team College Football Playoff, as Boise State is ranked higher than any other Big 12 team. UNLV is the second-highest ranked G5 team at No. 20, and a Rebels win Friday night would shake up the seedings but put UNLV in the playoffs after the Rebels became the first UNLV team in school history to make it into the AP Top 25 managed and CFP Top 25 this season.

Conference Championship weekend odds and TV schedule

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Friday, December 6th

• No. 10 Boise State (-3.5) vs. No. 20 UNLV, O/U 57.5 points | 8 p.m. | Mountain West Championship | FOX
• No. 24 Army vs. Tulane (-5.5), 45.5| AAC Championship Game | 8 p.m. | ABC
• Western Kentucky at Jacksonville State (-4.5), 58.5 | Conference USA Championship Game | 7 p.m. | CBS Sports Network

Saturday December 7th

• No. 1 Oregon (-3.5) vs. No. 3 Penn State, 50.5 | 8 p.m. | Big Ten Championship Game (Indianapolis) | CBS
• No. 2 Texas (-2.5) vs. No. 5 Georgia, 49.5 | SEC Championship Game (Atlanta) | 4 p.m. |ABC
• No. 8 SMU (-2.5) vs. No. 17 Clemson, 55.5 | ACC Championship Game (Charlotte, NC) | 8 p.m. | ABC
• No. 15 Arizona State (-1.5) vs. No. 16 Iowa State, 50.5 | 12 p.m. |Big 12 Championship Game (Arlington, Texas) | ABC
• Marshall in Louisiana (-5.5), 57.5 | 7:30 p.m. | Sun Belt Championship Game | ESPN
• Ohio vs. Miami, Ohio (-1.5), 43.5 | 12 p.m. | MAC Championship Game (Detroit, MI | ESPN

UNLV-Boise State

This is a rematch of last year’s Mountain West Championship Game in Las Vegas, when Boise State defeated UNLV 44-20. Boise State defeated UNLV 29-24 in Las Vegas this season in a thrilling, nationally televised game on Friday night. Boise State (11-1) is 7-0 in conference play, while UNLV (10-2) is 6-1.

But under second-year head coach Barry Odom, the UNLV Rebels are 6-0 on the road, including two wins over Big 12 teams Kansas and Houston.

Bob Stoll by Dr. Bob Sports provides additional matchups and advance stats for the UNLV-Boise State Mountain West Championship Game.

• Boise State defeated UNLV 29-24 in Week 9 in Las Vegas, with an interception by Rebels quarterback Hajj-Malik Williams at the end of the first half being the difference in that game as it gave the Broncos a 1-1 win. And goal at the 7-yard line with 1:34 left in the half, which was converted into 7 points. This game was balanced as Boise State had more total yards (398 to 368), but UNLV averaged more yards per play (6.6 yppl to 5.7 yppl).
• UNLV is just as good as Boise State from the line of scrimmage. UNLV’s offense was 0.7 yppl better than average in 9 games with Williams at quarterback, while Boise’s offense was 0.8 yppl above average. The Rebels’ defense is 0.5 yppl better than average, while the Broncos’ stopping unit was only 0.1 yppl better than average. Overall, that’s a 0.3 yppl lead for UNLV, but the Rebels tend to make fewer plays than their opponents because they make so many big plays.
• My mathematical model projects Boise to complete 10 more plays from the line of scrimmage and gain 437 yards at 6.25 yards per play, while UNLV is projected to gain 369 yards at 6.17 yppl. The Rebels have elite special teams to help with field position as they rank fourth nationally in net starting field position differential and overall the math favors Boise by just 1 point with a total of 58.6 points (taking expected good into account). weather). .

I’m betting that Boise State RB Jeanty had fewer than 197.5 rushing yards in their 29-24 win at UNLV in October in a game I attended in Las Vegas. The nation’s leading rusher finished the game with 128 rushing yards and a touchdown on 33 carries after being shut out by UNLV’s top-15 run defense in the first half. Now his O/U rushing yards in the Mountain West Championship game is 169.5. While he can be counted on to once again carry the load and lead Boise State to its 12th straight home win and the Mountain West title, I’m going with fewer rushing yards from the QB in a game played in frigid temperatures Broncos, Maddux Madsen, out in Boise, ID on the blue turf.

UNLV-Boise State Props

• BSU QB Maddux Madsen Passing Yards: O/U 218.5, Rushing 15.5
• UNLV QB Hajj-Malik Williams Passing Yards: O/U 183.5, Rushing 60.5
• BSU RB Ashton Jeanty Rushing Yards: O/U 169.5
• UNLV RB Jai’Den Thomas Rushing Yards: O/U 65.5
• BSU WR Cameron Camper receiving yards: O/U 59.5
• BSU WR Latrell Caples receiving yards: O/U 41.5
• BSU TE Matt Lauter receiving yards: O/U 36.5
• UNLV WR Ricky White receiving yards: O/U 83.5
• UNLV WR Jacob De Jesus receiving yards: O/U 32.5

Prop bet: Boise State QB Madsen under 15.5 rushing yards

Mountain West Awards

The Mountain West All-Conference Awards were announced this week, and Boise State Junior RB Ashton Jeanty was named Offensive Player of the Year for the second year in a row. Jeanty leads the FBS in all-purpose yards (199.17), rushing touchdowns (28), rushing yards (2,288), rushing yards per game (190.7), total points (174) and total touchdowns (29) and is second in rush yards per carry (7.33) and scoring (14.5). His 28 rushing TDs are the most in the FBS since 2017.

Asked if he thinks Friday night’s Mountain West championship game will be his last in a Boise State jersey on the iconic blue turf, Jeanty paused for a moment and then answered in just three words: “Yes, I do.” .”

The Heisman Trophy finalist will be selected as a first-round NFL pick in next April’s draft if he comes out.

UNLV senior LB Jackson Woodard was named Defensive Player of the Year. His 114 total tackles rank in the top 20 in FBS. He ranked 6th in the FBS with 17 tackles for loss.

UNLV senior WR Ricky White III He was also 1st Team All-Moutain West and Special Teams Player of the Year and led FBS with a school record four blocked punts this season.

Mountain West Freshman of the Year is a UNLV kicker Caden Chittenden, He was also 1st team All Mountain West and ranked 2nd in the FBS with his 25 made field goals.

Boise State head coach Spencer Danielson was named the Mountain West Coach of the Year, the UNLV coach Barry Odom won last season.

Boise State’s other 1st-team All-Mountain West players included TE Matt Lauter, OL Kage Casey and Ben Dooley, DL Ahmed Hassanein and Jayden Virgin-Morgan, LB Marco Notarainni and UNLV OL Tiger Shanks, DB Jalen Catalon and Punt returner Jacob De Jesus Kickoff returner Jacob De Jesus was named to the second team. UNLV quarterback Hajj-Malik Williams was also the team’s second QB after taking over as the starter in the Rebels’ fourth game of the season. Other 2nd-team all-conference players included UNLV RB Jai’Den Thomas, OL Jalen St. John, DL Antonio Doyle, DB Johnathan Baldwin and Boise State DB Seyi Oladipo and DL Braxton Fely. Both teams placed five additional players on the Honorable Mention team, including Boise State QB Maddux Madsen.

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