2014 College Football Conference Championship Weekend

2014 College Football Conference Championship Weekend

Many fans across the nation are already looking forward to the first ever College Football Playoff, but before that can happen there’s one last hurdle to finish. This weekend marks Conference Championships and the excitement starts tonight (Friday) with Northern Illinois facing Bowling Green in the MAC Championship.

Although the Big 12 has not held a Conference Championship game since 2010, there are still six FBS conferences hosting championship games this week — all of which will be played on a neutral field with the exception of the Conference USA Championship. These games include:

ACC: 12-0 Florida State (-4) vs. 10-2 Georgia Tech

Big Ten: 10-2 Wisconsin (-4.5) vs. 11-1 Ohio State

Pac-12: 10-1 Oregon (-13) vs. 10-2 Arizona

SEC: 10-1 Alabama (-14.5) vs. 10-2 Missouri

MAC: 10-2 Northern Illinois (-6.5) vs. 7-5 Bowling Green

C-USA: 11-1 Marshall (-12.5) vs. 8-4 Louisiana Tech

So who should you be backing in these marquee matchups? Take a look at some historical trends taken from our Bet Labs software:

Teams coming off a loss have gone 10-7 ATS while teams coming off a big win (21+ points) are great fade material with a 12-18 ATS record.

The over has gone 28-21 in Conference Championship games. That record leaps to 23-15 if the total is less than 63 and 10-5 is the total is 52 or less.

Looking for a big potential payout? Betting the moneyline dog in every MAC Championship game has gone just 4-5, but bettors would have earned a whopping +12.84 units. This is largely due to Miami of Ohio’s shocking 26-21 victory over Northern Illinois in 2010 — a game in which the RedHawks closed as +800 moneyline dogs.

Early on Tuesday morning, we also tweeted out the following trend concerning the Over in SEC Championship games: