For the seventh-straight year, I will be publishing weekly November columns analyzing the conference championship races.  Like my bowl bubble watch, there is not really a column like this on any other mainstream college football site.  Bold teams have already clinched their division or conference.  Italicized teams are my predicted champions of their respective conferences/divisions at this point in time.  This list is updated through all week 13 games.

ACC Atlantic– Clemson (My surprise preseason playoff pick is turning out very well.)

ACC Coastal– North Carolina

Big Ten East- Michigan State 

Big Ten West– Iowa (The Hawkeyes are the surprise Big Ten West Champs.)

Big 12- Oklahoma (In the preseason, everyone was picking Baylor or TCU to claim this conference but I had the Sooners! Don’t believe me, here’s the proof: https://sportsentiment.com/2015/08/19/brads-2015-college-football-preview-big-12-predictions/ )

Pac-12 North– Stanford

Pac-12 South– Southern California

SEC East- Florida

SEC West- Alabama

AAC East- Temple

AAC West- Houston

C-USA East– Western Kentucky

C-USA West– Southern Miss

MAC East– Bowling Green

MAC West– Northern Illinois

MWC Mountain– Air Force

MWC West– San Diego State

Sun Belt– Arkansas State (The Red Wolves stand alone in first place in the Sun Belt with a very winnable game left against lowly Texas State. Should the Red Wolves somehow stumble, Appalachian State and Georgia Southern are waiting in the wings only a game back.)