For the eighth-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 games played on November 26, 2016.

ACC Atlantic– Clemson

ACC Coastal– Virginia Tech

Big Ten East– Penn State

Big Ten West– Wisconsin

Big 12– Oklahoma (Who said the Big 12 Conference doesn’t have a title game?  By virtue of the Sooners win over West Virginia last night, the Oklahoma-Oklahoma State bedlam game will be a de facto conference championship game played on conference championship weekend.)

Pac-12 North– Washington

Pac-12 South– Colorado

SEC East– Florida

SEC West– Alabama

AAC East– Temple

AAC West– Navy

C-USA East– Western Kentucky

C-USA West– Louisiana Tech

MAC East– Ohio

MAC West– Western Michigan

MWC Mountain– Wyoming

MWC West– San Diego State

Sun Belt– Arkansas State (The Red Wolves lost a stunner to the Ragin’ Cajuns on Saturday but can still claim at least a co-Sun Belt Championship with a win over Texas State in the season finale.  If the Wolves do stumble, then Troy will take the championship with a win over Georgia Southern.  If both teams lose, then the outright Sun Belt title will go to App State.)