College Football Title Games: Alabama vs. Florida, Notre Dame vs. View Clemson and more without cable

The college football selection committee will have a tougher job this year than in the past because – you guessed it – the coronavirus. The pandemic has forced conferences to play shortened slates and teams to cancel games, ditching the usual calculus used to determine the four teams in the college football playoffs for the national championship.

The Big Ten and Pac 12 didn’t start their seasons until October or November and have had multiple COVID-19 outbreaks. For example, Powerhouse Ohio State has only played five games this year after three cancellations. In the Pac 1

2, Washington had to bow to the championship game after a recent breakout, so USC is now playing Oregon for the conference title. The fiercely independent Notre Dame joined the ACC this season and will face Clemson, who defeated it earlier this year when Clemson was starless quarterback Trevor Lawrence, in the title game. Meanwhile, the SEC plowed ahead with the season, and Alabama and Florida were able to play 10 games each.

Here’s what you need to know about how to stream the conference’s title games on Friday and Saturday on ABC, CBS and Fox and the College Football Playoff squad show on Sunday on ESPN.

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Power 5 match schedule for the conference title

The four playoff teams will almost certainly come from a Power 5 conference – Big Ten, Big 12, SEC, Pac 12 and ACC – much to the chagrin of two undefeated schools from smaller conferences, Cincinnati in the AAC and Coastal Carolina in the Sun Belt.

Here is the schedule of the title games from the Power 5 conference:

• Pac 12: Oregon vs. (13) USC, Friday, 8:00 PM ET on Fox
• Big Ten: (14) Northwestern vs. (4) Ohio State, Saturday, 12 p.m. ET on Fox
• Big 12: (10) Oklahoma vs. (6) Iowa State, Saturday, 12 p.m. ET on ABC
• ACC: (3) Clemson vs. (2) Notre Dame, Saturday, 4 p.m. ET on ABC
• SEC: (1) Alabama vs. (7) Florida, Saturday, 8:00 PM ET on CBS

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The current College Football Playoff ranking is as follows:

1. Alabama 10-0
2. Notre Dame 10-0
3. Clemson 9-1
4. State of Ohio 5-0
5. Texas A&M 7-1
6. Iowa State 8-2
7. Florida 8-2
8. Georgia 7-2
9. Cincinnati 8-0
10. Oklahoma 7-2
11. Indians 6-1
12. Coastal Carolina 11-0
13. USC 5-0
14. Northwest 6-1

Alabama has likely secured a spot whether it beats Florida or not in Saturday’s SEC title game. If Florida wins, it has a chance of sneaking into the playoffs despite two losses in the year. The winner of Notre Dame and Clemson gets in, and Notre Dame can still enter with a loss. Ohio State is a big favorite against Northwestern, and the Buckeyes will almost certainly come in with a win. If the Buckeyes lose, it will open the door for Texas A&M, Iowa State or Cincinnati to take the final playoff spot.

Live streaming options for college football

You can stream the conference title games, without cable, on any live TV streaming service that ABC, CBS and Fox offers, but channel lineups vary by service. Sling TV doesn’t offer ABC or CBS, and not every service has every local area network, so check them all using the links below to make sure it carries the local networks in your area.

You can also use CBS All Access to stream the SEC title game live. CBS’s streaming service costs $ 6 a month with commercial breaks or $ 10 without commercials. For the Big 12 and ACC title games you can live stream on ABC.com or the ABC app, and for the Pac 12 and Big Ten title games you can live stream on Fox Sports Go or the Fox Sports Go app, but in either case you need to authorize through a pay TV subscription, which includes a live TV streaming service.

If you live in an area with good reception, you can get free football games on broadcast channels just by attaching an affordable (less than $ 30) indoor antenna to almost any TV.

Selection show streaming

After the games come to an end on Saturday, the 14-member selection committee begins to debate who will get in and who will be left out. The decision of the committee will be announced on Sunday afternoon. The selection show starts at 12 p.m. ET on ESPN, and each of the five live TV streaming services carries the channel. You can also live stream on WatchESPN or the WatchESPN app if you have a pay TV subscription.

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