the national championship game is going to be held at mercedes - benz stadium.
the national championship game is going to be held at mercedes - benz stadium.
where is the national championship game going to be held?
mercedes - benz stadium
the 2009 sec championship game was played on december 5, 2009, in the georgia dome in atlanta, georgia, to determine the 2009 football champion of the southeastern conference (sec). the game featured the florida gators and the alabama crimson tide. the crimson tide was the designated "home team"; this home team, chosen on an alternating basis, was 2–4 in sec championship games. the winner was all but assured to go on to play for a national championship, in a likely matchup with the texas longhorns provided texas won in the big 12 championship game versus the north division champion nebraska cornhuskers. entering the 2009 contest, the sec east was 11–6 in sec championship games, with the florida gators accounting for seven of the eleven victories. before the 2009 game, alabama represented the sec west six times in the conference championship game, compiling a 2–4 record, and had faced the gators in all six of their previous sec championship game appearances. this was the first and so far the only time any conference championship game had featured two undefeated teams and was also the first time an ap poll no. 1 played a no. 2 outside of the bcs championship game since the top-ranked ohio state beat the second-ranked michigan during the 2006 regular season.
2009 sec championship game
the fbs season begins in late august or early september and ends in january with the college football playoff national championship game. most fbs teams play 12 regular season games per year, with eight or nine of those games coming against conference opponents. as of the 2018 season, all conferences will hold a conference championship game; the big 12 reinstated its championship game in 2017, and the sun belt will hold its first championship game in 2018. between conference games, non-conference games, a conference championship game, and one bowl game, a top fbs team could play 14 games in a season. a team that plays in the national championship game could play up to 15 games, as any team playing in the national championship must first win a playoff semifinal bowl game. the hawaii rainbow warriors and teams that play at hawaii get a special exemption and are allowed to play a thirteenth regular season game in order to defray travel costs, so an fbs team that plays 13 regular season games, a conference championship game, a semifinal bowl game, and in the national championship game could theoretically play 16 games in a season.
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