American Football
- NCAA Division I FBS (BCS standings in brackets):
- Conference championship games:
- C-USA Championship Game in Tulsa, Oklahoma: Tulsa 33, UCF 27 (OT).
- SEC Championship Game in Atlanta, Georgia: Alabama 32, Georgia 28.
- Alabama advances to the BCS National Championship Game against Notre Dame.
- ACC Championship Game in Charlotte, North Carolina: Florida State 21, Georgia Tech 15.
- Big Ten Championship Game in Indianapolis, Indiana: Wisconsin 70, Nebraska 31.
- Other games:
- In Fort Worth, Texas: Oklahoma 24, TCU 17.
- In Manhattan, Kansas: Kansas State 42, Texas 24.
- Oklahoma and Kansas State claim a share of the Big 12 championship, with Kansas State winning the tiebreaker for the BCS berth.
- In East Hartford, Connecticut: Cincinnati 34, Connecticut 17.
- Cincinnati shares the Big East title with Louisville, Rutgers and Syracuse.
- In Reno, Nevada: Boise State 27, Nevada 21.
- Boise State shares the MWC title with Fresno State and San Diego State.
- In Jonesboro, Arkansas: Arkansas State 45, Middle Tennessee 0.
- Arkansas State wins the Sun Belt championship for the second consecutive year.
- Conference championship games:
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