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College football picks: Numbers show more sweeps than splits when teams meet twice in same season
- Rematches in the same season have produced more sweeps (45) than splits (37) since 2000, per Sportradar.
- Six of the nine Bowl Subdivision conference championship rematches are rematches from the regular season.
- Teams that won the regular-season meeting in these rematches often win again, contributing to the sweep trend.
- The rematch games listed include BYU–Texas Tech and Georgia–Alabama among others.
- AP college football analyst Eric Olson provides a week-by-week projection for Top 25 matchups and spreads.
- Indiana vs. Ohio State is highlighted as a marquee Big Ten title game with Heisman-front runners mentioned.
- Georgia–Alabama rematch is pivotal for playoff positioning, with Georgia chasing a top-four seed.
- The piece includes a predictions scorecard citing last week’s and season records.
- The article provides links to AP Top 25 college football poll updates and alerts.
- The rematch trend is framed as a test of coaching and execution in high-stakes championship games.
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