Jake Dickert questions need for conferences with elimination of conference championship games
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The College Football Playoff, with its expansion to 24 teams, has wiped out conference championship games. Fans are much more sad about it than administrators (shocking, we know). To one head coach, though, the move may be a precursor for the elimination of conferences altogether.
On Monday evening, Wake Forest’s Jake Dickert wondered what the purpose of a conference would be moving forward if not to dictate a champion in some form or fashion.
“To not say we’re going to have conference champions, why do we have conferences?” Dickert asked. “I know there’s a lot of things that go into all that. It just feels odd.”
Dickert understands why the conference championship games are being eliminated, but that doesn’t mean he’s a fan of it.
“I don’t like it, personally, right now… but at the end of the day, you can see why,” Dickert said. “It can be an elimination game… it can benefit a team like us. It can hurt a team like us… you can play all sides of the coin.”
Wake Forest (8-1, 5-1 ACC) represents the ACC’s best chance at a second bid to the 2026 CFP. The Demon Deacons face SMU on Saturday at noon ET (ESPN).
