conference champion
League title holder
A conference champion is the team that wins a sports league's divisional or regional grouping, typically by finishing with the best record or winning a playoff.
In American football and basketball, conference championships are stepping stones to national titles: The conference champion advances to the College Football Playoff.
Professional leagues crown conference champions before the championship round: The NFC conference champion faces the AFC champion in the Super Bowl.
- titleFormal honorific or name
- trophyAward for winning
- winnerOne who prevails
- playoffsChampionship elimination series
- bannerDisplayed strip with message
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- College BasketballNCAA, March Madness, bracket, Final Four, Elite Eight
- sports rankingsworld number one, top seed, MVP, all-star, first team
- Rose BowlRose Parade, Tournament of Roses, Pasadena, granddaddy, bowl game
- tournament bracketsbracket, seed, seedings, second seed, top seed
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Unsuccessful competitor
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Countrywide competition victor
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