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The Arizona Wildcats and Arizona State Sun Devils both had coaches on hot seats when the season began. They have both done a solid job of exceeding expectations, and the winner of their “Territorial Cup” rivalry game in Week 14 will likely cement the return of their coach in 2018, while the losing coach could be getting nervous.... 

The Washington Huskies thought that they could get back to the College Football Playoff for the second straight season. Washington looked to be well on its way after starting the season 6-0, but road games against Arizona State and Stanford tripped this team up and now the best the Huskies can hope for is another PAC 12 Championship. They are in line to grab the PAC 12 North, but must best the Utah Utes this week before a pivotal showdown with in-state rival Washington State next week.This matchup in Week 12 of the regular season will take place on Saturday, November 18, 2017, at 10:30 p.m. ET at Husky Stadium in Seattle, Washington. This game will be broadcast on ESPN.... 

The Michigan State Spartans may have been blown out by Ohio State last week, but Mark Dantonio’s teams have always been known for their ability to bounce back. Michigan State still has a chance to win a share of the Big Ten East title provided Ohio State loses another game and Sparty wins out, and it will attempt to hold up its end up the bargain this week. The Spartans will take on the Maryland Terrapins at home.This matchup in Week 12 of the regular season will take place on Saturday, November 18, 2017, at 4 p.m. ET at Spartan Stadium in East Lansing, Michigan. This game will be broadcast on FOX.... 

The Oklahoma Sooners may be the favorites to win the Big 12, but the West Virginia Mountaineers are hanging around in the conference race. West Virginia needs to win out and get some help to finish atop the standings, and will aim to do its part in Week 13 by beating the Texas Longhorns.West Virginia has won five of its seven games in conference and is 7-3 overall. Texas has had another tough season with only a 5-5 record and a 4-3 record in the Big 12. While West Virginia has the superior record and the home field advantage, the spread is not very large as the oddsmakers believe this could be a competitive showdown.... 

The Tennessee Volunteers are in a brutal slump, and are hoping a new coach can help bail them out of it. Butch Jones was fired after the team’s most recent game and Brady Hoke has been installed as the interim coach. He hopes to give the team a spark and perhaps some schematic wrinkles in a matchup against the LSU Tigers in Week 13 of the regular season.Tennessee is a heavy underdog despite playing at home as the Vols are winless in SEC play thus far in 2017. LSU is out of the College Football Playoff race but is a solid 7-3 on the season and is hoping to put this one away early to get its eighth win. If the Tigers can establish the run they shouldn’t have much trouble coming away with this victory.... 

The Central Florida Knights are one of the few undefeated teams remaining in college football, but their poor strength of schedule may keep them out of the College Football Playoff. UCF can’t do much about that now, and all it must concentrate on is continuing to rack up the wins. Central Florida will aim to move to 10-0 when it faces off against the Temple Owls in Week 13 of the NCAA football slate. Temple is 5-5 overall and .500 in the conference as well. The Owls are at home and that is an advantage but they will still be the underdogs against their nationally ranked foe. UCF wants to win and win in style as it hopes to somehow sneak into the national semifinals despite playing in a smaller conference. ... 

The U is back baby! The Miami Hurricanes are the hottest team in college football right now and shot up to the No. 3 spot in the latest College Football Playoff rankings as a result of their win over Notre Dame last week. Miami is now in line for the No. 2 overall spot if it wins out and Hard Rock Stadium should be a sight to see with thousands of turnover chains shining in the bright Florida sun this weekend. Now, the goal is to avoid a letdown with so much at stake when the Virginia Cavaliers come to town this weekend.This matchup in Week 12 of the regular season will take place on Saturday, November 18, 2017, at 12 p.m. ET at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami, Florida. This game will be broadcast on ABC.... 

The Wisconsin Badgers can finally get some respect this week. Wisconsin played its first ranked opponent last week when it took on the Iowa Hawkeyes, dismantling Kirk Ferentz’s squad 38-14. The win moved Wisconsin up three spots to No. 5 in the latest College Football Playoff rankings and gives the Badgers a chance to crack the top four with a win this week. The Michigan Wolverines will be the best team they have faced this season.This matchup in Week 12 of the regular season will take place on Saturday, November 18, 2017, at 12 p.m. ET at Camp Randall Stadium in Madison, Wisconsin. This game will be broadcast on FOX.... 

Wisconsin got their first real test of the year when they faced the Iowa Hawkeyes and they passed it with flying colors, pulling away to an impressive 38-14 win. The Badgers improved to 10-0 on the year and clinched the Big Ten West in the process. Things don’t get any easier for Wisconsin with a home game on the slate this week against a tough Michigan team.Around the league in Week 11, the Buckeyes crushed Michigan State, 48-3, handing Spartans coach, Mark Dantonio his worst loss of his career. Ohio State is now in the driver’s seat to win the Big Ten East.... 

Everyone is back on the Ohio State Buckeyes bandwagon. Just one week after Ohio State got pantsed by Iowa on national television, the Buckeyes took out all of their anger and frustration on Michigan State in a 48-3 blowout. Ohio State is still in control of its destiny and is the favorite to win the Big Ten at this point despite having two losses. No one is expecting the Illinois Fighting Illini to put up much of a fight against the Buckeyes this week.This matchup in Week 12 of the regular season will take place on Saturday, November 18, 2017, at 3:30 p.m. ET at Ohio Stadium in Columbus, Ohio. This game will be broadcast on ABC.... 

Mike Riley is as good as gone. The Nebraska Cornhuskers coach is probably going to post his second losing season in three years in Lincoln and with the AD that hired him gone, his days as the head coach of Nebraska are numbered. New AD Bill Moos has not even given him a vote of confidence, only saying that Riley “deserved to finish the season”. Even with wins this week against the Penn State Nittany Lions and next week against the Iowa Hawkeyes, the Cornhuskers would only be 6-6 and that would still spell the end of his tenure.This matchup in Week 12 of the regular season will take place on Saturday, November 18, 2017, at 4 p.m. ET at Beaver Stadium in University Park, Pennsylvania. This game will be broadcast on FOX Sports 1.... 

Although the TCU Horned Frogs dropped their game against Oklahoma last week, all is not lost for Gary Patterson’s bunch. Because of wins over Oklahoma State and West Virginia, the Horned Frogs have tiebreakers over both teams and would make the Big 12 Championship Game if they happened to win out. Their next opponent, the Texas Tech Red Raiders, have just two wins in conference, but oddsmakers think the Red Raiders have a decent shot to knock off TCU.This matchup in Week 12 of the regular season will take place on Saturday, November 18, 2017, at 12 p.m. ET at Jones AT&T Stadium in Lubbock, Texas. This game will be broadcast on FOX Sports 1.... 

The Northern Illinois Huskies are still in the hunt for the MAC West title. Although they lost to Toledo two weeks ago, the Rockets loss to Ohio last week opens the door for the Huskies. It won’t be an easy path as they have to beat both Central Michigan and this week’s opponent, the Western Michigan Broncos. Western Michigan was going to have a letdown after last year’s undefeated campaign coupled with PJ Fleck heading to the Big Ten, but is bowl eligible and played both USC and Michigan State tough in road games.Watch this regular season Week 12 matchup live on Wednesday, November 15, 2017, at 7 p.m. ET at Huskie Stadium in DeKalb, Illinois. This game will be broadcast on ESPN2.... 

It’s been a disappointing season for both the UNLV Rebels and the New Mexico Lobos. Both schools came into the season thinking that they could make a bowl, but that’s only a possibility for 4-6 UNLV at this point. However, the Rebels have to win two straight road games in order to get to 6-6, starting with the Lobos. As for New Mexico, this has been a massively disappointing season after the school went 9-4 in 2016.Watch this regular season Week 12 matchup live on Friday, November 17, 2017, at 9:30 p.m. ET at Dreamstyle Stadium in Albuquerque, New Mexico. This game will be broadcast on ESPN2.... 

With all the attention given to their in-state rival, it’s easy to forget the South Florida Bulls still control their own destiny when it comes to winning the AAC and grabbing the Group of Five spot in the College Football Playoff. South Florida is 8-1 and if it beats UCF on Thanksgiving weekend, it will win the AAC East. First things first for the Bulls though, they must take care of business against the 2-8 Tulsa Golden Hurricane at home on Thursday night.Watch this regular season Week 12 matc... 

Poor Kansas. The Kansas Jayhawks have just one FBS win in the past three seasons and are set to get steamrolled again on Saturday. Kansas will be facing an Oklahoma Sooners team that knows it needs to win and win big in its last two games in order to feel confident about a spot in the College Football Playoff. The Jayhawks have yet to stay within 10 points of any FBS opponent yet this season and know that they will likely extend that streak here. With so much going against Kansas and basketball season underway, you have to wonder how many fans will even bother showing up for this one.Watch this regular season Week 12 matchup live on Saturday, November 18, 2017, at 3:30 p.m. ET at Memorial Stadium in Lawrence, Kansas. This game will be broadcast on ESPN.... 

It was a tough weekend for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish, who suffered their second loss of the season to Miami and most likely slipped out of College Football Playoff contention. The Fighting Irish are now 8-2 heading into a matchup against the Navy Midshipmen in Week 12 of the regular season.The Midshipmen come in at 6-3 and are facing their second ranked opponent of the season after falling to UCF a few weeks ago. Navy righted the ship last week against SMU after losing three in a row, but will likely be big underdogs again this week.... 

The Georgia Bulldogs lost their No. 1 ranking almost as quick as they had it. Georgia was trounced by Auburn in the Oldest Rivalry in the Deep South last week and saw its chances of making the College Football Playoff take a severe hit as a result. The Bulldogs cannot afford a slip up the rest of the way with a schedule that looks much weaker after Notre Dame was pummeled by Miami. That means there is no margin for error when they face the Kentucky Wildcats this Saturday and they may even need to add some style points.Watch this regular season Week 12 matchup live on Saturday, November 18, 2017, at 3:30 p.m. ET at Sanford Stadium in Athens, Georgia. This game will be broadcast on CBS.... 

The Ohio Bobcats can clinch their fifth MAC East title in the last 12 seasons this Tuesday night with a win over the Akron Zips. Akron is the only other team in the MAC East with a winning record and the only team left that can keep Ohio from playing at Ford Field on December 2. Ohio has yet to win a MAC Championship in this era despite making it here four times, but this might be the best team we have seen yet from Frank Solich during his time in Athens.... 

An impressive three-game stretch for the LSU Tigers was halted last time out when they fell to Alabama. LSU is 6-3 on the season and out of the College Football Playoff conversation but hopes to play well down the stretch to get selected to a prestigious bowl game. The Tigers shouldn’t have much trouble in Week 11 when they host the Arkansas Razorbacks.Arkansas played pretty well in its non-conference slate but has struggled in SEC action. This is a tough matchup in a hostile environment and the Razorbacks’ defense must be much better than it has shown this season in order to have a chance at keeping this matchup within striking distance.... 

The UCF Golden Knights are zeroed in on the Group of Five automatic bid. UCF is the only undefeated mid-major left in the country and knows that the spot is there as long as they win out. The Connecticut Huskies have had an up and down season. Randy Edsall’s return has brought some excitement back to the program, but this team has been pasted a lot this year. Oddsmakers are expecting more of the same as this is the largest spread of the week.This matchup in Week 11 of the regular season will tak... 

The Florida Gators have fallen apart after a 3-1 start, losing four straight games heading into their road matchup in Week 11 against SEC foe the South Carolina Gamecocks. The Gators were expected to be one of the better teams in the country in 2017 and instead are in danger of missing a bowl game entirely.It’s been a quick fall and it remains to be seen if Florida can turn it around or will just mail it in the rest of the way. The Gamecocks have won three of their past four games but are getting outgained by about 50 yards per game this year so this isn’t a slam dunk that they win this game.... 

The Penn State Nittany Lions have seen their College Football Playoff hopes get dashed with consecutive losses to Ohio State and Michigan State the past two weeks. They will try to right the ship next time out and shouldn’t have much trouble against a struggling Rutgers Scarlet Knights squad.The outcome isn’t in much doubt in this one, but the spread is so large that it remains to be seen if Penn State will be able to cover. Rutgers is 3-3 in the Big Ten but has not been competitive against the better teams in the conference, and Penn State is definitely one of those.... 

The USC Trojans seem to do this every year. USC came into the season highly ranked and were favored to win the PAC 12 after how it closed out last year. However, the Trojans struggled at the start of the year and the only team they were able to decisively beat was Stanford. Eventually, the school collapsed in a 35-point loss to Notre Dame and everyone wrote off the Trojans. Of course, USC responded by scoring a combined 97 points on the Arizona schools as a short favorite the last two weeks and can now clinch the PAC 12 South with a win over the Colorado Buffaloes on Saturday.This matchup in Week 11 of the regular season will take place on Saturday, November 11, 2017, at 4 p.m. ET at Folsom Field in Boulder, Colorado. This game will be broadcast on FOX.... 

For years, the Florida State Seminoles dominated the ACC. From 1992 to 2003, FSU won 11 ACC championships and looked like it was starting another run after winning three straight titles from 2012 to 2014. However, it’s the Clemson Tigers that have instead dominated the conference. Clemson has made it to the national title game the last two seasons and won its first national championship in 35 years last season. In that run, the Tigers have knocked off the Seminoles twice and Dabo Swinney’s team is looking to make it three straight.This matchup in Week 11 of the regular season will take place on Saturday, November 11, 2017, at 3:30 p.m. ET at Memorial Stadium in Clemson, South Carolina. This game will be broadcast on ESPN....