The College Football Playoff race featured a lot of movement last week, and more big games are coming up this week. The big one is Georgia hosting Tennessee with the Bulldogs’ backs against the wall. Will Georgia add Tennessee to the significant list of SEC contenders with two losses?
Georgia is in a spot where it hasn’t been in a while. With two losses and ranked No. 12, the Bulldogs are outside the playoff picture as of now. Of course, a win on Saturday would likely change that, but that’s where Georgia stands after the dominant 28-10 Ole Miss win on Saturday.
Has the betting market lost any confidence in Georgia? Not exactly. The Bulldogs are favored by 9.5 points at home against the Volunteers this week.
No. 1 Oregon goes on the road, making the perilous trip across two time zones to take on Wisconsin. The Ducks aren’t expected to face too much trouble, though. They are favored by two touchdowns.
No. 3 Texas takes on neighboring Arkansas to renew an old Southwest Conference rivalry. The Longhorns are favored by nearly two touchdowns.
In one of the more interesting spreads of the week, undefeated No. 6 BYU is favored by just a field goal at home against 3-6 Kansas. BYU hasn’t exactly been racking up style points this season, with four one-score wins. Meanwhile, Kansas is coming off a dominant win against Iowa State and has five one-score losses. These teams are closer than their records indicate, but a three-point spread is still jarring.
Four teams in the AP Top 25 rankings are on bye this week: No. 5 Indiana, No. 9 Miami, No. 11 Ole Miss and No. 24 Army.
Here are the odds and schedule for every game featuring an AP Top 25 team, plus a few other notable games in Week 12.
Odds update live and are from BetMGM. All games listed are on Saturday, and kickoff times are Eastern. Rankings are from the College Football Rankings. For information on streaming, click here.
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No. 2 Ohio State at Northwestern — Noon on Big Ten Network
At Wrigley Field in Chicago
No. 3 Texas at Arkansas — Noon on ABC
No. 20 Clemson at Pitt — Noon on ESPN
Utah at No. 17 Colorado — Noon on Fox
No. 25 Tulane at Navy — Noon on ESPN2
Mercer at No. 10 Alabama — 2 p.m. on ESPN+
Odds not posted yet because Mercer is an FCS team.
Syracuse at Cal — 3 p.m. on The CW
No. 4 Penn State at Purdue — 3:30 p.m. on CBS
Virginia at No. 8 Notre Dame — 3:30 p.m. on NBC
Boston College at No. 14 SMU — 3:30 p.m. on ESPN
No. 22 LSU at Florida — 3:30 p.m. on ABC
No. 19 Louisville at Stanford — 3:30 p.m. on ACC Network
Nebraska at USC — 4 p.m. on Fox
Baylor at West Virginia — 4 p.m. on ESPN2
No. 23 Missouri at No. 21 South Carolina — 4:15 p.m. on SEC Network
No. 13 Boise State at San Jose State — 7 p.m. on CBS Sports Network
Arizona State at No. 16 Kansas State — 7 p.m. on ESPN
No. 1 Oregon at Wisconsin — 7:30 p.m. on NBC
No. 7 Tennessee at No. 11 Georgia — 7:30 p.m. on ABC
New Mexico State at No. 15 Texas A&M — 7:45 p.m. on SEC Network
Cincinnati at Iowa State — 8 p.m. on Fox
No. 18 Washington State at New Mexico — 9:30 p.m. on FS1
Kansas at No. 6 BYU — 10:15 p.m. on ESPN
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