We’ve hit the home stretch of the 2024 college football regular season.
There are just three weeks to go before conference championship week in the first week of December. Week 12 isn’t the most loaded slate, but it does feature two games between ranked opponents and games all over the country that have implications in conference title races.
Here’s what we’re watching closest in Week 13. (Scroll down to follow the action live.)
Time: Noon ET | TV: Fox | Line: Colorado -11.5 | Total: 46.5
The Buffs’ path to the playoff is clear. Colorado will get a first-round bye in the College Football Playoff if it wins its final four games. Its defense should be up to the task of slowing down the depleted Utah offense. Though Shedeur Sanders and Travis Hunter get a lot of Colorado’s headlines, their defensive improvement is the biggest reason why they are in Big 12 contention.
No. 23 Missouri at No. 21 South Carolina
Time: 4:15 p.m. ET | TV: SEC Network | Line: South Carolina -12.5 | Total: 44.5
Missouri QB Brady Cook is listed as doubtful for Saturday’s game and Drew Pyne is his replacement if he can’t go. South Carolina has won three straight games after its two-point loss to Alabama. Gamecocks QB LaNorris Sellers has accounted for five TDs and nearly 500 passing yards over the last two games and hasn’t thrown an interception.
No. 1 Oregon at Wisconsin
Time: 7:30 p.m. ET | TV: NBC | Line: Oregon -14 | Total: 52.5
Is this the toughest game remaining on the Ducks’ regular-season schedule? We won’t get into tiebreakers here, but if Oregon wins Saturday night it will likely play the winner of next week’s game between Indiana and Ohio State in the Big Ten title game. Wisconsin enters the game on a two-game losing streak.
No. 7 Tennessee at No. 12 Georgia
Time: 7:30 p.m. ET | TV: ABC | Line: Georgia -10.5 | Total: 48.5
Vols QB Nico Iamaleava is reportedly set to play after going through the concussion protocol earlier in the week. Georgia is out of the College Football Playoff mix with a loss; the Vols’ visit on Saturday night gave the committee an easy out with its placement of the Bulldogs on Tuesday.
Kansas at No. 6 BYU
Time: 10:15 p.m. ET | TV: ESPN | Line: BYU -3 | Total: 56.5
Your eyes aren’t fooling you. The undefeated top-10 BYU Cougars are favored by just a field goal at home against a team that has a losing record. Overall, four of BYU’s nine wins have come by a single possession and Kansas just took down Iowa State in Week 11.
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Touchdown Ohio State
The Buckeyes take the lead for the first time in the game on another short TD run by Quinshon Judkins.
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Touchdown Clemson
The Tigers take the lead again on another pass from Cade Klubnik to Antonio Williams — this one is for a 28-yard touchdown.
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Ohio State ties it up with Northwestern
The Buckeyes have leveled things in their Big Ten tilt against Northwestern on a short run by Quinshon Judkins.
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Interception Colorado!
Who other than Travis Hunter comes down with the interception for the Buffs. Utah QB Isaac Wilson threw a rainbow and it was tipped right into the hands of the Heisman frontrunner for the pick.
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Touchdown Colorado
The Buffs add another first quarter score on special teams as LaJohntay Wester returns a punt 76 yards for a TD.
Colorado 14, Utah 3
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Touchdown Pitt!
The Panthers respond in kind with a touchdown drive of their own. Daniel Carter pushed his way into the end zone for a short score, but Desmond Reid did most of the work on the drive with a 43-yard run.
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Touchdown Colorado!
The Buffs respond right away with a touchdown drive capped off by a 40-yard pass from Shedeur Sanders to Antonio Williams.
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Touchdown Clemson
The Tigers are on the board first in Pittsburgh after Cade Klubnik found Antonio Williams in the end zone.
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Touchdown Texas!
The Longhorns take advantage of the turnover and score the first points of the game as Quinn Ewers finds Matthew Golden wide-open for a touchdown.
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Interception Texas!
The Longhorns are getting off on the right foot in Fayetteville. Jahdae Barron just picked off Taylen Green to get Texas the ball back with great field position.
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Utah settles for FG
The Utes aren’t able to do much with the ball after the turnover and settle for a short field goal to take the lead.
Utah 3, Colorado 0
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Interception Utah!
On the first play of the game, Utah’s Lander Barton falls back into coverage and picks off Shedeur Sanders before returning it to the edge of the red zone.
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Shedeur Sanders and the Buffs will start with the ball in Boulder.
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We are underway with our first wave of games!
We’ll mostly be focusing in on Utah-Colorado and Texas-Arkansas in this opening window, but we’ll also drop in highlights from around the country.
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What to watch: Week 12 college football viewing guide
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Reports: UT’s Nico Iamaleava to play; Georgia’s Trevor Etienne out for SEC clash
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Hobbled Dawgs, surging Vols: What’s at stake in the biggest game of the weekend
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After brutal early loss, Notre Dame is right back in CFP picture thanks to its ‘men in the arena’
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SMU’s path to the CFP is clear … and clearly ironic
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