Week 12: November 24-26, 2022
All times CST and all rankings from this week's AP Poll (will update with CFP after Tuesday). Most Top 25, Big 12 (+ incoming), and other games I deemed "interesting" or "watchable + all that's on" are listed below.
The full TV schedule is available here:
Thursday, November 24:
TIME (CST) | GAME & IMPLICATIONS | NETWORK |
6:00 pm | Mississippi State @ #20 Ole Miss
No significant implications, but rumors swirling around Kiffin to Auburn or a potential Leach retirement
State 24 - Ole Miss 22 | ESPN |
Friday, November 25:
TIME (CST) | GAME & IMPLICATIONS | NETWORK |
11:00 am | Utah State @ (RV) Boise State
No significant implications; Boise already won MW Mountain and will host Championship | CBS |
11:00 am | #19 Tulane @ #21 Cincinnati
Winner will host AAC Championship and be in the driver seat for the Cotton Bowl; loser likely out of AAC and NY6 contention | ABC |
11:00 am | Baylor @ #24 Texas
UT can make the Big 12 Championship with a W + K-State L | ESPN |
2:30 pm | Arkansas @ Missouri
Missouri needs a W for bowl eligibility (would help K-State's OOC metrics) | CBS |
2:30 pm | NC State @ #18 North Carolina
No significant implications; UNC already won the ACC Coastal | ABC |
3:00 pm | Nebraska @ (RV) Iowa
Iowa to B1G Championship with a W | B1GN |
3:30 pm | #17 UCLA @ California
No significant implications | FOX |
6:30 pm | Florida @ #16 Florida State
No significant implications | ABC |
Saturday, November 26:
TIME (CST) | GAME & IMPLICATIONS | NETWORK |
11:00 am | (RV) South Carolina @ #7 Clemson
No significant implications; Clemson already won the ACC Atlantic; go Cocks! | ESPN |
11:00 am | #3 Michigan @ #2 Ohio State
Winner to B1G Championship and likely to CFP; loser likely to Rose Bowl (barring chaos) | ABC |
11:00 am | Georgia Tech @ #1 Georgia
A very unlikely GT win could unleash some rankings chaos | ESPN |
11:00 am | West Virginia @ Oklahoma State
No significant implications | ESPN2 |
2:30 pm | Auburn @ #8 Alabama
Alabama W likely sends them to the Orange Bowl | CBS |
2:30 pm | #10 Oregon @ #22 Oregon State
Oregon to P12 Championship with a W; Oregon State W unleashes some P12 chaos | ABC |
2:30 pm | Memphis @ SMU
No significant implications; SMU W gets them > .500 | ESPN2 |
2:30 pm | Purdue @ Indiana
Purdue to B1G Championship with W + Iowa L | B1GN |
3:00 pm | Iowa State @ #4 TCU
TCU effectively locks an NY6 Bowl with a W | FOX |
3:00 pm | Michigan State @ #11 Penn State
No significant implications | B1GN |
3:00 pm | #14 Utah @ Colorado
Utah in the P12 mix with a W + Oregon L + some help | P12N |
6:00 pm | #6 LSU @ Texas A&M
LSU already won the SEC West; lol if Aggie loses, but also lol if LSU loses | ESPN |
6:00 pm | #25 UCF @ USF
UCF W likely sends Knights to AAC Championship @ Cinci/Tulane winner | ESPN2 |
6:30 pm | #13 Notre Dame @ #5 USC
USC has already won the P12 South; Go Irish! | ABC |
6:30 pm | Oklahoma @ Texas Tech
No significant implications | FS1 |
6:30 pm | Tulsa @ Houston
Houston has a path to the AAC Championship, but it's convoluted and requires a W | ESPNU |
6:30 pm | #9 Tennessee @ Vanderbilt
RIP, Vols' season; Vandy needs a W to get bowl eligible | SECN |
7:00 pm | Kansas @ #15 Kansas State
K-State to Big 12 Championship with a W or at Texas L | FOX |
9:30 pm | #12 Washington @ Washington State
No significant implications | ESPN |
Note: there are some insane Pac-12 North and B1G West scenarios that I didn't include.