College Football 2025 Week 12 Preview: The Best-Laid Plans

Three weeks of the regular season remain, with so many questions still without answers and so much to fight for. Some teams look to lock up a playoff berth, some hope to secure bowl eligibility, and a desperate few just want to play spoiler for their biggest rivals. Conferences like the ACC somehow got even more chaotic after a string of upsets, and the SEC could get six teams in the playoff (much to the chagrin of everyone else). So much to watch, so much to see, and the only way out is through. Let’s do this!

Top 25 Matchups

Rankings are from CFP Poll

Friday 11/14:

  • Clemson @ #20 Louisville, ESPN
  • Minnesota @ #8 Oregon, FOX

Saturday 11/15:

12:00-3:00PM

  • #24 South Florida @ Navy, ESPN2
  • Arizona @ #25 Cincinnati, FS1
  • Wisconsin @ #2 Indiana, BTN
  • # 9 Notre Dame @ #22 Pittsburgh, ABC
  • South Carolina @ #3 Texas A&M, ESPN
  • #18 Michigan @ Northwestern, FOX


3:30 – 6:30PM

  • #21 Iowa @ #17 USC, BTN
  • #19 Virginia @ Duke, ESPN2
  • #16 Georgia Tech @ Boston College, ACCN
  • NC State @ #15 Miami, ESPN
  • UCF @ #6 Texas Tech, FOX


7:00-10:30PM

  • Florida @ #7 Ole Miss, ESPN
  • #10 Texas @ #5 Georgia, ABC
  • TCU @ #12 BYU, ESPN
  • #13 Utah @ Baylor, ESPN2

Most Interesting Matchups

Notre Dame @ Pittsburgh: Don’t look now, but the Panthers have an inside track to make the ACC Championship Game. This matchup against the Irish won’t matter for that, but Notre Dame wants to avoid any further setbacks as they to return to the CFP.

South Florida @ Navy: The Memphis loss to Tulane last week has thrown both the AAC race and race for the Group of Five playoff spot into flux. Both the Bulls and the Midshipmen could take full advantage of this chaos with a win this weekend.

Oklahoma @ Alabama: The Sooners have outperformed expectations for most of this season, and will look to replicate last year’s upset against the Crimson Tide. Alabama has looked stronger every week and needs this win to keep pace with the upstart Texas A&M atop the SEC.

Texas @ Georgia: Arch Manning has finally arrived for the Longhorns, but will it be enough to take down the Bulldogs in Athens? A primetime loss may push Texas out of the playoff picture, and a loss from either team may also eliminate them from the SEC Championship race.

Kennesaw State @ Jacksonville State: The Owls and Gamecocks may be new to the FBS ranks, but both are undefeated in Conference USA play and could very well meet again during the first weekend of December.

FCS Game of the Week

Lamar @ Stephen F. Austin, 7PM 11/14, ESPN+

A Texas-on-Texas matchup this week, as the Cardinals and Lumberjacks clash in Nacogdoches (yes, that is the real town name). The winner of this game takes full control of the Southland Conference and an inside track to an automatic FCS playoff berth.

Selected Pick ATS

Last Week: 1-4 Season: 22-36 (I don’t know why I try anymore)

  • Notre Dame @ Pittsburgh (+11.5)
  • South Florida (-10.5) @ Navy
  • Oklahoma @ Alabama (-6.5)
  • Texas @ Georgia (-6.5)
  • Kennesaw State @ Jacksonville State (+3.5)

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