College football schedule Week 12: Ohio State-Michigan State, Oregon-Utah headline slate

College football schedule Week 12 games include the Big Ten showdown between Ohio State and Michigan and a Pac-12 game between Oregon and Utah.

Week 12 is the last “normal” week of the college football season. Next week is for rivalries. So let’s dive into this week’s pre-holiday feast of games.

We’re coming down to the wire now, with surprisingly few conferences completely sowed up. The outcomes of this week’s games could have a huge impact on championship races. Let’s take a look.

College football games this week featuring AP Top 25 teams

Friday, November 19

• Memphis at No. 17 Houston — 9 p.m. ET — ESPN2
• No. 22 San Diego State at UNLV — 11:30 p.m. ET — CBSSN

Saturday, November 20

• Charleston Southern at No. 1 Georgia — 12 p.m. ET — ESPN+
• No. 7 Michigan State at No. 5 Ohio State — 12 p.m. ET — ABC
• Iowa State at No. 12 Oklahoma — 12 p.m. ET — FOX
• Prairie View A&M at No. 16 Texas A&M — 12 p.m. ET — ESPN+
• No. 13 Wake Forest at Clemson — 12 p.m. ET — ESPN
• Illinois at No. 18 Iowa — 2 p.m. ET
• Georgia Tech at No. 6 Notre Dame — 2:30 p.m. ET — NBC
• No. 21 Arkansas at No. 2 Alabama — 3:30 p.m. ET — CBS
• SMU at No. 3 Cincinnati — 3:30 p.m. ET — ESPN
• No. 8 Michigan at Maryland — 3:30 p.m. ET — BTN
• Nebraska at No. 19 Wisconsin — 3:30 p.m. ET — ABC
• Virginia at No. 20 Pittsburgh — 3:30 p.m. ET — ESPN2
• UAB at No. 15 UTSA — 3:30 p.m. ET — ESPN+
• No. 14 BYU at Georgia Southern — 4 p.m. ET — ESPN+
• No. 22 Louisiana at Liberty — 4 p.m. ET — ESPNU
• Syracuse at No. 25 NC State — 4 p.m. ET — ACCN
• No. 11 Baylor at Kansas State — 5:30 p.m. ET — FS1
• No. 4 Oregon at No. 24 Utah — 7:30 p.m. ET — ABC
• Vanderbilt at No. 10 Ole Miss — 7:30 p.m. ET — SECN
• No. 9 Oklahoma State at Texas Tech — 8 p.m. ET

Michigan State needs to beat Ohio State to stay alive in the Big Ten discussion. Oklahoma, fresh off their loss to Baylor, needs to bounce back against Iowa State to stay ahead of the fray in the Big 12. And Wake Forest can lock up the ACC Atlantic against Clemson.

Let’s also highlight the little guy. UTSA has a mammoth game against UAB this weekend. The Roadrunners need this one.

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