College Football - Week 12 (Nov. 18)

[Andy]

Top 25 games

(1) Georgia at (18) Tennessee (3:30 pm, CBS)

Minnesota at (2) Ohio State (4 pm, BTN) 

(3) Michigan at Maryland (12 pm, FOX)

North Alabama at (4) Florida State (6:30 pm, CW)

(5) Washington at (11) Oregon State (7:30 pm, ABC)

(6) Oregon at Arizona State (4 pm, FOX) 

(7) Texas at Iowa State (8 pm, FOX)

Chattanooga at (8) Alabama (12 pm, ESPN+)

Florida at (9) Missouri (7:30 pm, ESPN) 

(10) Louisville at Miami (12 pm, ABC) 

Rutgers at (12) Penn State (12 pm, FS1)

UL Monroe at (13) Ole Miss (12 pm, SEC Network)

(14) Oklahoma at BYU (12 pm, ESPN) 

Georgia State at (15) LSU (8 pm, ESPN2) 

Illinois at (16) Iowa (3:30 pm, FS1) 

(22) Utah at (17) Arizona (2:30 pm, Pac-12 Network)

Appalachian State at (18*) James Madison (2 pm, ESPN+) 

Wake Forest at (19) Notre Dame (3:30 pm, NBC)

(20) North Carolina at Clemson (3:30 pm, ESPN)

(21) Kansas State at (25) Kansas (7 pm, FS1) 

(23) Oklahoma State at Houston (4 pm, ESPN2)  

Florida Atlantic at (24) Tulane (12 pm, ESPN+)

 

* AP ranking, ineligible for CFP rankings

 

Other nationally available games
Tuesday

Toledo at Bowling Green (7 pm, ESPN2)

Western Michigan at Northern Illinois (7 pm, ESPNU)

Akron at Eastern Michigan (7 pm, CBSSN)

 

Wednesday

Buffalo at Miami (OH) (7 pm, ESPN2)

Central Michigan at Ohio (7 pm, ESPNU)

 

Thursday

Boston College at Pittsburgh (7:30 pm, ESPN)

Friday

South Florida at UTSA (9 pm, ESPN2)

Colorado at Washington State (10:30 pm, FS1)

Saturday TV

SMU at Memphis (12 pm, ESPN2)

Michigan State at Indiana (12 pm, BTN - Regional) 

Purdue at Northwestern (12 pm, BTN - Regional) 

East Carolina at Navy (12 pm, ESPNEWS)

Coastal Carolina at Army (12 pm, CBSSN)

Duke at Virginia (3 pm, CW)

UCLA at USC (3:30 pm, ABC) 

NC State at Virginia Tech (3:30 pm, ACC Network)

UL Lafayette at Troy (3:30 pm, NFL Network)

UNLV at Air Force (3:30 pm, CBSSN)

New Mexico State at Auburn (4 pm, SEC Network)

UCF at Texas Tech (5 pm, FS2)

California at Stanford (6:30 pm, Pac-12 Network)

Nebraska at Wisconsin (7:30 pm, NBC)

FIU at Arkansas (7:30 pm, ESPNU)

Kentucky at South Carolina (7:30 pm, SEC Network)

Boise State at Utah State (7:30 pm, CBSSN)

Syracuse at Georgia Tech (8 pm, ACC Network)

New Mexico at Fresno State (10:30 pm, FS1)

San Diego State at San Jose State (10:30 pm, CBSSN)

 

Saturday Streaming (all ESPN+ unless noted)

Abilene Christian at Texas A&M (12 pm)

Southern Miss at Mississippi State (12 pm)

UMass at Liberty (1 pm)

Kent State at Ball State (2 pm)

Louisiana Tech at Jacksonville State (2 pm)

Rice at Charlotte (2 pm)

UTEP at Middle Tennessee (2 pm)

Cincinnati at West Virginia (2:30 pm) 

North Texas at Tulsa (3 pm)

Sam Houston at Western Kentucky (3 pm)

Temple at UAB (3 pm)

Texas State at Arkansas State (3 pm)

Nevada at Colorado State (3 pm, Mtn. West Network)

Baylor at TCU (3:30 pm) 

Marshall at South Alabama (5 pm)  

Old Dominion at Georgia State (6 pm)  

Edited November 15, 2023 by Andy

[I owned a Suzuki]

Northwestern having a chance to be Bowl eligible this week has to be the most under rated huge surprise of this CFB season. Yes I know the B1G west is an embarrassment, but I still would have thought there was no chance that Nwestern would win more then 3 games this season

[Andy]

25 minutes ago, I owned a Suzuki said:

Northwestern having a chance to be Bowl eligible this week has to be the most under rated huge surprise of this CFB season. Yes I know the B1G west is an embarrassment, but I still would have thought there was no chance that Nwestern would win more then 3 games this season

It's been one of those stories it's a shame no one is paying attention to. David Braun has made a really good case to retain the head coach position.

[Ding Dong Johnson]

This feels like something I should have known before today so I could have been making fun of him for the last decade.

 

[We Got The Whole 9]

Is MHJ the clear cut best WR in college or are there other names you guys sneakily suspect might be better pros?

[sneakypower]

1 hour ago, We Got The Whole 9 said:

Is MHJ the clear cut best WR in college or are there other names you guys sneakily suspect might be better pros?

i think the former is true but this is the counter argument sorta

https://www.pff.com/news/college-football-marvin-harrison-jr-generational-talent-heisman-trophy-hype-premature

[Rex Buckingham]

The statistical argument doesn't carry much weight for me. It's so context-dependent. How many passes are they throwing? Who are the other guys those QBs are throwing to? (Emeka Egbuka at OSU might also be a 1st rounder). Watching MHJr play is like watching a pro. He dominated King from PSU, who is also probably a 1st/2nd rd guy. 

And this is no knock on Burden or Nabers, it's just that MHJr is that good.

[CubinNY]

14 hours ago, Rex Buckingham said:

The statistical argument doesn't carry much weight for me. It's so context-dependent. How many passes are they throwing? Who are the other guys those QBs are throwing to? (Emeka Egbuka at OSU might also be a 1st rounder). Watching MHJr play is like watching a pro. He dominated King from PSU, who is also probably a 1st/2nd rd guy. 

And this is no knock on Burden or Nabers, it's just that MHJr is that good.

Yes, he may go 1.1 depending on who gets the pick. I could see a team trading up to get him. He's that good. 

[Tryptamine]

You have to look at who is throwing these guys the ball. Odunze is supposed to be a top 15 pick and has more receiving yards than MHJ, but if MHJ had Penix(#1 in passing yards) throwing him the ball he'd be blowing away the rest of the receivers by a healthy amount. The same thing with Malik Nabors and Jayden Daniels(#3 in passing yards). Meanwhile Kyle McCord is 20th.

[Old Style]

I’d love this but it ain’t happening. 

[Ding Dong Johnson]

I think this is well deserved for how this season has played out, but FOR THE LOVE OF GOSH AND HIS SON JEEPERS -- sponsoring a job title can horsefeathers off. Kirk Ferentz is the "Moon Family Head Football Coach".

[Rex Buckingham]

There's a lot of game left... but the refs picked up a PI flag that would have gone against Iowa where the DB hit the receiver early and never looked back for the ball... Illinois got 3 on the drive. Next possession for Iowa, QB throws a ball 5 feet over the WR's head and Illinois is flagged for PI on 3rd down, extending a drive that resulted in a TD... I don't think it will matter since Illinois apparently forgot how to play defense after the Minnesota game, but still

Edited November 18, 2023 by Rex Buckingham

[Derwood]

Was this the classic "looking ahead to Ohio State" near-miss for Michigan?

[SouthSideRyan]

On 11/13/2023 at 9:49 AM, I owned a Suzuki said:

Northwestern having a chance to be Bowl eligible this week has to be the most under rated huge surprise of this CFB season. Yes I know the B1G west is an embarrassment, but I still would have thought there was no chance that Nwestern would win more then 3 games this season

They can still win the Big Ten West! Granted one of the things they need to happen is Minnesota beating OSU today(down 20-0)

[bukie]

35 minutes ago, SouthSideRyan said:

They can still win the Big Ten West! Granted one of the things they need to happen is Minnesota beating OSU today(down 20-0)

That is not the case, they just need Wisconsin to beat Nebraska and then Minny to beat Wisconsin.

 

EDIT: I thought you meant Illinois. NW does need a weird tiebreaker. Illinois just needs to win twice and not tie Wisky or Nebraska in the standings.

Edited November 18, 2023 by bukie

[Andy]

I'm curious how high Iowa can get in the CFP rankings before Michigan beats them by 50 in Indy.

[Derwood]

FSU down to North Alabama AAAND just lost their QB to a gruesome injury

They're not going to lose, but probably will fall out of the Top 4