College Football - Week 13 (Nov. 22)

[Andy]

Top 25 games

Rutgers at (1) Ohio State (12 pm, FOX) 

Samford at (3) Texas A&M (12 pm, ESPN App)

Charlotte at (4) Georgia (12:45 pm, SEC Network) 

(15) USC at (7) Oregon (3:30 pm, CBS) 

(22) Missouri at (8) Oklahoma (12 pm, ABC)  

Syracuse at (9) Notre Dame (3:30 pm, NBC)

Eastern Illinois at (10) Alabama (2 pm, ESPN App) 

(11) BYU at Cincinnati (8 pm, FOX) 

Kansas State at (12) Utah (4 pm, ESPN2)  

(13) Miami at Virginia Tech (12 pm, ESPN)

Kentucky at (14) Vanderbilt (3:30 pm, ESPN)

Pittsburgh at (16) Georgia Tech (7 pm, ESPN)   

Arkansas at (17) Texas (3:30 pm, ABC) 

(18) Michigan at Maryland (4 pm, BTN) 

(20) Tennessee at Florida (7:30 pm, ABC)  

(21) Illinois at Wisconsin (7:30 pm, BTN)    

TCU at (23) Houston (4 pm, FOX)  

(24) Tulane at Temple (3:45 pm, ESPNU)  

(25) Arizona State at Colorado (8 pm, ESPN2) 

 

Other nationally available games
Tuesday

Western Michigan at Northern Illinois (7 pm, ESPN2)

Akron at Bowling Green (7 pm, ESPNU)

UMass at Ohio (7 pm, CBSSN)

 

Wednesday

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

Central Michigan at Kent State (7 pm, ESPNU)

Thursday

UL Lafayette at Arkansas State (7:30 pm, ESPN)

 

Friday

Florida State at NC State (8 pm, ESPN)

Hawaii at UNLV (10:30 pm, FS1)

 

Saturday TV

Louisville at SMU (12 pm, ESPN2)  

Kansas at Iowa State (12 pm, FS1) 

Minnesota vs Northwestern - at Wrigley Field (12 pm, BTN)  

Delaware at Wake Forest (12 pm, ACC Network)

Tulsa at Army (12 pm, CBSSN)

Baylor at Arizona (1 pm, TNT)  

Michigan State at Iowa (3:30 pm, FS1)  

Duke at North Carolina (3:30 pm, ACC Network)  

Jacksonville State at FIU (3:30 pm, CBSSN)

Coastal Carolina at South Carolina (4:15 pm, SEC Network)

Furman at Clemson (4:30 pm, CW)

Nebraska at Penn State (7 pm, NBC)  

Colorado State at Boise State (7 pm, FS1)  

New Mexico at Air Force (7 pm, CBSSN)

North Texas at Rice (7:30 pm, ESPNU) 

California at Stanford (7:30 pm, ACC Network)

Western Kentucky at LSU (7:45 pm, SEC Network)

Washington at UCLA (10:30 pm, NBC) 

San Jose State at San Diego State (10:30 pm, FS1)

Utah State at Fresno State (10:30 pm, CBSSN)

 

Saturday Streaming (all ESPN+ unless noted)

Old Dominion at Georgia Southern (1 pm)  

Washington State at James Madison (1 pm) 

Ball State at Toledo (2 pm)

Mercer at Auburn (2 pm, ESPN App)

Missouri State at Kennesaw State (2 pm)  

Liberty at Louisiana Tech (3 pm) 

New Mexico State at UTEP (3 pm)  

Sam Houston at Middle Tennessee (3 pm) 

South Florida at UAB (3 pm)  

UConn at Florida Atlantic (3 pm)

East Carolina at UTSA (3:30 pm)  

Southern Miss at South Alabama (3:30 pm)  

Georgia State at Troy (4 pm) 

Oklahoma State at UCF (4 pm)

UL Monroe at Texas State (5 pm)  

Edited November 22, 2025 by Andy

[Andy]

Tonight's rankings will be very interesting. How will Bama, Oklahoma, ND and Miami stack up? Where do Vandy, BYU and Utah sit? Considering none of these teams have quality opponents left except for OU against Missouri's backup QB (thanks, stupid super conferences), the committee might have to show their cards a bit.

[Old Style]

What horsefeathers. A&M not in the prime ABC time slot for the big matchup with the 1-10 Samford Fighting Anteaters (or whatever they’re called)? It’s a conspiracy. 

[CubinNY]

15 hours ago, Old Style said:

What horsefeathers. A&M not in the prime ABC time slot for the big matchup with the 1-10 Samford Fighting Anteaters (or whatever they’re called)? It’s a conspiracy. 

Yes, a generally ****** weekend of college football before the big Thanksgiving week matchups. 

[gflore34]

Illini at 21?  I'll take it, think they've a real good chance to finish 9-3 with a decent bowl bid.

[Derwood]

Michigan threatening to leave the Big Ten if the private equity deal isn't unanimously approved

[Rex Buckingham]

12 minutes ago, Derwood said:

Michigan threatening to leave the Big Ten if the private equity deal isn't unanimously approved

Threatening to leave in 10 years when the current media rights deal is up... real big boy behavior

[cwood218]

3 hours ago, Rex Buckingham said:

Threatening to leave in 10 years when the current media rights deal is up... real big boy behavior

Wouldn't leaving before then be monumentally stupid?

Currently they get around $ 50 Million a year from the Big 10. That number is not fixed and may go higher.

Also, since their media rights are tied up for a decade they can't just sign a Notre Dame type deal and make it back.

Edited November 19, 2025 by cwood218

[Andy]

2 hours ago, Derwood said:

Michigan threatening to leave the Big Ten if the private equity deal isn't unanimously approved

To clarify, Michigan is against the private equity deal and a regent is talking about leaving being an option if the B1G insists on shoving it through over their objections.

USC is also against the deal, though it seems like their objection is mostly that they aren't in the top tier of revenue recipients (OSU, PSU, Michigan). UM's objections are philosophically against the private capital deal.

It feels very weird to vehemently side with USC and Michigan on anything, but here I am.

Edited November 19, 2025 by Andy

[Rex Buckingham]

5 hours ago, cwood218 said:

Wouldn't leaving before then be monumentally stupid?

Currently they get around $ 50 Million a year from the Big 10. That number is not fixed and may go higher.

Also, since their media rights are tied up for a decade they can't just sign a Notre Dame type deal and make it back.

My point is that its hardly a threat when its 10 years away. 

Also, like Andy said I actually think they're on the "right" side of this not wanting to take this deal, or any like it. 

[Derwood]

And also they are never leaving the Big Ten, so it's a hollow threat from the jump

[cwood218]

3 hours ago, Rex Buckingham said:

My point is that its hardly a threat when its 10 years away. 

But that is exactly when it would hurt the investment firm the most. The large upfront payout ( $2.5 B ) means it's the next media rights deal when they get the ROI. Not having Michigan in that deal hurts them. Hence the reason they've said it's a no go if all 18 Big 10 teams don't say yes. 

Look at Notre Dame, their current media deal is paying them about $ 50 Million a year. Plus the $ 17 Million they get for that BS arrangement with the ACC. That's roughly the same as the top tier Big 10 teams. They get to make themselves an easy path to the CFP with how they schedule. For example, look at this year. They played 3 real games this year ( Miami, Texas A&M and USC ) and lost 2 of them ( Miami and A&M ) only beating USC. Currently they are ( unjustifiably ) sitting pretty in terms of getting in the playoff.

Michigan could easily do the same and just make a similar BS type agreement with say the Big 12 for 5 games. It would give them an easier path to the CFP and would help keep the brand high up the list of desired media deals. 

Edited November 20, 2025 by cwood218

[champaignchris]

On 11/19/2025 at 8:52 AM, gflore34 said:

Illini at 21?  I'll take it, think they've a real good chance to finish 9-3 with a decent bowl bid.

Yup. They’re still have a chance for a very good (relative to Illinois) season.  

They’re one win away from tying the school record for most wins in consecutive seasons. Like ever. 130-whatever seasons of Illinois football and they’ve never totaled more than 18 wins in consecutive seasons.  (10 in ‘89 and 8 in ‘90.)

they’re going to back-to-back bowls for the first time in 14 seasons and have made 3 bowls in 4 years for the first time in 31  seasons. 

Bielema set the school mark for most wins by a coach in his first 5 seasons. 

Recruiting looks solid and the vibes are good.  This is very, very easily the best shape the Illinois program has been in for 30+ years. 

[CubinNY]

On 11/19/2025 at 6:22 PM, Derwood said:

And also they are never leaving the Big Ten, so it's a hollow threat from the jump

Don't count your chickens. I would not be surprised if in five years the college landscape looks a lot different than now. They could have tiered leagues and divisions with no conferences. 

[gflore34]

16 hours ago, champaignchris said:

Yup. They’re still have a chance for a very good (relative to Illinois) season.  

They’re one win away from tying the school record for most wins in consecutive seasons. Like ever. 130-whatever seasons of Illinois football and they’ve never totaled more than 18 wins in consecutive seasons.  (10 in ‘89 and 8 in ‘90.)

they’re going to back-to-back bowls for the first time in 14 seasons and have made 3 bowls in 4 years for the first time in 31  seasons. 

Bielema set the school mark for most wins by a coach in his first 5 seasons. 

Recruiting looks solid and the vibes are good.  This is very, very easily the best shape the Illinois program has been in for 30+ years. 

Totally agree regarding the state of the program.  Happened to be watching ESPN when the playoff rankings were being shown and was shocked to see the Illini at 21.  After the Indiana game I thought them completely removed from the national dialog.

[I owned a Suzuki]

10 hours ago, gflore34 said:

Totally agree regarding the state of the program.  Happened to be watching ESPN when the playoff rankings were being shown and was shocked to see the Illini at 21.  After the Indiana game I thought them completely removed from the national dialog.

Filling the Stadium up on Saturdays with paying customers is huge also.  I am somewhat surprised Beillima hasn't come up in some of these coaching searches. 

[Derwood]

What an indictment of James Franklin that the team only started playing dominant football after he left

[CubColtPacer]

I love complicated playoff scenarios and decision trees.  And even with that, the ACC scenarios make my brain hurt.  

The important takeaways are

1) The one team that could get an at-large bid (Miami) is also the least likely of the 5-6 teams to make the ACC title game.

2) Duke is somehow still in it.  If they won the ACC title, I would bet they would still sneak into the playoff, but they have 5 losses so it could easily be argued that two minor conference teams should get in and for them to be left out.

[cwood218]

Edit: never mind, after more checking it turned out to be incorrect.

Edited November 23, 2025 by cwood218

[Soul]

15 hours ago, gflore34 said:

Totally agree regarding the state of the program.  Happened to be watching ESPN when the playoff rankings were being shown and was shocked to see the Illini at 21.  After the Indiana game I thought them completely removed from the national dialog.

Ouch.  They should never have been ranked at this point in the season.  No way the team I saw tonight should be sniffing the top 25.

[gflore34]

14 hours ago, Soul said:

Ouch.  They should never have been ranked at this point in the season.  No way the team I saw tonight should be sniffing the top 25.

That's true, Wisconsin has a legitimately good defense.  Offensively they're pathetic and the Illini managed to make them look good.

[Soul]

1 hour ago, gflore34 said:

That's true, Wisconsin has a legitimately good defense.  Offensively they're pathetic and the Illini managed to make them look good.

The Badgers have no QB.  They’re down to a freshman who didn’t know the playbook.  

[gflore34]

25 minutes ago, Soul said:

The Badgers have no QB.  They’re down to a freshman who didn’t know the playbook.  

Complete embarrassment on that side of the ball for the Illini.

Edited November 23, 2025 by gflore34

[Rex Buckingham]

17 hours ago, Soul said:

Ouch.  They should never have been ranked at this point in the season.  No way the team I saw tonight should be sniffing the top 25.

They absolutely should have been ranked. And now they absolutely deserve to be laughed at for that performance. Haven't had one that bad since the Virginia game in Bielema's first year