With simply two weeks remaining in the 2022 faculty football common season the Pac-12 is in the uncommon highlight because it appears to be like for its first College Football Playoff look in six years. Playoff alternatives are dwindling with each Saturday that passes, and two of the greatest Pac-12 games of the season will go down Saturday night time. They will go an extended solution to deciding which groups sq. off in the league’s title recreation and whether or not one in specific has an opportunity at breaking by into the CFP.
That crew with remaining playoff aspirations is No. 7 USC, which faces No. 16 UCLA in a rivalry showdown that two years from now will happen in a unique convention, the Big Ten. As the lone remaining one-loss Pac-12 program, the Trojans taking down the Bruins is their first step in making a respectable CFP bid. No. 18 Notre Dame awaits subsequent week, and USC would additionally must get by the Pac-12 Championship Game with that “1” remaining in its loss column.
Though the second Pac-12 showdown misplaced a few of its luster, and although it is kicking off at 10:30 p.m. ET, No. 10 Utah at No. 17 Oregon options arguably the league’s top remaining packages as soon as the aforementioned California faculties depart for the Big Ten in 2024. It will definitely be one among the most notable late games performed this season.
Elsewhere, No. 1 Georgia appears to be like to stay unbeaten in its query to defend the nationwide championship when it travels to Kentucky for an SEC East showdown that’s equally not as intriguing as as soon as assumed. The Wildcats final week aided Vanderbilt in snapping its 26-game SEC dropping streak, and Kentucky has fallen from each set of top 25 rankings after showing in them all through the season.
No. 4 TCU equally seeks to remain undefeated at Baylor, the Big 12 preseason favourite, whereas Bedlam between Oklahoma and Oklahoma State will solely maintain rivalry implications on account of the diminished stature of each packages this season. Big Ten powers No. 2 Ohio State and No. 3 Michigan are each in motion this weekend, too, although the packages are each multi-touchdown favorites in these contests.
Be certain to stay with CBS Sports all through the day for faculty football protection from the opening kickoff onward. Let’s check out our professional picks for the finest games in Week 12.
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No. 7 USC at No. 16 UCLA
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Featured Game | UCLA Bruins vs. USC Trojans
8 p.m. | Fox, fuboTV (Try for free) — USC has regarded nice beating up on unhealthy groups over the final month, however I’m unsure there may be as a lot of a distinction between these two groups as the rankings recommend. The Trojans even have some potential damage points past the absence of operating again Travis Dye, and whereas UCLA’s loss to Arizona is regarding, I do assume it was additionally simply the type of defeat we see in potential lookahead spots late in the yr. I believe the Bruins bounce again in a giant method and steal the win. Prediction: UCLA +2.5 — Chip Patterson
No. 10 Utah at No. 17 Oregon
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Featured Game | Oregon Ducks vs. Utah Utes
