College football scores, rankings, highlights: Oregon closes in on Pac-12 Championship Game with win over Utah

A 12 months after getting dominated twice by Utah, No. 12 Oregon secured revenge and confirmed program progress with a gritty 20-17 win over the No. 10 Utes on Saturday in a late-night Pac-12 showdown. The win places the Ducks on the precipice of reaching Pac-12 Championship Game beneath first-year coach Dan Lanning.

After the frustration of a rivalry loss to Washington final week that knocked Oregon out of College Football Playoff competition, the Ducks needed to soldier by some accidents to outlast the Utes. Most notably, quarterback Bo Nix was clearly hobbled after struggling a leg harm late in final week’s recreation. The Auburn switch seemed far lower than 100% wholesome, however threw for 287 yards anyway and got here up with an enormous first-down run to ice the sport late in the fourth quarter.

If Oregon beats rival No. 23 Oregon State subsequent week, it would match up with No. 7 USC in the Pac-12 title recreation. The Trojans had been amongst a handful of CFP hopefuls to outlive scares on Saturday and stay in the nationwide title hunt as they outlasted No. 16 UCLA 48-45. 

The solely staff in the highest seven of this week’s CFP Rankings that did not lose or get pushed to the brink of defeat on Saturday was No. 6 LSU. The Tigers beat visiting UAB 41-10 and improved to 9-2 forward of their regular-season finale with Texas A&M subsequent week. With No. 5 Tennessee shedding at South Carolina, the Tigers are prone to transfer up in subsequent week’s CFP Rankings as they search to grow to be the first-ever two-loss staff to make the CFP discipline.

College football scores, schedule: Week 12

No. 3 Michigan 19, Illinois 17 — Takeaways, recap
No. 4 TCU 29, Baylor 28 —Takeaways, recap
No. 8 Alabama 34, Austin Peay 0 — Recap
No. 18 Notre Dame 44, Boston College 0 —Recap
No. 1 Georgia 16, Kentucky 6 —  Takeaways, recap
No. 9 Clemson 40, Miami 10 — Recap
No. 2 Ohio State 43, Maryland 30 —  Takeaways, recap
No. 11 Penn State 55, Rutgers 10 — Recap
Texas 55, Kansas 14 — Recap
South Carolina 63, No. 5 Tennessee 31 — Recap
Arkansas  42, No. 14 Ole Miss 27 — Recap
Oklahoma 28, No. 22 Oklahoma State 13 — Recap
No. 7 USC 48, No. 16 UCLA 45 — Takeaways, recap
No. 6 LSU 41, UAB 10 — Recap
No. 12 Oregon 20, No. 10 Utah 17 — Recap
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