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The 2021 college football season is officially in full swing and another full weekend of action taking place this weekend. With another busy slate of games that are more important than ever, the quality of matchups is picking up, and more and more is on the line each and every weekend.
With the race for the College Football Playoff heating up and a number of teams needing impressive victories, expect to see plenty of hard-fought games coming down to the wire when conference foes face off.
This weekend’s slate of games is headlined by a crucial top 10 clash in the Big Ten with the No. 4 Ohio State Buckeyes playing host to No. 7 Michigan State.
Other marquee games on the schedule include the No. 21 Arkansas Razorbacks traveling to Tuscaloosa for a meeting with the No. 2 Alabama Crimson Tide, along with the No. 3 Oregon Ducks taking on the No. 23 Utah Utes in primetime.
When will the top teams in the country be taking the field?
A full look at the Week 12 college football schedule for the Top 25 teams can be seen below (all times ET, matchups with both teams ranked are in bold).
Week 12 CFB Playoff Top 25 College Football Schedule
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Friday, November 19
- Memphis vs Houston (24), 9:00 p.m. ET, ESPN2
- San Diego State (19) vs UNLV, 11:30 p.m. ET, CBS Sports Network
Saturday, November 20
- Charleston Southern vs Georgia (1), 12:00 p.m. ET, ESPN+
- Michigan State (7) vs Ohio State (4), 12:00 p.m. ET, ABC
- Wake Forest (10) vs Clemson, 12:00 p.m. ET, ESPN
- Iowa State vs Oklahoma (13), 12:00 p.m. ET, FOX
- Prairie View A&M vs Texas A&M (16), 12:00 p.m. ET, ESPN+
- Tennessee State vs Mississippi State (25), 12:00 p.m. ET, ESPN+
- Illinois vs Iowa (17), 2:00 p.m. ET, FOX Sports 1
- Georgia Tech vs Notre Dame (8), 2:30 p.m. ET, NBC
- Arkansas (21) vs Alabama (2), 3:30 p.m. ET, CBS
- SMU vs Cincinnati (6), 3:30 p.m. ET, ESPN
- Michigan (6) vs Maryland, 3:30 p.m. ET, Big Ten Network
- Nebraska vs Wisconsin (15), 3:30 p.m. ET, ABC
- Virginia vs Pittsburgh (15), 3:30 p.m. ET, ESPN2
- UAB vs UTSA (22), 3:30 p.m. ET, ESPN+
- BYU (14) vs Georgia Southern, 4:00 p.m. ET, ESPN+
- Syracuse vs North Carolina State (20), 4:00 p.m. ET, ACC Network
- Baylor (11) vs Kansas State, 5:30 p.m. ET, FOX Sports 1
- Oregon (3) vs Utah (23), 7:30 p.m. ET, ABC
- Vanderbilt vs Ole Miss (12), 7:30 p.m. ET, SEC Network
- Oklahoma State (9) vs Texas Tech, 8:00 p.m. ET, FOX
