College Football Week 11: USC at Indiana Headlines Playoff Push
No. 15 USC visits No. 6 Indiana, No. 8 Texas goes to LSU and No. 2 Utah faces Arizona in college football Week 11. Four games pit AP Top 25 teams against each other with three weeks left before the playoff field is set.
College football week 11 features four games between teams ranked in the latest AP Top 25, with No. 15 USC visiting No. 6 Indiana as the marquee matchup. Three weeks, plus conference championship weekend, remain for teams to convince the College Football Playoff committee they belong in the 12-team field.
Most of the games on the top-25 slate project to be competitive.
Big Ten: USC, Indiana and Ohio State
USC has historically struggled on the road. The Trojans did upset Ohio State at home two weeks ago, and the Buckeyes handed Indiana its lone loss.
Elsewhere in the Big Ten, shorthanded Northwestern travels to face No. 21 Ohio State. The Buckeyes risk being eliminated from the playoff picture with another defeat. No. 18 Oregon also needs a win to stay alive, with Michigan coming to town.
ACC: Miami looks to rebound
No. 11 Wake Forest meets No. 25 SMU in a game with conference title implications. The winner gets the inside track to face No. 5 Miami in the ACC championship game.
Miami, coming off its first loss of the season, plays Duke. Hurricanes quarterback Darian Mensah faces his old school, and Duke is the reigning ACC champion.
Big 12 and SEC showdowns
No. 2 Utah puts its undefeated record on the line against No. 22 Arizona. No. 10 Texas Tech, currently the first team out in the CFP rankings, travels to Oklahoma State. Baylor, which appears to have found its stride, visits No. 12 BYU.
In the SEC, a struggling Florida team heads to No. 13 Kentucky, which is coming off a loss to Tennessee. In the prime-time slot, No. 8 Texas goes to Death Valley to face No. 24 LSU.
No. 7 Alabama travels to Nashville to face Vanderbilt. It is the Crimson Tide's first return there since their upset loss in 2024. Vanderbilt won its first SEC game last week.
South Carolina's quarterback question
No. 20 South Carolina plays Arkansas with a showdown against Georgia looming in Week 12. Quarterback LaNorris Sellers is banged up after an ankle injury in last week's win over Texas A&M. He was listed as questionable on the first injury report.
The Gamecocks have won four straight, including wins over Tennessee and Oklahoma. Arkansas has also played better lately, and the home crowd in Fayetteville should help the Razorbacks.
GameDay heads to Boise
ESPN's "College GameDay" crew is in Boise for its first Group of 6 spotlight of the season. No. 17 Boise State hosts Oregon State on the blue turf. The game carries a point total of 64.5.
