We’ve hit the home stretch of the 2024 college football regular season.
There are just three weeks to go before conference championship week in the first week of December. Week 12 isn’t the most loaded slate, but it does feature two games between ranked opponents and games all over the country that have implications in conference title races.
Here’s what we’re watching close late on Saturday. (Scroll down to follow the action live.)
Is this the toughest game remaining on the Ducks’ regular-season schedule? We won’t get into tiebreakers here, but if Oregon wins Saturday night it will likely play the winner of next week’s game between Indiana and Ohio State in the Big Ten title game. Wisconsin enters the game on a two-game losing streak.
Vols QB Nico Iamaleava is reportedly set to play after going through the concussion protocol earlier in the week. Georgia is out of the College Football Playoff mix with a loss; the Vols’ visit on Saturday night gave the committee an easy out with its placement of the Bulldogs on Tuesday.
Your eyes aren’t fooling you. The undefeated top-10 BYU Cougars are favored by just a field goal at home against a team that has a losing record. Overall, four of BYU’s nine wins have come by a single possession and Kansas just took down Iowa State in Week 11.
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Touchdown Stanford!
The Cardinal have tied things up in Palo Alto with a late touchdown from Emmett Mosley. They opted to go for the tie though, so Louisville still has a sliver of time left.
Stanford 35, Louisville 35
BC turns it over on downs
SMU sacks Grayson James on 3rd and 4th down and the drive ends before it really started.
The Mustangs can run this one out.
Boston College has the ball at its own 31, trailing 31-28, at the 2-minute timeout.
Can BC pull off the upset over No. 14 SMU?
Touchdown Florida!
Jadan Baugh breaks free down the sideline for a 55-yard TD run, and that will just about put this away.
Florida 27, LSU 16, 3:48 to play
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USC kick blocked!
The Trojans had a chance to take the lead in the fourth quarter but their field goal attempt has been blocked.
LSU kicks FG
A very long LSU drive ends with a 38-yard Damian Ramos field goal. That cuts Florida’s lead to 4, but there’s only 5:18 to play in Gainesville.
Florida 20, LSU 16
Touchdown BC!
This one isn’t over yet. Kye Robichaux caps off an impressive 10-play drive with a 3-yard TD run.
It’s back to a 3-point game.
SMU 31, Boston College 28
Touchdown Florida!
Ja’Kobi Jackson finishes it off from the 1 after a big DJ Lagway’s 36-yard bomb to Elijhah Badger got the Gators near the goal line.
Florida 20, LSU 13, 4th quarter
USC takes the lead
The Trojans are back in front after a 48-yard touchdown throw from Jayden Maiava to Duce Robinson.
LSU fumble! Florida ball
LSU QB Garrett Nussmeier fumbled, then an LSU O-lineman fumbled, then Florida picked it up.
What a wild play.
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Florida ties it up
Trey Smack hits from long distance and we’re once again tied in Gainesville.
Florida 13, LSU 13
SMU tacks on a FG
Collin Rogers’ field goal extends SMU’s lead to two scores.
SMU 31, Boston College 21
SMU answers with TD
Kevin Jennings throws a 38-yard strike to Jordan Hudson for the SMU tuddy.
That was a quick answer for the Mustangs, who also hit the 2PC.
SMU 28, Boston College 21
LSU kicks go-ahead FG
Damian Ramos hits a 45-yard field goal to put the Tigers in front.
LSU 13, Florida 10, 3rd qtr
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BC takes the lead!
Boston College has got No. 14 SMU on upset watch after this 20-yard TD run by QB Grayson James.
Boston College 21, SMU 20, 3rd qtr
Touchdown South Carolina!
LaNorris Sellers finds Jared Brown for a 37-yard catch and run, and it’s been a big last couple minutes of the half for the Gamecocks.
South Carolina 21, Missouri 6
Penn State cruising vs. Purdue
Why not just snap it directly to your best player? Tyler Warren makes a 48-yard house call on this run.
Penn State 28, Purdue 3, 3rd quarter
Touchdown South Carolina!
LaNorris Sellers throws his 2nd TD pass of the day, this one to a wide open Joshua Simon.
South Carolina 14, Missouri 6, 1:57 in 2nd qtr
Cool play sends Temple-FAU to OT
FAU needed a 2PC to tie Temple in the final minute, so they ran a Philly special, with WR Omari Hayes tossing to RB Tyriq Starks for the tying points.
Touchdown Nebraska!
The Cornhuskers tie it up on a pass from Dylan Raiola to Emmett Johnson for a catch and run to the end zone.
