College football's Week 11 schedule arrives one week after a wild round of six ranked-versus-ranked games and losses for four top-10 teams, and it promises another shake-up, with five more ranked matchups on tap. No. 6 Texas and No. 12 Texas Tech are road underdogs, No. 2 Utah is only a narrow favorite, two other ranked teams are underdogs against unranked opponents, and five more are favored by just one score. All times Eastern.
The SEC spotlight lands in Baton Rouge, where No. 6 Texas visits No. 21 LSU on Saturday night (7:30 p.m., ABC). The 6-3 Tigers are coming off a collapse against Alabama and must now face consecutive top-10 teams; SP+ gives them a 27% chance of winning both, their only realistic route back into the playoff hunt. Texas brings a defense regaining star pass rusher Colin Simmons and a run game keyed by Raleek Brown, who posted 290 yards from scrimmage across wins over Ole Miss and Missouri, leaving quarterback Arch Manning as almost a secondary figure. LSU is a 4-point favorite.
No. 1 Georgia, favored by 15.5, hosts No. 22 Missouri (3:30 p.m., ABC) after beating Florida and Ole Miss by a combined 54 points. Receivers Talyn Taylor and Craig Dandridge average 17.2 yards per catch, adding a big-play element, but Missouri forces turnovers in bunches and fields the best run defense the Bulldogs have seen by yards per carry. Meanwhile, No. 8 Tennessee is only a 2.5-point favorite at Texas A&M (3 p.m., ESPN). The Volunteers crushed Alabama and Kentucky by a combined 60-16 in their last two home games but have struggled on the road, while the Aggies have managed just 12.4 points per game in five losses.
The Big 12 race is even tighter, with seven teams within one game of a title-game spot. No. 2 Utah visits No. 23 Arizona (7:30 p.m., Fox) as a 2.5-point favorite. The Wildcats held second-half leads in both of their losses, at BYU and Texas Tech, and quarterback Noah Fifita completes 73% of his passes for an offense converting half of its third downs. No. 12 Texas Tech then visits No. 25 Oklahoma State (9:30 p.m., ESPN), where the Cowboys have averaged 48.1 points over their last eight games behind quarterback Drew Mestemaker and running back Caleb Hawkins. Tech's defense has allowed 34 points per game over its last four, and Oklahoma State is a 3.5-point favorite.
In the afternoon, Baylor visits No. 10 BYU (3:30 p.m., Fox). The Bears have won their last two conference games by a combined 83-40 under interim coach Joe Klanderman, keeping them alive in the race, but the Cougars, favored by 7.5, get running back LJ Martin back and still rank 13th nationally in yards allowed per play.
The ACC offers a quarterback showcase at noon, with No. 13 Wake Forest's Gio Lopez, a borderline top-10 Heisman contender, facing SMU's Kevin Jennings (ESPN). Wake leads the nation in points per possession and has allowed just 6.2 points per game over its past five, but the Mustangs have piled up 110 points in their last two home games and are 1.5-point favorites. Duke visits No. 7 Miami (noon, ABC), where coach Manny Diaz faces the program that fired him and then landed his former quarterback Darian Mensah and receiver Cooper Barkate. Duke has won its last two by a combined 88-5, but Miami is a 13.5-point favorite despite a defense yielding 31 points per game over the past month.
In the Big Ten, No. 18 USC visits No. 9 Indiana (3:30 p.m., CBS), with the Hoosiers, 10-point favorites, stung by a five-spot fall in the playoff rankings while idle. Quarterback Josh Hoover's play dipped after an arm injury against Ohio State, and running back Turbo Richard is out, but Indiana still leads the nation at 4.1 yards allowed per play. On Friday night, Illinois, riding four straight wins, visits No. 4 UCLA (9 p.m., Fox). The 9-0 Bruins rank first nationally in takeaways and second in success rate allowed, yet sit 104th in passing success rate since Ty Dieffenbach replaced the injured Nico Iamaleava four weeks ago.
