Throughout Saturday’s slate, Sports Illustrated will give an updated look at the playoff seeding and matchups.

The two athletic conferences effectively rule the sport. But they disagree on critical points about its future.

Even though the week was devoid of major upsets outside of the ACC, it did give us some clarity in the conference title races with three weeks to go in the regular season. Here's a look at how the power conference races stand as well as a bonus look at the American Conference as it's the conference most likely to produce the top-ranked Group of Five team in the College Football Playoff rankings.

The centerpiece of the Week 11 schedule in college football is a huge showdown in the Big 12. Our experts picks this matchup and every Top 25 game.

American-Statesman staff selections for the top college football matchups in Week 11, including No. 3 Texas A&M vs. No. 22 Missouri.

The Maryland Terrapins face the Rutgers Scarlet Knights, led by quarterback Athan Kaliakmanis, on Saturday, Nov. 8, 2025 at SHI Stadium in Piscataway, N.J.

After four 9-3 SEC teams were left out of last year’s College Football Playoff in favor of Indiana and SMU, who had better records but were light on big wins, the CFP introduced a new metric — “record strength” — into the selection process this year and is putting further emphasis on strength of schedule.

College football Week 11 odds, picks, predictions, TV channel, streaming information for Houston Cougars at UCF Knights game on Friday, Nov. 7, 2025.

Big 12 football schedule strength rankings, analysis for title race: How do Texas Tech, BYU, Arizona State, Utah, Cincinnati, TCU, Houston stack up?