College Football Previews

West Virginia will look to improve its bowl status when it visits Baylor for a Big 12 Conference regular-season finale on Saturday in Waco, Texas. The Mountaineers (7-4, 5-3 Big 12) are already guaranteed a spot in the postseason and look to accentuate what’s been a mostly positive season. West Virginia was picked to finish last in the Big 12 in the preseason poll but has won three of its past four games to guarantee

No. 19 Kansas State enters the final week of the regular season with a chance to defend its Big 12 championship. If certain results pan out in other games, the Wildcats just need to defeat visiting Iowa State on Saturday night in Manhattan to qualify for the conference championship game Dec. 2 in Arlington, Texas. Kansas State (8-3, 6-2) is looking for a perfect 7-0 home record this season. The Wildcats are riding high after

This season has not lived up to the lofty standards of No. 24 Clemson, but coach Dabo Swinney and his Tigers have a chance to settle a score when they visit South Carolina on Saturday night in Columbia, S.C. Clemson (7-4) resides in seventh place with a 4-4 record in Atlantic Coast Conference play. The four-loss season is the Tigers’ first since 2011. Within that span are a pair of national titles in 2016 and

BYU and No. 20 Oklahoma State both have something to play for Saturday when they meet in Stillwater, Okla. Despite losing four straight games, the Cougars (5-6, 2-6 Big 12) can become bowl eligible for the sixth year in a row with a win. The host Cowboys (8-3, 6-2) have even more on the line. They are in contention for a spot in the Big 12 championship. Texas sits on top of the standings with

No. 21 Tennessee aims to continue its domination of Vanderbilt when the in-state rivals close out the Southeastern Conference season on Saturday in Knoxville, Tenn. The Volunteers have won the last four games in the rivalry by a combined score of 171-48, including last year’s 56-0 pasting of the Commodores in Nashville. Tennessee (7-4, 3-4) comes off a lopsided 36-7 loss at Missouri followed by last week’s 38-10 home setback against Georgia. The Vols allowed

An 11-win season is within Louisville’s grasp for the first time since 2012 with a spot in the Atlantic Coast Conference championship game already clinched. While bigger accomplishments are in sight, the No. 10 Cardinals are keeping their focus tightly on their Saturday opponent as they look to halt a four-game losing skid against fierce rival Kentucky when the teams meet in Louisville, Ky. The visiting Wildcats (6-5) have dropped five of six games since

Season-ending injuries to numerous key players have forced Utah to dig deep into the depth chart as the regular season winds down. The Utes (7-4, 4-4 Pac-12) are thin at several positions going into their conference finale against Colorado in Salt Lake City on Saturday. Utah lost top defensive end Jonah Elliss to a season-ending injury before last week’s 42-18 loss to Arizona. Karene Reid, a starting linebacker, and starting safety Cole Bishop were also

The stakes were plenty high for Liberty. Now they’re even bigger. The 25th-ranked Flames crashed the College Football Playoff rankings on Tuesday and take an undefeated record into Saturday’s matchup at UTEP in El Paso, Texas. “For us, our challenge is can we continue to stay hungry and not look ahead and stay in the moment?” Liberty coach Jamey Chadwell said. “That’s always the challenge when you get late in the season and you do

The road has been an unfriendly place for Notre Dame in 2023. The 18th-ranked Fighting Irish try to close the regular season on a high note when they visit Stanford on Saturday in Palo Alto, Calif. Notre Dame (8-3) began the season ranked No. 13 and climbed as high as No. 9 after winning its first four games. A loss at home the following week to then-No. 6 Ohio State only dropped the Fighting Irish