Week 12 of the 2025 college football season is stacking up as the most important slate since the initial College Football Playoff Rankings were unveiled. Saturday alone is home to litany of games that will have a major impact on the final standings.

That includes a few matchups with elimination implications. Take No. 9 Notre Dame and No. 22 Pitt, for example. Both are still in the conversation, but neither can really afford another loss at this point.

So that adds some considerable spice to Notre Dame's road trip to Pittsburgh this weekend. Other two-loss teams like No. 11 Oklahoma , No. 10 Texas and No. 17 USC face potential elimination against tough opponents.

There's a lot on the line for a lot of prominent teams as the 2025 season nears its conclusion. Here's a look

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