It's fair to say that Week 12 of the 2025 college football season is shaping up to be one of the most important slates yet. There's a lot on the line as multiple teams jockey for spots in the 12-team College Football Playoff and, now that rankings are released weekly, we have an even better idea of how the landscape looks.

With that in mind, there are several prominent programs facing make-or-break games this weekend. For instance, neither No. 9 Notre Dame nor No. 22 Pittsburgh could brunt another loss and still keep their playoff hopes intact -- especially not Notre Dame, which does not have the benefit of a conference championship at the end of the year.

So it's fascinating that Notre Dame and Pittsburgh must face one another Saturday. No. 10 Texas and No. 11 Oklahoma don

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