College Football Week 12 Schedule: TV and Live Stream Info for Every Game
Gulp down the air while it's still available because viewers around the globe are set to once again be engulfed by the tide that is a number of heavyweight matchups that line the college football Week 12 schedule.
Last week it was Ohio State-Michigan State, TCU-Kansas State and a host of others that produced serious ramifications on the outlook of the inaugural College Football Playoff.
This week is just as important as a fixture of the dying embers of the season. Mississippi State-Alabama is sure to thrill. So is Nebraska-Wisconsin. Ditto for Auburn-Georgia. Others such as Florida State must avoid upsets against chippy underdogs.
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Crafting a way to catch all of the action can be tricky, so what follows is a comprehensive listing of the Week 12 slate.
2014 College Football Week 12 Schedule
| Wednesday, November 12 | |||
| 8:00 p.m. | Ball State at Massachusetts | ESPNU | WatchESPN |
| 8:00 p.m. | Kent State at Bowling Green | ESPN2 | WatchESPN |
| Thursday, November 13 | |||
| 7:00 p.m. | East Carolina at Cincinnati | ESPN2 | WatchESPN |
| 8:00 p.m. | Southern Miss at UTSA | CBS Sports Network | |
| 9:00 p.m. | California at USC | ESPN | WatchESPN |
| Friday, November 14 | |||
| 8:00 p.m. | Tulsa at UCF | ESPN2 | WatchESPN |
| Saturday, November 15 | |||
| 12:00 p.m. | No. 14 Ohio State at Minnesota | ABC | ESPN 3 |
| 12:00 p.m. | No. 21 Clemson at No. 24 Georgia Tech | ESPN | WatchESPN |
| 12:00 p.m. | Virginia Tech at No. 22 Duke | ESPNU | WatchESPN |
| 12:00 p.m. | Temple at Penn State | ESPN2 | WatchESPN |
| 12:00 p.m. | Army at Western Kentucky | CBS Sports Network | |
| 12:00 p.m. | Iowa at Illinois | BTN | |
| 12:00 p.m. | South Carolina at Florida | SEC Network | WatchESPN |
| 12:30 p.m. | Pittsburgh at North Carolina | ESPN 3 | |
| 1:00 p.m. | Miami (OH) at Central Michigan | ESPN 3 | |
| 2:00 p.m. | Nevada at Air Force | ||
| 2:00 p.m. | Eastern Michigan at Western Michigan | ESPN 3 | |
| 2:30 p.m. | Rice at Marshall | ||
| 3:00 p.m. | No. 6 TCU at Kansas | FOX Sports 1 | |
| 3:00 p.m. | Wake Forest at North Carolina State | ESPN 3 | |
| 3:00 p.m. | Appalachian State at Arkansas State | ESPN 3 | |
| 3:30 p.m. | No. 1 Mississippi State at No. 5 Alabama | CBS | |
| 3:30 p.m. | Northwestern at No. 10 Notre Dame | NBC | |
| 3:30 p.m. | No. 13 Nebraska at No. 25 Wisconsin | ABC | ESPN 3 |
| 3:30 p.m. | No. 15 Oklahoma at Texas Tech | ESPN | WatchESPN |
| 3:30 p.m. | Washington at No. 19 Arizona | FOX | |
| 3:30 p.m. | Georgia Southern at Navy | CBS Sports Network | |
| 3:30 p.m. | Memphis at Tulane | ESPNU | WatchESPN |
| 3:30 p.m. | Middle Tennessee at Florida International | ||
| 3:30 p.m. | Indiana at Rutgers | BTN | |
| 4:00 p.m. | New Mexico at Utah State | ESPNEWS | WatchESPN |
| 4:00 p.m. | Kentucky at Tennessee | SEC Network | WatchESPN |
| 4:30 p.m. | Hawaii at San Jose State | ||
| 5:00 p.m. | Troy at Idaho | ESPN 3 | |
| 6:00 p.m. | No. 17 Utah at Stanford | Pac-12 Network | |
| 7:00 p.m. | Louisiana-Lafayette at Louisiana-Monroe | ESPN 3 | |
| 7:00 p.m. | UNLV at BYU | ESPNU | WatchESPN |
| 7:15 p.m. | No. 3 Auburn at No. 20 Georgia | ESPN | WatchESPN |
| 7:30 p.m. | Texas State at South Alabama | ESPN 3 | |
| 7:30 p.m. | Missouri at Texas A&M | SEC Network | WatchESPN |
| 7:30 p.m. | Texas at Oklahoma State | FOX | |
| 8:00 p.m. | No. 2 Florida State at Miami (FL) | ABC | |
| 8:00 p.m. | No. 8 Michigan State at Maryland | BTN | |
| 8:00 p.m. | No. 16 LSU at Arkansas | ESPN2 | WatchESPN |
| 8:00 p.m. | South Florida at SMU | CBS Sports Network | |
| 10:00 p.m. | North Texas at UTEP | FOX Sports 1 | |
| 10:15 p.m. | San Diego State at Boise State | ESPNU | WatchESPN |
| 10:45 p.m. | No. 9 Arizona State at Oregon State | ESPN | WatchESPN |
Schedule and viewing info courtesy of ESPN.com. For games without national or regional coverage on a major network, check local listings.
Live Stream Resource
Below is a database for the biggest streaming services out there for fans on the go or who do not get a game on the old-fashioned television. Note that some may require a subscription or cable.
ESPN: WatchESPN
SEC: CBSSports.com
Fox: Fox Sports Go
BTN: BTN2Go.com
Pac-12: Pac-12.com
ABC: ABC Live
CBS: CBSSports.com
Game of the Week
No. 1 Mississippi State at No. 5 Alabama
No game overshadows one that may produce a staggering feat when it comes to the CFP.
Should this and subsequent dominoes fall the right way, the SEC may miss out on the CFP entirely. The Crimson Tide already have one loss on the season and may miss out with another come Saturday.
Should Mississippi State lose this one, the team still needs to overcome Ole Miss, too. Again, the dominoes need to fall the right way, but the SEC is on high alert. Hence College GameDay making its way to Tuscaloosa:
As John Talty of AL.com breaks down, there is much at stake in terms of program-building philosophies, too:
"The product on the field seems to echo the ethos of each school's financial spending. Alabama can afford to recruit nationally and is loaded with highly-regarded five-star and four-star prospects. Mississippi State largely focuses on in-state recruiting and has made its name developing overlooked three-star prospects. Not surprisingly, Alabama far outspent Mississippi State ($983,721 to $340,000) in recruiting expenses in 2013.
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"They probably have more 5-star players sitting on the bench who can't get a rep than we have on our entire roster," Bulldogs coach Dan Mullen said, per The Associated Press, via ESPN.com.
The Bulldogs are led by emerging Heisman favorite Dak Prescott, who has 2,231 yards and 18 touchdowns to seven interceptions through the air, with another 779 yards and 11 scores on the ground.
Prescott helps his team to rank 12th in the nation at 39.8 points scored per game on average, but he gets loads of help from a defense that ranks 16th at 19.7.
Alabama does not score quite as much per game (34.7), but the Crimson Tide once again tout one of the nation's scariest defenses. Nick Saban's defense surrenders just 13.9 points per game to rank second in the nation.
Should this one unexpectedly dissolve into a shootout, though, Alabama has its own Heisman favorite to lean on with wideout Amari Cooper. Of the team's 2,531 receiving yards and 20 scores this year, he owns 1,215 and 10, respectively, on 79 catches.
The wild card in all of this is Alabama senior quarterback Blake Sims, who has turned things up a notch since his team's loss to Ole Miss. Over the course of the four games since, he has thrown for nine touchdowns to no interceptions.
No matter what happens Saturday, it is right to expect a classic. Prescott could get his Heisman moment in Tuscaloosa just like those before him, such as Cam Newton and Johnny Manziel. Or, Alabama could stand tall and send a warning shot to the CFP that the dynasty is alive and well.
With so much at stake, this is the contest to see in Week 12, if not the entirety of the season.
Stats and information via ESPN.com unless otherwise specified.
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