Alabama, Ole Miss drop as South Carolina climbs in latest CFP Rankings
USA TODAY Sports’ Dan Wolken breaks down the fourth edition of the College Football Playoff rankings.
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Black Friday is traditionally spent standing in long lines and taking advantage of sales to purchase holiday gifts.
And while that very much will be the case on Friday, it won’t be the only thing consuming time on the holiday weekend — especially for college football fans.
The reason? There are 14 college football games on the Friday slate during Rivalry Week.
Headlining Friday’s slate of FBS games is the Egg Bowl between No. 16 Ole Miss (8-3, 4-3 in SEC play) and Mississippi State (2-9, 0-7) at 3:30 p.m. ET at in Oxford, Mississippi.
Four teams from the most recent College Football Playoff top 25 rankings are in play on Friday, including No. 11 Boise State, who is projected as the No. 4 seed in the 12-team CFP bracket. The Broncos host Oregon State on the “Smurf Turf” for a noon ET kickoff. No. 6 Georgia continues “Rivalry Week” with an in-state rivalry matchup against Georgia Tech under the lights at Sanford Stadium.
And then there’s Colorado, which remained in the CFP top 25 at No. 25 but fell out of the US LBM Coaches Poll after its Week 13 loss to Kansas, hosts Oklahoma State at Folsom Field. A win by Deion Sanders’ squad will keep a path open for the Buffaloes to make the Big 12 championship game heading into Saturday’s Big 12 games.
Here’s what you need to know about Friday’s slate of college football games, including who’s playing, TV channel, streaming information and more:
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Games listed chronologically. All times Eastern.
Friday’s slate of college football games will be broadcast nationally across an assortment of channels. You can stream 13 of the 14 games going on Friday on Fubo, which carries ABC, CBS, Fox, NBC, ESPN, ESPNU, CBS Sports Network and Fox Sports 1 and offers a free trial to new subscribers.
The only game on Friday that won’t be broadcast on TV and available on Fubo is Texas State vs. South Alabama. The Sun Belt showdown between the Bobcats and the Jaguars will be available on ESPN+, ESPN’s subscription streaming service.
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This section will be updated as games become finalized on Friday
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