Back to the NCAA Newsfeed

USA TODAY Sports college football staff picks for Week 11

SportsPulse: College football insiders Paul Myerberg and Dan Wolken discuss what the committee got right and wrong in the second playoff reveal of the season. USA TODAY

Is this finally the week for a big upset?

No. 1 Alabama and No. 2 Clemson look to be cruising toward an inevitable collision in the College Football Playoff championship game. Both have only one ranked team left on the schedule in the final three weeks before their respective conference title games. Those tests come Saturday.

The Crimson Tide will host No. 15 Mississippi State.