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Week 12

It's primetime for the Mid-American Conference.

The conference that will play any night of the week has two games on Wednesday. Western Michigan plays at Miami (Ohio), with the RedHawks favored by 1.5 points. Ohio takes on Bowling Green in the other game, with the Bobcats favored by 6.5.

Three games on Thursday, with the featured contest taking place in Blacksburg. North Carolina and Virginia Tech square off, with hometown Hokies favored by 10.5. In the other games, Marshall (-12) travels to Memphis and Southern Mississippi (-23) is at the University of Alabama Birmingham.

On Friday, the nation gets a chance to see high-powered Oklahoma State do its thing at Iowa State. The Cowboys are favored by 27. Friday's other game has Toledo (-14) at Central Michigan.

Saturday's games of note: Virginia at Florida State (-17); Vanderbilt (-1.5) at Tennessee; Louisiana State (-29.5) at Mississippi; Arizona at Arizona State (-10.5); California at Stanford (-19); Nebraska at Michigan (-3.5); Penn State at Ohio State (-6.5); Cincinnati (-3) at Rutgers; Kansas State at Texas (-9); Boston College at Notre Dame (-24.5); Louisiana Tech at Nevada (-7); Southern Methodist at Houston (-20); Mississippi State at Arkansas (-13); Miami (-1) at South Florida; Oklahoma (-14.5) at Baylor and USC at Oregon (-15.5).

For the latest numbers on all games, click here.

For the Week 12 broadcast schedule, visit Matt Sarzyniak's site.

For statistical breakdowns, visit cfbstats.com.

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Snapshots of Week 11

A look at the week that was, thanks to 30fps. Click an image to enlarge.

Columnists Corner

T.J. Simers, Los Angeles Times: UCLA's Rick Neuheisel is running out of time and excuses.

Scott Ostler, San Francisco Chronicle: Stanford needed a lot of Luck if it was going to beat Oregon. It didn't get it and now the quarterback has lost his grip on the Heisman.

Cedric Golden, Austin American-Statesman: In one afternoon in Columbia, Mo., Texas went from stud to dud.

Gil LeBreton, Fort Worth Star-Telegram: In Boise, they were already taking votes for who they wanted Boise State to play in the Bowl Chanpionship Series title game. Then Texas Christian came to town.

Berry Tramel, Oklahoman: Oklahoma State did what great teams do: Smash an inferior opponent's hopes early and often.

Rick Cleveland, Clarion Ledger: The question was how much of a hangover would Alabama have from its bruising loss to Louisiana State? Mississippi State found out that it wasn't nearly enough of one.

Mike Hlas, Cedar Rapids Gazette: It was the defining game for Iowa and the Hawkeyes defined themselves as also-rans.

Georgia Overwhelms Auburn, 45-7

Wiz correspondent Greg Laughlin spent Saturday in Athens, Ga., site of the Auburn-Georgia game, the oldest rivalry in the South. The Bulldogs crushed the Tigers, 45-7, and can clinch a spot in the Southeastern Conference title game next Saturday with a victory against lowly Kentucky.

You know the drill. There are more photos after the jump, and you can view Greg's full gallery by clicking here.

BCS Guru: It's All About LSU, Oklahoma State, Alabama

The focus has come down to three teams.

Louisiana State, Oklahoma State and Alabama will be at the top of the heap when the official Bowl Championship Series standings are released Sunday night, according to the BCS Guru.

The three teams are pulling away from the pack after Stanford and Boise State fell from the ranks of the unbeaten.

Oregon, which crushed the Cardinal at Palo Alto, is expected to occupy the No. 4 spot, followed by Oklahoma and Arkansas.

Louisiana State, Alabama and Arkansas remain alive for a spot in the Southeastern Conference title game, Dec. 3 in Atlanta. Oregon will likely play in the Pacific 12 title game on the same date.

Here are the remaining regular-season games for the projected top six teams:

Louisiana State: at Mississippi (Saturday); Arkansas (Nov. 25).

Oklahoma State: at Iowa State (Friday); Oklahoma (Dec. 3).

Alabama: Georgia Southern (Saturday); at Auburn (Nov. 26).

Oregon: USC (Saturday); Oregon State (Nov. 26).

Oklahoma: at Baylor (Saturday); Iowa State (Nov. 26); at Oklahoma State (Dec. 3).

Arkansas: Mississippi State (Saturday); at Louisiana State (Nov. 25).

Jon Stewart Tackles the Penn State Riots

First came the allegations of sexual abuse against Jerry Sandusky. Then came the firing of Joe Paterno, which outraged Penn State students. The Daily Show's Jon Stewart is equally outraged, but for different reasons.