Weekend Watch Guide: An Oklahoma State Fan’s Guide to Week 11 of the 2026 College Football Season

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We’re in mid-November. The college football season is getting down to the nitty gritty.

Let’s take a look at some of the best non-Oklahoma State games of the weekend.

Big 12 Schedule

Utah-Arizona: From an OSU perspective, Cowboy fans at this point would likely prefer Utah run the table to Arlington. Should the Utes beat Arizona this weekend, it’d knock the Wildcats out of the two-loss group in the Big 12.

Arizona has had a tough schedule this year, with the Wildcats’ two losses being at BYU and at Texas Tech. Perhaps the Wildcats getting one of these top-tier teams at home could be the difference.

Baylor-BYU: No one is really thinking this way, but Baylor is as much in the Big 12 title hunt as OSU is right now.

The Bears are in the two-loss bunch in the league. The issue is Baylor closes the year by going at BYU, vs. Texas Tech and at Houston. So it seems unlikely that the Bears will remain with two Big 12 losses, but they are in a position to ruin someone else’s Big 12 title hopes.

Houston-Colorado: OSU needs someone to clip the Cougars between now and the end of the regular season.

That probably isn’t going to be a 3-6 Colorado squad, but the Buffaloes have been notably better at home. Colorado beat Kansas State 27-24 in Boulder a few weeks ago. CU also took Utah to the brink at Folsom Field and were in a game late with Texas Tech before Tech ended up winning that game 29-7.

Other Games to Watch

Duke (7-2) at No. 7 Miami (8-1) — 11 a.m. Saturday on ABC
No. 13 Wake Forest (8-1) at SMU (7-2) — 11 a.m. Saturday on ESPN
Northwestern (6-3) at No. 20 Ohio State (6-3) at 11 a.m. Saturday on FOX
No. 22 Missouri (6-3) at No. 1 Georgia (8-1) — 2:30 p.m. Saturday on ABC
No. 18 USC (7-2) at No. 9 Indiana (8-1) — 2:30 p.m. Saturday on CBS
No. 6 Texas (7-2) at No. 21 LSU (6-3) — 6:30 p.m. Saturday on ABC
North Texas (7-2) at UTSA (7-2) — 8 p.m. Saturday on ESNPU

ACC: The ACC is in a weird spot, as only Miami and Wake Forest are in the College Football Playoff Rankings. This weekend could put the league in an even weirder spot.

Miami is a 13.5-point favorite against Duke and should win that game, but the Hurricanes are coming off an emotional outing against Notre Dame.

Wake is actually 1.5-point underdog in its trip to SMU this weekend.

If both of those teams lose, what happens to the ACC?

USC-Indiana: The Trojans were marked for dead after their loss to Wisconsin, but they followed that up with a 30-18 win against Ohio State.

But now USC has to go into the heart of Big Ten country to face the reigning national champs. Indiana hasn’t been nearly as dominant this season, but the Hoosiers just constantly seem to find a way to end the game with more points than their opponents.

Texas-LSU: What happens if Texas loses in a night game in Tiger Stadium (which many have done)?

Would the win be enough for LSU to leapfrog into the playoff picture? Would a loss be enough to see Texas slip out of the Top 12?

I’m not as confident in either of these teams as I was in the beginning of the year, so I don’t have the slightest clue as to what will happen.