Here’s a look at some of the more impactful games on the college football Week 11 slate.
We’re a few weeks away from conference championship games around college football, which means Week 11 can upset the apple cart in the upcoming College Football Playoff rankings.
There’s a big top-10 matchup «between the hedges» in Athens when No. 9 Ole Miss plays against two-time defending champion No. 2 UGA. Big 10 East foes No. 3 Michigan and No. 10 Penn State meet at Beaver Stadium in another game featuring two top-10 teams.
No. 5 Washington is the third of the five remaining undefeated teams to face a ranked opponent this week when No. 18 Utah visits Seattle for a game with significant ramifications in the Pac-12.
While there are several essential games across the nation, including No. 6 Oregon vs USC and No. 4 Florida State playing against its rival Miami, our focus this week is on three games with top-5 teams facing ranked opponents on the Week 11 slate.
If the rankings aren’t enough to let you know this game is weighty, then Ole Miss Head Coach Lane Kiffin’s departure from trolling tactics he’s used against other coaches should be a clear signal.
«We’ve got to have a really good week of practice,» Kiffin told reporters during Tuesday’s press conference. «This is a very challenging combination now of having elite, phenomenal players and elite phenomenal coaches combined on the road. There’s the trifecta of what’s the hardest thing to pull off. This would be it.»
Smart and Kiffin were on Nick Saban’s staff at Alabama and won a national championship together. Smart shared fond thoughts of Kiffin.
«He was a head coach at a really young age,» Smart told reporters during his press conference on Tuesday.
