College football Week 12 preview: Five best games to watch this weekend

Just like that, we’ve reached Week 12 of the college football season, and there are several matchups that have both conference championship and College Football Playoff implications that we need to keep a close eye on Saturday.

The most anticipated showdown is No. 7 Tennessee’s visit to No. 12 Georgia on Saturday night. Will the Volunteers have their starting quarterback? Can the Bulldogs' offense find a rhythm and avoid a third SEC loss?

Elsewhere, the Big 12 has six teams that are still somehow in the running to make the title game. This week, No. 17 Colorado hopes to knock off a Utah team that might still be reeling from last week’s emotional loss. Later, No. 6 BYU will try to stay undefeated when it hosts a Kansas team that’s coming off an important win over Iowa State. Currently, Colorado and BYU are on a collision course to meet in Dallas for the Big 12 Championship Game, but both teams need to keep winning — and there’s still time in the season for something wild to happen.

That said, here are the top five games to watch this weekend:

Utah at No. 17 Colorado ( noon ET )

Colorado needs to keep winning in order to make it to the Big 12 title game, plain and simple. Standing in the Buffs' way this week is Utah, which has won the past 11 of 12 meetings between these two programs. 

However, the Buffaloes may be catching the Utes at the right time. Utah is coming off a rough loss to archrival BYU last week in which a defensive holding penalty extended the Cougars' game-winning drive. To make matters worse, head coach Kyle Whittingham’s quarterback problem has gotten even more challenging. He lost starter Cam Rising for the season a month ago and replaced him with true freshman Isaac Wilson. However, the backup QB’s