Georgia Hosts Missouri as Utah Faces Its Closest Line Yet
The top two teams in the playoff rankings play Saturday. Georgia is favored by 15.5 at home; Utah, 9-0, is favored by 2.5 on the road.
No. 1 Georgia and No. 3 Alabama are 15.5-point favorites Saturday, while No. 2 Utah's trip to Arizona carries the weekend's tightest top-25 line at 2.5.
No. 1 Georgia hosts Missouri on Saturday, and No. 2 Utah takes a 9-0 record to Arizona as a 2.5-point favorite. [College football schedule, Saturday November 14, 2026 — ESPN] [College football TV schedule and game times — NCAA.com]
Georgia (8-1) is a 15.5-point favorite over No. 22 Missouri (3:30 p.m. ET, ABC). No. 3 Alabama (7-2) is favored by 15.5 at Vanderbilt (12:45 p.m. ET, SEC Network), and Illinois visits No. 4 UCLA. [College football schedule, Saturday November 14, 2026 — ESPN] [College football TV schedule and game times — NCAA.com]
Utah's game is the test. The Utes play No. 23 Arizona in Tucson at 7:30 p.m. ET on FOX, their highest-ranked opponent of the season, and the 2.5-point line is by far the tightest on any of Saturday's top-three games. [College football schedule, Saturday November 14, 2026 — ESPN] [College football TV schedule and game times — NCAA.com]
The committee is watching. Its next rankings arrive Tuesday, November 17, and last week's release dropped 8-1 Indiana five places to ninth over schedule strength. Georgia took the top spot by winning 42-7 at Ole Miss, and a Utah loss Saturday would reopen the race for the second seed before the final field is set on December 6. [College football schedule, Saturday November 14, 2026 — ESPN] [College football TV schedule and game times — NCAA.com]
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