The Week 12 docket features a plethora of nationally-ranked matchups that fuel the College Football Playoff discussion coming down the stretch, including an elimination game of sorts for Notre Dame on the road against Pittsburgh and several mammoth SEC games at the top of the conference.

The NCAA put Michigan State’s football program on three years of probation and penalized the school $30,000 plus 1.5% of the team’s budget after agreeing former staff members under coach Mel Tucker broke rules regarding recruiting inducements and benefits,