Southern California, Notre Dame and Arch Manning headline the teams and players under pressure in Week 12 of the college football season.

Despite struggling with turnovers the past few games, Maiava has been one one of the top quarterbacks in the Big Ten this season

The Oklahoma Sooners are feeling good about themselves after a critical win over the Tennessee Volunteers two weeks ago. Now with another massive game against the Alabama Crimson Tide ahead of them, the Sooners are thinking all about the playoffs and their chances to make the College Football

Very few teams still contending for anything of note can afford to weather a loss at this point of the season, which means there were plenty of candidates for the list this week. But these are the eight college football teams under the absolute most pressure in Week 12.

The latest recruiting buzz on a number of hot-topic items in the Southern California landscape, including Oklahoma building a strong base, USC needing to pivot to other 2027 class targets, a commit to LSU worth tracking the next few weeks,

USC was hoping to achieve the same level of luck and success it had previously experienced. In Year 1, Riley led the team to an 11-3 record and took USC to the Pac-12 Championship Game, although the Trojans lost to the Utah Utes for the second time that season. Things have worsened each year since then.

Texas A&M returns home for the first time since beating Florida on Oct. 11, and the Aggies are No. 3 in the latest College Football Playoff rankings as they host South Carolina. South Carolina (3-6, 1-6) has not been the factor in the SEC that many expected,