As the conference title game nears, the more the tension builds. All three of the Big 12's Top 25 teams will be tested this weekend.

The college football season rolls into Week 12 with nothing settled in the top conference races. One game separates first and sixth place in the SEC.

Colorado by 11 1/2. Series record: Utah leads 35-32-3. Should 18th-ranked Colorado Buffaloes win out, a Big 12 title and a spot in the College Football Playoff are waiting for them. Their longtime rival,

As the season hits the home stretch, the Cougars and Buffaloes are in the lead positions to make the Big 12 championship game.

Instead of looking at the box score and realizing that Utah blew a 21-10 lead and lost the Holy War 22-21 by not scoring a single point in the final two quarters of that game, Harlan blamed the outcome entirely on Big 12 officials.