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With last weeks utter chaos in the top four still fresh in everyones mind, the penultimate week of college footballs regular season is setting up to be a little more sedate.After No. 3 Louisvilles loss to Houston on Thursday, most of the other teams in the top 10 are highly favored before a hefty helping of rivalry games next week.Here are some things you need know about Week 12:BEST GAMENo. 8 Oklahoma at No. 10 West VirginiaBoth teams werent ranked in early October but find themselves seven weeks later meeting in primetime and still having a fleeting chance of getting into the College Football Playoff.After starting 1-2 the Sooners (8-2, 7-0 Big 12, No. 9 CFP) have won seven straight and are averaging 48 points during that span. The Mountaineers (8-1, 5-1, No. 14 CFP) are led by quarterback Skyler Howard, who is 17th nationally in total offense.Since the Big 12 went to round-robin play in 2011, the champion has not had an unbeaten record in conference play.HEISMAN WATCHOklahomas Baker Mayfield has a chance to make his bid for a trip to the Dec. 10 ceremony in New York with a primetime game.Mayfield has 21 touchdown passes over the past five games, which is the most by a Sooners quarterback in a five-game span. The junior leads the nation in passing efficiency (195.2) and yards per pass attempt (19.9).NUMBERS TO KNOW33.8 -- Percent of the time Alabama has been ranked No. 1 in Nick Sabans 10 seasons as coach. The Crimson Tide host Chattanooga on Saturday.6 -- Straight meetings where the road team has won in the Ohio State-Michigan State series. The second-ranked Buckeyes have won in their past five trips to East Lansing dating back to 2004.2 -- Times in Atlantic Coast Conference history a team has faced top five teams in back-to-back games. Wake Forest faces No. 5 Clemson this week after hanging tough for three quarters at No. 3 Louisville last week before losing 44-12.356 -- Games since Florida has been shut out. The 21st-ranked Gators travel to LSU in a game that was rescheduled due to Hurricane Matthew in October.9 -- Straight wins by Harvard over Yale. The 133rd playing of The Game is on Saturday as the Crimson look to clinch a share of its fourth straight Ivy League title.OFF THE RADARWyoming is bowl-eligible for the first time since 2011, but it can take a huge step toward clinching a division title in the Mountain West if it can defeat No. 24 San Diego State.If the Cowboys (7-3, 5-1 Mountain West) defeat the Aztecs on Saturday and New Mexico next week, it wins the Mountain Division title. No. 22 Boise State needs to win out and hope that Wyoming loses one of its two remaining games.The Aztecs (9-1, 6-0), who have a 17-game winning streak in conference play, have already clinched the West Division.The game is also a matchup of two of the top three rushers in the Football Bowl Subdivision. San Diego States Donnel Pumphrey leads the nation in rushing (1,779), while Wyomings Brian Hill is third (1,417).COACH IN NEED OF A WINRich Rodriguez is on the longest losing streak of his career as Arizona has dropped seven straight. The Wildcats, whose last seven-game skid came in 2004, travel to Oregon State on Saturday and face a Beavers squad that has dropped five straight.Arizonas first seven Pac-12 opponents are a combined 37-14 in league play, while its last two -- Oregon State and Arizona State -- are 3-11---More AP college football: www.collegefootball.ap.org and https://twitter.com/AP-Top25---Follow Joe Reedy at www.twitter.com/joereedy Benjamin Mendy Jersey . 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Three relievers closed out the win and extended the bullpens streak of 32 consecutive shutout innings since Aug. 10. Kelvin Herrera pitched a perfect ninth for his eighth save.Andrew Cashner (4-10) had his best outing in five starts for the Marlins but fell to 0-3 since joining them on July 30. He allowed one run in six innings.BREWERS 6, ROCKIES 4MILWAUKEE -- Hernan Perez hit a two-run triple in the seventh inning, lifting Milwaukee over Colorado.Perez hit a 0-2 pitch from Carlos Estevez into the right-field corner. Jonathan Villar scored from second and Ryan Braun from first when Daniel Descalsos cutoff throw to the plate was wide and got past catcher Nick Hundley to give Milwaukee a 5-4 lead.Brent Suter (1-1) pitched a scoreless seventh for his first career victory in his first relief appearance after making his major league debut in a spot start Friday night. Corey Knebel pitched the ninth for his first career save in his 75th game.Boone Logan (2-3) took the loss.PIRATES 7, ASTROS 1PITTSBURGH -- Ivan Nova took a shutout into the ninth inning and finished with a six-hitter while Gregory Polanco hit two home runs.Nova (10-6) struck out six, walked one and threw 69 of his 98 pitches for strikes while improving to 3-0 in four starts since being acquired from the New York Yankees in an Aug. 1 trade.His bid for his third career shutout ended when Alex Bregman and Jose Altuve led off the ninth with consecutive doubles.After the Pirates scored four runs in the first inning, Polanco hit solo shots in the third and fifth off Joe Musgrove (1-2) and Tony Sipp to extend the lead to 6-0 and raise his season total to a team-high 19 homers.ddddddddddddREDS 3, RANGERS 0CINCINNATI -- Dan Straily extended his surge since the All-Star break by pitching six innings and Joey Votto drove in a pair of runs.Straily (10-6) hasnt allowed more than two runs in any of his eight starts since the break, going 6-0. He gave up three singles and two walks.Tony Cingrani gave two walks in the ninth before retiring Ryan Rua on a grounder to complete his 16th save in 21 chances.Votto singled home a run in the sixth off left-hander Derek Holland (5-6), who had been on the disabled list since June 22 with an inflamed pitching shoulder. Holland gave up four hits and a walk in six innings. He also got his first major league hit, a single off the plate that bounced over Vottos head at first base.METS 7, CARDINALS 4ST. LOUIS -- Wilmer Flores and Justin Ruggiano homered, Jose Reyes reached four base times and scored three runs, and Asdrubal Cabrera had three hits, drove in a run and scored once.The offense helped Robert Gsellman (1-0) get the decision in his major league debut. Gsellman, pressed into action after starter Jonathon Niese left with an injury in the first inning, pitched 3 2/3 innings without allowing an earned run.Jeurys Familia earned his 42nd save, one shy of the Mets season record set by Familia last year and Armando Benitez in 2001.Cardinals lefty Jaime Garcia (10-9) gave up a season-high six runs at home, in just four innings.TIGERS 8, TWINS 3MINNEAPOLIS -- Cameron Maybin drove in three runs, including a go-ahead two-run single in the sixth inning.Anibal Sanchez (7-12) pitched seven innings to win a start on the road for the first time since the first week of the season, and the Tigers broke the game open in the seventh with soaring home runs by Erick Aybar and Victor Martinez.Brian Dozier gave Minnesota the lead in the fifth with his 29th homer, a new career high, but Kyle Gibson (5-8) couldnt hold it. He threw two of the teams three wild pitches in the decisive sixth.ORIOLES 8, NATIONALS 1BALTIMORE -- Kevin Gausman scattered six hits over six shutout innings, Adam Jones went 4 for 5 and Chris Davis hit his 30th home run for Baltimore.Gausman (5-10) walked two, struck out two and permitted only one runner past second base.The 25-year-old outpitched Nationals rookie Reynaldo Lopez, a 22-year-old making his fifth major league start. Lopez (2-2) yielded six runs, four earned, and seven hits in 2 2/3 rocky innings.WHITE SOX 9, PHILLIES 1CHICAGO -- Jose Abreu homered for a third straight game and Carlos Rodon threw 6 2/3 scoreless innings.Abreu hit a two-run home run and Justin Morneau followed with a solo shot in the fifth off Jake Thompson (1-3), who gave up seven runs and eight hits in five innings.Rodon (4-8) allowed three hits and has a 1.46 ERA in his past four starts after missing most of July with a sprained left wrist. ' ' '