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. 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LOUIS -- St. Louis Cardinals manager Mike Matheny, whose team missed the playoffs in 2016 for the first time in his five-year tenure, has agreed to a three-year contract extension.The Cardinals announced the new contract Thursday, a day after the rival Chicago Cubs won the World Series. Terms were not disclosed. Matheny had one year remaining on his previous contract, and the extension keeps him with the team through 2020.The Cardinals have averaged 92 wins per season since Matheny took over after Tony La Russa retired following the World Series-winning 2011 season. Overall, Matheny is 461-349.Matheny, 46, a former Gold Glove catcher, led the Cardinals to playoff appearances in 2012 through 2015 before falling one game short this season, including NL Central titles in 2013-2015. He also led St. Louis to the 2013 World Series, losing in six games to Boston.Matheny was lauded for leading the Cardinals to baseballs best record in 2015, a 100-win season in which they lost to the Cubs in the first round of the playoffs. But they dropped to 86 wins last season, 17 1/2 games behind the Cubs.The Cardinals, New York Mets and San FFrancisco Giants were in a three-way race for the final two playoff spots, with the Cardinals falling just short.ddddddddddddike has continued the Cardinals tradition of winning in his first five years as manager and we are happy to extend his contract leading our club on the field through 2020, Cardinals principal owner and CEO, Bill DeWitt Jr., said in a statement.A message seeking comment from Matheny was not immediately returned.The Cardinals also announced changes in their coaching staff. Bill Mueller, who served as third base coach in Jose Oquendos absence, will return to his former duty as assistant hitting coach. Oquendo missed the entire season after undergoing knee replacement surgery.Oliver Marmol, who was manager of the Class A Palm Beach affiliate, will be first base coach in 2017. Triple-A Memphis manager Mike Shildt moves to quality control coach for the major league team. The Cardinals said all of the other major league coaches will return except assistant hitting coach Derrick May. ' ' '
