The top teams in the playoff race will try to hold serve during the Week 12 college football schedule. No. 1 Georgia travels to Knoxville to play No. 21 Tennessee in the 3:30 p.m. ET SEC on CBS game. The Bulldogs are 9.5-point favorites in the latest Week 12 college football odds via SportsLine consensus. Other notable matchups with playoff implications include No. 3 Michigan at Maryland (+19) and No. 5 Washington at No. 10 Oregon State (-1) (see more college football lines right here). 

Before making any Week 12 college football bets on those games or others, be sure to see what legendary college football handicapper Bruce Marshall has to say. 

For years Vegas-based Marshall was synonymous with The Gold Sheet, the famed sports betting newsletter. With a background in play-by-play work and sports information while in college, Bruce joined TGS in 1981 when hired by the legendary Mort Olshan and served as executive editor for many years. Marshall now supplies his unique and colorful brand of football and basketball analysis to SportsLine members. 

An in-demand guest on numerous sports talk radio and TV shows across the country, Bruce's vast array of editorial work has been featured in the Las Vegas Review-Journal, the New York Post and many other outlets. He has won various handicapping titles and also is working on several book projects.

Now he's studied the Week 12 college football schedule and used his Tech Corner technique to break down every matchup.

One thing we can tell you for Week 12: Marshall is backing No. 19 Notre Dame (-25) to cover at home against Wake Forest in a 3:30 p.m. ET matchup as Notre Dame quarterback Sam Hartman takes on his former team. 

"The Deacons have lost six of last seven outright this season, also on 6-2 Under run," Marshall said. "Irish are 3-1-1 vs. spread at South Bend this season, also Over last three in 2023. Marcus Freeman is 2-1 as double-digit chalk in 2023, and Irish are 7-3-1 vs. spread since late 2022."

Marshall has evaluated every other matchup and he's found a stunning 17-1 spread trend that makes one pick a HUGE value on Saturday! You ABSOLUTELY need to see who it is before making any college football picks. 

Who should you back in Week 12 of college football, and what 17-1 spread trend makes one pick a HUGE value? ... Join SportsLine now to find out, all from the legendary Vegas handicapper who has won multiple handicapping titles!