According to Pete Thamel of ESPN, former Clemson and Oregon State quarterback DJ Uiagalelei will transfer to Florida State ahead of the 2024 season.

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Uiagalelei spent the 2023 season at Oregon State where he threw for 2,638 yards and 21 touchdowns. His passing yardage was a career high.

Prior to his stint at Oregon State, Uiagalelei was a five-star recruit as part of the class of 2020 where he landed at Clemson.

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Flowing three seasons with the Tigers, including two as the starting quarterback, Uiagalelei tossed 5,681 yards and 36 touchdowns.

The Seminoles will turn to Uiagalelei in 2024 after three seasons of Jordan Travis under center.

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Both of those ranked games will be previewed later. But there are conference championship game implications also on the line this week. 

PODCAST: Despite chalk at the top, week 12 had intrigue

Spots in the Big 12, Big Ten and Pac-12 title games are up for grabs this Saturday. Alabama-Georgia and Florida State-Louisville are already conference championship games set in stone for Dec. 2. 

There are also 13 ranked teams that will play on the road this week including No. 1 Georgia, No. 2 Ohio State, No. 5 Florida State and No. 8 Alabama. 

Here are several games to watch this week. 

No. 16 Oregon State at No. 6 Oregon 

There is a lot on the line this week for the Ducks. 

Sitting comfortably at No. 6 in the College Football Playoff rankings, Oregon is playing for a place in the Pac-12 Championship game. 

The quarterback matchup Saturday will pit Oregon’s Bo Nix, who is coming off of a six-touchdown performance, against Oregon State’s DJ Uiagalelei. 

No. 16 Oregon State upset Oregon 38-34 in the final week of the regular season last year. The Beavers scored 21 unanswered points in the fourth quarter as they ran for 268 yards. 

The two teams will match up once against on Friday night, and there’s a shot for either team to possibly advance to the Pac-12 Championship game. 

“I think it resonates with every single one of us and certainly not far from our mind,” Oregon head coach Dan Lanning said. “They’re a good team. We have to go play really well to compete against them, and you got to play an entire game.” 

No. 2 Ohio State at No. 3 Michigan 

Is there mutual respect in a rivalry? 

That was a pertinent topic this week in the press conferences that Michigan’s Jim Harbaugh and Ohio State’s Ryan Day took part in during the days leading up to “The Game” on Saturday. 

READ: Big Board: Week 13

Harbaugh was asked first on Monday about his level of respect for Day and the Buckeyes coaching staff, and here is his response. 

“It’s all about our preparation for Ohio,” Harbaugh said. “The days, the minutes, the hours, everything leading up to this game, that’s where our focus is. Preparing ourselves and planning, going to practice and then execute, so I mean, anything else is irrelevant when you get into this kind of just kind of big game week.” 

Both Michigan and Ohio State will enter Saturday 11-0 and with top-three defenses. Their scoring offenses are two of three teams in the Big Ten averaging more than 33 points per game. 

Day answered a similar question about his level of respect for Michigan. 

“I think with everything going on and the things that are out there, we’ve just kind of stayed away from all the distractions,” Day said. “We have, and (we’re) just focused on our team, and I think our guys have done a good job of it. I think when you talk to our guys, I’ve talked to them a couple times about what’s going on this season and then going into the game, but they’re focused on this game, they’re focused on the season, they’re focused on their preparation, and we’re just going to continue on that.” 

No. 5 Florida State at Florida 

The Seminoles might just have their backs against the wall. 

Steady for most of the season, No. 5 Florida State earned a bittersweet 58-13 victory over North Alabama last week. While the Seminoles got the win, they lost quarterback Jordan Travis due to a horrific left leg injury. 

Backup quarterback Tate Rodemaker entered the game after Travis’ departure and tossed two touchdowns alongside 217 passing yards. 

READ: Quotables: Week 12

Florida State dropped a spot in the fourth CFP rankings of the season on Tuesday. Head coach Mike Norvell said he can sense an urgency to the Seminoles, something that’s helped them earn two ranked wins this season and maintain their place atop the ACC standings. 

“You say urgency — you always want it.,” Norvell said. “It’s always like the push, the standard, the expectation. Sometimes I need to encourage more, and like they came in the door (Tuesday_ and they weren’t needing a whole lot of my encouragement. In the meeting room, they were ready to go. You felt it, you felt the energy, and we’re going to push the standard. We’re all going to be held accountable to it, but I thought the guys did a nice job with that.” 

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Louisville rose to No. 9 and Oregon State jumped to No. 10 after victories this past weekend. The Cardinals have won three-consecutive ballgames after beating Virginia 31-24, and the Beavers are riding the hot hand of DJ Uiagalelei. 

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No. 12 Penn State, which suffered a 24-15 home defeat to No. 2 Michigan, dropped three spots. 

The top-eight remained unchanged. 

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Here is the full AP Top 25. 

Georgia 

Michigan 

Ohio State 

Florida State 

Washington 

Oregon 

Texas 

Alabama 

Louisville 

Oregon State 

Missouri 

Penn State 

Ole Miss 

Oklahoma 

LSU 

Utah 

Tulane 

James Madison 

Arizona 

Notre Dame 

Tennessee 

North Carolina 

Kansas State 

Oklahoma State 

Liberty 

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This week, No. 1 Georgia faced a 17-10 second-half deficit and overcame Auburn 27-20 on the road. No. 2 Michigan took care of business against Nebraska, traveling to Lincoln and handing the Cornhuskers a 45-7 defeat.

PODCAST: Defense Still Matters and Saturday Proved It

Friday got the ball rolling early. No. 10 Utah suffered its first loss of the season when No. 19 Oregon State dialed up a 21-7 victory at home off the efforts quarterback DJ Uiagalelei, who finished with 204 passing yards and a touchdown and interception, and receiver Silas Bolden, who totaled 100 yards. 

Here are some of the top statistical performances from Week 5. 

Jonathon Brooks, Texas 

Texas relies heavily on quarterback Quinn Ewers. The Longhorns are fourth in the Big 12 Conference averaging almost 287 passing yards per game. 

Brooks brought balance to the Longhorns this week. Texas had more than 325 yards both passing and rushing during its 40-14 win over Kansas. 

Brooks had over 200 of those yards by himself. He ran for 217 rushing yards across 20 carries, topping his previous career-high by 53 yards. 

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Brooks broke off his first big run in the second quarter on a 67-yard dash setting up first down at the Jayhawks 8-yard line. 

He added runs of 54, 12 and 11 yards, and Brooks converted seven first downs when he had the football. 

Ray Davis, Kentucky 

This week’s leading rusher had a big game during the Wildcats upset win over Florida. 

Davis found “another gear” in his 280-yard rushing performance. He garnered 26 carries which set a season-high. 

Davis got his day started with 206 rushing yards in the first half against the Gators. He had three touchdowns in that span, and his first came through the air on a 9-yard reception during the first quarter. 

Davis’ rushing touchdowns came later, as he piled on a 75-yard breakaway for a score late in the first quarter and added another on the next possession during the second quarter. 

He would finish with three rushing touchdowns on the day. Davis’ 280 rushing yards tied him for third-most in a single game in Kentucky program history. 

Omarion Miller, Colorado 

It took a half of football for Miller to turn on, but when he did, he did so decisively. 

Miller caught a 65-yard deep ball thrown by quarterback Shedeur Sanders midway through the third quarter. 

READ: Williams throws 6 TDs, No. 8 USC outslugs Colorado 48-41

As Colorado’s comeback bid began — the Buffaloes trailed as much as 41-14 in the second half — that was when Miller continued piling on big catches. 

He converted a first down on a 44-yard catch in the third quarter, and it set up a Sanders touchdown pass on the next play to pull the Buffaloes within 48-27. 

Miller caught a touchdown of his own after the fourth quarter began. He found an opportunity and took advantage on a 9-yard score that was part of Colorado’s stretch of 20 unanswered points. 

Miller finished with 196 receiving yards across seven catches, all coming in the second half of Colorado’s narrow 48-41 defeat to No. 9 USC. 

Jalen Royals, Utah State 

UConn’s comeback efforts also fell short to Utah State and Royals, who had a career-day in the 34-33 win. 

Royals caught the go-ahead touchdown on a 52-yard reception early in the fourth quarter on Saturday. Utah State then held a 31-24 lead that would have to withstand the test of time. 

And it did. Utah State blocked the game-tying extra point with 40 seconds left to seal its second win of the year. 

Royals caught a game-high 185 yards, which set a new career best, across seven receptions. He also had touchdowns of 71 and 15 yards. 

Taulia Tagovailoa, Maryland 

A renowned quarterback who’s older brother currently quarterbacks the Miami Dolphins, Taulia Tagovailoa had a statement performance on Saturday against Indiana. 

Tagovailoa, the program’s career passing leader, went 24-of-34 for 352 passing yards, a season-high figure. 

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Tagovailoa and Maryland converted 13 first downs through the air, and they went a perfect 5-for-5 in the red zone. He added scoring throws of 9 and 3 yards. 

His farther passes went downfield for big payouts. Tagovailoa had six “big plays” of more than 15 passing yards: 62, 46, 31, 29, 23 and 19. 

Tagovailoa also finished with five touchdowns, which reached a new career-high for the fifth-year quarterback. He and the Terrapins have a major test this weekend when they travel to Columbus and face No. 4 Ohio State. 

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