RATING THE TV GAMES

* * * * Whoa, Nellie

* * * Order some pizza

* * Channel-surf ... or get out of the house

* A fine time for chores

* Pittsburgh (4-5) at West Virginia (3-7), 9 a.m., ESPN: Pitt is on a roll entering Backyard Brawl. The Mountaineers? They lost to Temple.

* Wisconsin (5-6) at Minnesota (3-7), 9 a.m., ESPN2: The Gophers’ victories are over Louisiana Lafayette, Michigan State and Murray State.

* * Missouri (4-5) at Kansas State (5-5), 9 a.m., Fox Sports Net: Once highly regarded Kansas State needs to win to be eligible for a bowl game.

* * Iowa (6-4) at Iowa State (6-4), 9:30 a.m., Fox Sports Net 2: Hawkeyes are bowl-eligible for the first time since 1997, and Iowa State is ready to go too.

* * * Ohio State (6-4) at No. 11 Michigan (8-2), 10 a.m., Channel 7, XTRA (690): John Cooper was 2-10-1 against Michigan. Now Jim Tressel tries to block Wolverines from Big Ten title.

* * Grambling (8-1) vs. Southern (7-3), 11 a.m., Channel 4: It’s the Bayou Classic--and Southern has a promising freshman tailback named Bo Jackson.

* Vanderbilt (2-7) at No. 7 Tennessee (8-1), 12:30 p.m., Channel 2: Let’s see, Florida beat Vanderbilt, 71-13. Now the Volunteers prep for Gator showdown Dec. 1.

* * Penn State (4-5) at Michigan State (5-4), 12:30 p.m., ESPN: Technically, Penn State can still qualify for a bowl game. More likely, the Spartans clinch a berth today.

* * Oklahoma State (3-7) at No. 4 Oklahoma (10-1), 12:30 p.m., Fox Sports Net: Oklahoma can stamp its ticket to the Big 12 title game against Colorado.

* * * No. 25 Boston College (7-3) at No. 22 Syracuse (8-3), 4 p.m., ESPN2: The Orangemen, still reeling from a 59-0 loss to Miami, face the team that nearly upset the Hurricanes.

* * * No. 19 Georgia (6-3) at No. 21 Georgia Tech (7-3), 4:45 p.m., ESPN: Bulldogs trying to take the sting out of Yellow Jackets’ streak in rivalry.

* * Notre Dame (4-5) at No. 13 Stanford (7-2), 5 p.m., Channel 7: Maybe ABC will break in with the game we’d prefer to see--No. 12 Washington at No. 1 Miami.

* * Air Force (5-5) at Hawaii (7-3), 8 p.m., Fox Sports Net: OK, if you want to see some scoring ...