Nope. BYU is heading to the Boca Raton Bowl. I think if Utah beats Wazzu and ends 3-2, depending on the results of the other games, there’s no way they don’t find a bowl landing spot. Hell, with Stanford opting out of a bowl this year, that leaves these Pac-12 teams currently bowl eligible:
USC 5-0
Washington 3-1
Colorado 4-1
Oregon 3-2
UCLA 3-3
Utah 2-2
ASU can get bowl eligible with a win @ Oregon State. UCLA would stay bowl eligible if they beat Stanford. Here are my predictions in the games this week:
USC over Washington
Oregon over Colorado
Stanford over UCLA
Utah over Wazzu
Oregon State over ASU
That would make the final conference standings as follows:
North:
Oregon 4-2
Stanford 4-2
Washington 3-2
Oregon State 3-4
Wazzu 1-3
Cal 1-3
South:
USC 6-0
Utah 3-2
Colorado 4-2 (3-2 Pac-12)
UCLA 3-4
ASU 1-3
Arizona 0-5
Again, remember, Stanford has already announced that they are not going to play in a bowl game. That would leave the Pac-12 with five bowl-eligible teams:
USC 6-0
Oregon 4-2
Colorado 4-2 (3-2)
Washington 3-2
Utah 3-2
Stanford would do Utah a huge favor by beating UCLA, because that would eliminate the Bruins from bowl eligibility (you must have at least a .500 or better record and UCLA wouldn’t). Oregon State would also keep ASU from getting bowl eligible with a win over the Sun Devils. The Pac-12 is currently contracted to four bowl games that have not been canceled due to COVID-19:
NY6
Alamo Bowl
Independence Bowl
Armed Forces Bowl
Now, if USC wins on Friday, they’re obviously going to the Pac-12’s NY6 Bowl. Oregon at 4-2 would likely go to the Alamo Bowl. As Washington beat Utah, that would likely land them a birth in the Independence Bowl. That would leave Utah or Colorado to go to the Armed Forces Bowl. As Utah would finish within one game/tied in the conference standings with Colorado (making them eligible to be selected ahead of CU), coupled with the fact that Utah has a 17-point victory over the Buffs in Boulder, I think that the AF Bowl would choose Utah over CU, leaving the Buffs to find a bowl game that needs a team to fill an empty slot.
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