I reached out to the Pac-12 office Sunday for official clarification on the tiebreakers. Right now, they only were worried about this week’s possibilities. Here’s what we know:
- USC clinches a spot in the Championship Game with a win this week
- UCLA would be eliminated with a loss this week
- Washington would be eliminated with a loss this week
- No team with 3 conference losses can make the Championship Game
If both USC beats UCLA AND Colorado beats Washington then the champ game will be...
USC vs. winner of Utah/Oregon this week
“Beyond that there's lots of 3, 4 and even possible 5-team ties which I'm not ready to break down as many of them could be contingent on results of other conference games the next 2 weeks, even games of teams not involved in the tiebreaker,” according to Jim Thornby, Pac-12 senior manager, strategic sports communication.
Then was pointed back to the language involving tiebreakers: https://pac-12.com/football/standings
- USC clinches a spot in the Championship Game with a win this week
- UCLA would be eliminated with a loss this week
- Washington would be eliminated with a loss this week
- No team with 3 conference losses can make the Championship Game
If both USC beats UCLA AND Colorado beats Washington then the champ game will be...
USC vs. winner of Utah/Oregon this week
“Beyond that there's lots of 3, 4 and even possible 5-team ties which I'm not ready to break down as many of them could be contingent on results of other conference games the next 2 weeks, even games of teams not involved in the tiebreaker,” according to Jim Thornby, Pac-12 senior manager, strategic sports communication.
Then was pointed back to the language involving tiebreakers: https://pac-12.com/football/standings
