THIS WEEK IN THE PAC 12 CONFERENCE
THIS WEEK’S #PAC12FB SCHEDULE
Friday, November 26 Time (Local) TV
Colorado at #19 Utah 2:00 p.m. MT FOX
Joe Davis, Brock Huard
Washington State at Washington 5:00 p.m. PT FS1
Alex Faust, Petros Papadakis
Saturday, November 27 Time (Local) TV
Oregon State at #11 Oregon 12:30 p.m. PT ESPN
Dave Pasch, Dusty Dvoracek, Tom Luginbill
Arizona at Arizona State 2:00 p.m. MT P12N
Ted Robinson, Yogi Roth
#6 Notre Dame at Stanford 5:00 p.m. PT FOX
Joe Davis, Brock Huard
#13 BYU at USC 7:30 p.m. PT ESPN
Dave Flemming, Rod Gilmore, Stormy Buonantony
California at UCLA 7:30 p.m. PT FS1
Aaron Goldsmith, Mark Helfrich
QUICK HITS
VIVA LAS VEGAS: UTAH’s win on Saturday over OREGON clinched their spot in the 2021 Pac-12 Football Championship Game, presented by 76®, as the South Division Champions. It’s Utah’s 3rd appearance in the Pac-12 Championship Game in the last 4 years. The North’s representative will be determined in the final weekend.
• IF Oregon wins, they will win the North Division outright
• IF Oregon State wins AND Washington beats Washington State, then Oregon State will win the tiebreaker in 2-team tie with Oregon because of their head-to-head victory.
• IF Washington State wins AND Oregon State defeats Oregon, then Washington State will represent the North having the advantage in a 3-team tie with a then 4-1 record against North Division opponents. For tickets to the 2021 Pac-12 Football Championship Game, presented by 76®, visit pac-12.com/tickets.
CFP RANKINGS: Thanks to their big win on Saturday, UTAH moved up four spots this week in the College Football Playoff rankings to #19. It’s the highest the Utes have been ranked in the CFP since they were #11 in the final rankings of 2019. OREGON, who had been in the Top 4 the previous 3 weeks, dropped 8 spots to #11.
BREAKING BARRIERS: For the 2nd straight season and for the first time at the Apple Cup, the Pac-12 will have an all-Black officiating crew including the officials, position supervisor and game evaluator. Last year, the conference made history with the Stanford at UCLA game with its first ever all-Black officiating crew.
AWARD TOUR: UTAH’s Devin Lloyd was named a finalist for the Butkus Award as the top LB in the country for the 2nd straight year. OREGON had 2 players named finalists this week with DE Kayvon Thibodeaux a finalist for the Bednarik Award as the nation’s top defense player and S Verone McKinley III a finalist for the Thorpe Award for the top defensive back. Finally, the Joe Moore Award for the nation’s top OL group named their semifinalists this week with both Oregon and Oregon Stat making the cut.
On the weekly side, UTAH Head Coach Kyle Whittingham was honored as the Dodd Trophy Coach of the Week with the Utes also collectively selected as the Cheez-It Bowl National Team of the Week.
