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Pac-12 Championship Game Tie-Breakers, Scenarios For 2015
Pac-12 Championship Game tie-breakers and scenarios for 2015. Find out what teams are still in play for the conference title game.
November 16, 2015
A look at the Pac-12 championship game tie-breakers and potential scenarios for each division.
Stanford is still in the driver’s seat in the North, but California plays a huge role now needing to beat the Cardinal in The Big Game to open things up for Oregon. The Ducks need a Stanford loss and to win out, while Washington State can’t navigate through the tiebreaker scenarios to play for the Pac-12 title – that missed kick against Stanford was a killer.
USC and UCLA each control their respective destines. The Bruins might have three Pac-12 losses, but they also get Utah and USC to close. USC has the tiebreaking win over Utah to help the cause, while the Utes need to win out and get some help.
Is there a scenario to get a Pac-12 team into the College Football Playoff? It’s going to take a slew of Power Five conference crashes, and it’s going to require Stanford looking phenomenal the rest of the way – including a blowout win over Notre Dame – but it’s going to be a tough climb.
Pac-12 North
– Stanford wins with a win over Cal. Or, with an Oregon loss.
– Oregon wins with wins over USC and Oregon State AND a Stanford loss to Cal. If there’s a three-way tie between Oregon, Stanford and Washington State, Oregon wins because it’ll have the most North victories among the three teams.
Pac-12 South
– Utah wins with wins over UCLA and Colorado AND a USC loss. Or, a win over UCLA, a loss to Colorado and USC losses to Oregon and UCLA.
– USC wins with wins over at Oregon and UCLA. Or, a win over UCLA and a Utah loss – USC wins the three-way tie in this scenario.
– UCLA wins with wins over at Utah and at USC.
