It's pretty rare when all the attention of a college football weekend is on the Pac-12. That's the case Saturday in Week 12 of the season with four teams still alive to make the league's championship game. Our experts make their picks.
USA TODAY's Paul Myerberg looks at the latest CFP rankings from the committee.It's pretty rare when all the attention of a college football weekend is on the Pac-12. That's the case Saturday in Week 12 of the season with four teams still alive to make the league's championship game – and there's an informal semifinal matchup between the quartet.
No. 6 Southern California is the highest-ranked team in the conference and is the lone representative left in the College Football Playoff race. The Trojans, who are one win in front of No. 10 Utah and No. 13 Oregon at the top of the standings, travel to No. 16 UCLA for their final Pac-12 game. A win ensures a spot in the championship game and also keeps alive hopes of reaching the semifinals.
That's because Utah and Oregon will start their game 2½ hours later, and someone has to lose. The Utes beat the Ducks twice in dominant fashion last season, but neither of those games were in Autzen Stadium. The Utes have won four in a row, including a defeat of USC, since losing to UCLA. The Ducks are off a home loss to Washington that ended their playoff hopes.
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