Playoff implications: Oregon-Utah, UCLA-USC head-to-head predictions

College Football Playoff implications: Oregon-Utah, UCLA-USC head-to-head game predictions

No. 5 Tennessee (9-1, 5-1 SEC) will play at South Carolina (6-4, 3-4 SEC) Saturday in Week 12.

Rankings reflect the USA TODAY Sports AFCA Coaches Poll.

The Vols are No. 5 in the College Football Playoff top 25 rankings.

Georgia (1), Ohio State (2), Michigan (3) and TCU (4) are the top four teams in the College Football Playoff top 25 rankings.

LSU is ranked No. 6 and will play Georgia in the SEC championship game Dec. 3.

In the Pac-12, USC is ranked seventh, while Utah (10), Oregon (12), UCLA (16) and Washington (17) are in the top 25.

USC’s lone loss took place Oct. 15 at Utah by one-point, 43-42. USC and Utah could rematch in the Pac-12 championship game. A USC win against Utah would cancel out its only loss of the season. The Trojans would also be a one-loss conference champion.

Pac-12 standings (no divisions)

USC 7-1
Oregon 6-1
Utah 6-1
UCLA 5-2
Washington 5-2

Ahead of the two Pac-12 games that can provide an opportunity for USC and Utah to rematch with College Football Playoff implications, Vols Wire provides head-to-head predictions for the UCLA-USC and Oregon-Utah games. Game predictions are listed below.