The Pac-12 football standings after Week 9 involve a few notable developments. The main story is that Washington survived a scare at Stanford to remain unbeaten in the conference and on course to make the Pac-12 Championship Game on Friday, December 1.
The other particularly big story is that the Oregon State Beavers — who entered Week 9 with only one loss in the conference — picked up loss number two at Arizona. This affects the tiebreaker situation in the conference and reshapes various tiebreaker scenarios at the end of the season. Oregon State just lost any last degree of leverage it might have previously owned. The Beavers now have to beat Washington and Oregon in the final weeks of the season if they want to make the Pac-12 title game. They’re in big trouble in terms of getting to Las Vegas.
Let’s give you the full Pac-12 standings heading into November: