On a practical level, Saturday’s slate of games in the Pac-12 conference acted as semifinals for the Pac-12 Championship game. With the USC Trojans going up against the UCLA Bruins, and the Utah Utes taking on the Oregon Ducks, it was pretty clear going into the day the two winners would be in the driver’s seat to get to Las Vegas.
Both USC and Oregon won. So does that mean that they are automatically in and going to meet each other in early December for the first time this season? Not exactly.
The Trojans are in, since they have no more conference games left, but the Ducks are still a win away from locking up the nod. Here is an updated look at everything that could happen in the final week of the regular season, and who could still get into the title game: