No one-loss Pac 12 team
Top-ten ranked Oregon recently lost to Arizona State, pushing it back to No. 14 in the latest Committee rankings. With their only prior loss coming to the hand of Auburn, the Justin Herbert-led Ducks looked like the Pac 12’s best team.
Now the flag-bearer of the conference goes to Utah, winners of eight straight. The No. 6 Utes only loss was to USC, but they’ll still be facing Oregon in the conference’s title game.
The Ducks are no joke, led by one of the best quarterbacks in the country. Assuming they win that game and LSU still defeats Georgia, does Alabama find a way to get in?
Conspiracy theorists will tell you the committee is going to find every way possible to put the Crimson Tide in the playoffs. Having no one-loss Pac 12 team and a two-loss Georgia will put them in an interesting position to select either Oklahoma or Alabama.
As many teams will find out, their destiny is in their own hands, and the Pac 12 North-winners Utah is no different. It would need some help from LSU and either Virginia or Virginia Tech however.