There is no shortage of topics to discuss after Week 9 of the 2022 Pac-12 football season. Let’s start with the simple reality that four teams are in the hunt for the Pac-12 Championship Game. Oregon is in the driver’s seat but will soon embark on the toughest three-game stretch of its season. USC and UCLA are headed for a Nov. 19 showdown. Utah is firmly in the hunt and will get its chance to make a run at Vegas and the successful defense of its 2021 Pac-12 title.
The first College Football Playoff rankings will be released this week.
The Pac-12 is better this year on the gridiron than last year.
Pac-12 refs continue to be a story, obviously for all the wrong reasons.
Let’s get to all of these topics.