Breaking Down The Pac-12 North: Who Will Make The Title Game?
Oct 31, 2015; Berkeley, CA, USA; California Golden Bears quarterback Jared Goff (16) escapes pressure against the Southern California Trojans in the second quarter at Memorial Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Cary Edmondson-USA TODAY Sports
Teams With a Long Shot Of Making the Pac-12 Title Game in 2015
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California (5-3, 2-3 Pac-12), The Golden Bears are three out with four to play so they’ve got quite a lof of work to go after a promising start. Cal ends with at Oregon plus their archrival Stanford then has Oregon plus Arizona State in Berkeley. Sonny Dykes and Jared Goff aren’t a long shot but losing three straight hasn’t made winning the division easy at all.
Washington (4-4, 2-3 Pac-12), Like their bay area neighbors winning out is important in addition to getting lots of help. They’ll face two south opponents with Utah and at Arizona State then at Oregon State before hosting the Apple Cup against Washington State. They don’t have head-to-heads on their side having lost to Cal, Stanford and Oregon so they’d need extra help.
Oregon State (0-5), Gary Anderson’s first season in Corvallis hasn’t gone well (at least he’s not Mike Riley in Lincoln right?) as they’re winless. The closing stretch includes UCLA, at California, Washington before the Civil War in Eugene against rival Oregon. Spoiler is really the only thing the Beavers can hope to do before this season ends as 4-5 won’t win this division given this record.
Mike Vamosi contributed to this article.