Bowl Projection Round-Up: Where each Pac-12 team is slotted to play after wild Week 11
Things were looking so great for the Pac-12 Conference about a week ago, weren’t they? Three teams ranked in the top 10 with a real chance at the College Football Playoff; 4 ranked in the top 12; 5 ranked in the top 25.
Things change quickly.
Of course, the overall top-25 standing still looks good out west, but with the Oregon Ducks and UCLA Bruins both suffering upset losses on Saturday, the Pac-12 now only has one team — the USC Trojans — in playoff contention, while everyone else fights for a spot in the Pac-12 Championship Game and an opportunity to make it to the Rose Bowl.
With such big losses at the top of the conference, the bowl picture suffered a big shake-up this week. No longer does it look like we will see multiple Pac-12 teams in New Year’s Six bowl games as we did a week ago. Everyone moved down a peg, with the likely winner of the conference championship taking the top spot in the Rose Bowl, rather than the CFP.
Take a look at this week’s crop of bowl predictions.
Arizona Wildcats
Casey Sapio-USA TODAY Sports
ESPN Prediction
No Bowl
USA TODAY Prediction
No Bowl
CBS Sports
No Bowl
Arizona State Sun Devils
Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports
ESPN Prediction
No Bowl
USA TODAY Prediction
No Bowl
CBS Sports
No Bowl
California Golden Bears
Kelley L Cox-USA TODAY Sports
ESPN Prediction
No Bowl
USA TODAY Prediction
No Bowl
CBS Sports
No Bowl
Colorado Buffaloes
James Snook-USA TODAY Sports
ESPN Prediction
No Bowl
USA TODAY Prediction
No Bowl
CBS Sports
No Bowl
Oregon Ducks
Oregon Ducks Helmet
ESPN Prediction
Rose Bowl vs. Michigan (Mark Schlabach)
Las Vegas Bowl vs. South Carolina (Kyle Bonagura)
USA TODAY Prediction
Rose Bowl vs. Michigan
CBS Sports
Alamo Bowl vs. Oklahoma State
Oregon State Beavers
James Snook-USA TODAY Sports
ESPN Prediction
Sun Bowl vs. Pittsburgh (Mark Schlabach)
LA Bowl vs. Boise State (Kyle Bonagura)
USA TODAY Prediction
Sun Bowl vs. Wake Forest
CBS Sports
Sun Bowl vs. Louisville
Stanford Cardinal
James Snook-USA TODAY Sports
ESPN Prediction
No Bowl
USA TODAY Prediction
No Bowl
CBS Sports
No Bowl
UCLA Bruins
Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports
ESPN Prediction
Las Vegas Bowl vs. Mississippi State (Mark Schlabach)
Sun Bowl vs. Louisville (Kyle Bonagura)
USA TODAY Prediction
Holiday Bowl vs. Notre Dame
CBS Sports
Las Vegas Bowl vs. South Carolina
USC Trojans
Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports
ESPN Prediction
Rose Bowl vs. Ohio State (Kyle Bonagura)
Chick-Fil-A Peach Bowl (CFP) vs. Georgia (Mark Schlabach)
USA TODAY Prediction
Alamo Bowl vs. Oklahoma State
CBS Sports
Rose Bowl vs. Michigan
Utah Utes
Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports
ESPN Prediction
Alamo Bowl vs. Texas (Kyle Bonagura)
Alamo Bowl vs. Oklahoma State (Mark Schlabach)
USA TODAY Prediction
Las Vegas Bowl vs. Kentucky
CBS Sports
Holiday Bowl vs. Wake Forest
Washington Huskies
(Photo by Tom Hauck/Getty Images)
ESPN Prediction
Holiday Bowl vs. NC State (Kyle Bonagura)
Holiday Bowl vs. Notre Dame (Mark Schlabach)
USA TODAY Prediction
LA Bowl vs. Fresno State
CBS Sports
Cotton Bowl vs. UCF
Washington State Cougars
James Snook-USA TODAY Sports
ESPN Prediction
LA Bowl vs. Boise State (Mark Schlabach)
First Responder Bowl vs. Air Force (Kyle Bonagura)
USA TODAY Prediction
First Responder Bowl vs. Texas Tech
CBS Sports
Armed Forces Bowl vs. SMU
