Pac 12 Bowl Predictions

It's that time of year again, boys & girls. The season has started. Let's get those predictions in on who's going bowling where, shall we?

Rose Bowl: Oregon
Alamo Bowl: USC
Holiday Bowl: Stanford
Foster Farms Bowl: UCLA
Sun Bowl: Washington
Las Vegas Bowl: Arizona
Cactus Bowl: Arizona State
At-large: Washington State, Utah

SeatownJay":18936an8 said:

It's that time of year again, boys & girls. The season has started. Let's get those predictions in on who's going bowling where, shall we?

Rose Bowl: Oregon
Alamo Bowl: USC
Holiday Bowl: Stanford
Foster Farms Bowl: UCLA
Sun Bowl: Washington
Las Vegas Bowl: Arizona
Cactus Bowl: Arizona State
At-large: Washington State, Utah

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I see things mostly the same as you. I dont know about bowl games but final standings:

1. Oregon
2. Stanford
3. UW
4. WSU
5. Cal
6. OSU

1. USC
2. UCLA
3. Utah
4. Arizona
5. Arizona State
6. Colorado

As for my Ducks, i think they're going to surprise a lot of people. First time in a long time they're coming into a season as an underdog. I dont think Prukop will be Mariota, or even Vernon Adams, but I think he'll be able to distribute the ball to the insane amount of playmakers the DUcks have and the offense will be as good as ever. They're starting 3 redshirt freshman on the o'line which is a little worrisome, but they're all guys who were pretty hyped up as soon as they got on the practice field last year as true freshman, so hopefully they'll live up to the hype. The defense can't be worse. Word out of training camp is pretty positive. They dont even need to be good, just average.

Halfway through the season, here are ESPN's bowl predictions for the Pac 12 from Mark Schlabach & Brett McMurphy.

Peach Bowl - CFP Semi-Final: Washington vs Alabama
Rose Bowl: Utah vs Ohio State or Washington State vs Michigan
Alamo Bowl: USC vs West Virginia or Utah vs Oklahoma
Holiday Bowl: Washington State vs Penn State or Arizona State vs Indiana
Foster Farms Bowl: Arizona State vs Northwestern or USC vs Penn State
Sun Bowl: Colorado vs Pittsburgh or UCLA vs North Carolina
Las Vegas Bowl: Stanford vs. San Diego State
Cactus Bowl: UCLA vs Texas Tech or Colorado vs Kansas State

And here are the projections from CBS.

Peach Bowl - CFP Semi-Final: Washington vs Alabama
Rose Bowl: Stanford vs Michigan
Alamo Bowl: UCLA vs Baylor
Holiday Bowl: Utah vs Penn State
Foster Farms Bowl: USC vs Indiana
Sun Bowl: Arizona State vs North Carolina
Las Vegas Bowl: Washington State vs San Diego State
Cactus Bowl: Colorado State vs. Kansas State*

CBS seems to think that Colorado, currently 4-2, will only win one more game and not be bowl eligible.

SeatownJay":1xuupa0y said:

And here are the projections from CBS.

Peach Bowl - CFP Semi-Final: Washington vs Alabama
Rose Bowl: Stanford vs Michigan
Alamo Bowl: UCLA vs Baylor
Holiday Bowl: Utah vs Penn State
Foster Farms Bowl: USC vs Indiana
Sun Bowl: Arizona State vs North Carolina
Las Vegas Bowl: Washington State vs San Diego State
Cactus Bowl: Colorado State vs. Kansas State*

CBS seems to think that Colorado, currently 4-2, will only win one more game and not be bowl eligible.

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Stanford in the Rose Bowl? Bwa ha ha ha. Not a snowball's chance. Not a good team. Wazzu or the South winner (likely Utah) assuming Dawgs win out.

So if WSU and UW both win out until the Apple Cup and WSU wins the Apple Cup, who goes to the Rose Bowl? The team that lost the head to head or the team that lost to an FCS school?

HawkGA":24k1ux7p said:

So if WSU and UW both win out until the Apple Cup and WSU wins the Apple Cup, who goes to the Rose Bowl? The team that lost the head to head or the team that lost to an FCS school?

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Whoever wins the pac 12 championship game goes to the Rose Bowl. In this scenario, WSU would represent the North in the championship game.

JSeahawks":3vqn9maj said:

HawkGA":3vqn9maj said:

So if WSU and UW both win out until the Apple Cup and WSU wins the Apple Cup, who goes to the Rose Bowl? The team that lost the head to head or the team that lost to an FCS school?

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Whoever wins the pac 12 championship game goes to the Rose Bowl. In this scenario, WSU would represent the North in the championship game.

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Oh, man, I completely forgot they have a Championship Game.

Here are the new projections from ESPN (Mark Schlabach & Brett McMurphy).

Peach Bowl (CFP): Washington v Alabama
Rose Bowl: Utah (Schlabach) or Washington State (McMurphy) v Ohio State
Alamo Bowl: Washington State (Schlabach) or Utah (McMurphy) v Baylor
Holiday Bowl: Colorado v Nebraska (Schlabach) or Northwestern (McMurphy)
Foster Farms Bowl: USC v Minnesota (Schlabach) or Maryland (McMurphy)
Sun Bowl: Arizona State v Pittsburgh (Shlabach) or North Carolina (McMurphy)
Las Vegas Bowl: Cal v Boise State (Schlabach) or San Diego State (McMurphy)
Cactus Bowl: Stanford v Texas Tech (Schlabach) or Kansas State (McMurphy)

And here are the new projections from CBS.

Fiesta Bowl (CFP): Washington v Clemson
Rose Bowl: Utah v Michigan
Alamo Bowl: Colorado v Baylor
Holiday Bowl: Stanford v Penn State
Foster Farms Bowl: Washington State v Indiana
Sun Bowl: USC v Wake Forest
Las Vegas Bowl: Arizona State v Boise State
Cactus Bowl: Cal v Kansas State

The_Z_Man":xje8sdd3 said:

JSeahawks":xje8sdd3 said:

As for my Ducks, i think they're going to surprise a lot of people. First time in a long time they're coming into a season as an underdog. I dont think Prukop will be Mariota, or even Vernon Adams, but I think he'll be able to distribute the ball to the insane amount of playmakers the DUcks have and the offense will be as good as ever. They're starting 3 redshirt freshman on the o'line which is a little worrisome, but they're all guys who were pretty hyped up as soon as they got on the practice field last year as true freshman, so hopefully they'll live up to the hype. The defense can't be worse. Word out of training camp is pretty positive. They dont even need to be good, just average.

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*snicker*

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That's mean and classless. I love it

dadof3":jzqvjq72 said:

The_Z_Man":jzqvjq72 said:

JSeahawks":jzqvjq72 said:

As for my Ducks, i think they're going to surprise a lot of people. First time in a long time they're coming into a season as an underdog. I dont think Prukop will be Mariota, or even Vernon Adams, but I think he'll be able to distribute the ball to the insane amount of playmakers the DUcks have and the offense will be as good as ever. They're starting 3 redshirt freshman on the o'line which is a little worrisome, but they're all guys who were pretty hyped up as soon as they got on the practice field last year as true freshman, so hopefully they'll live up to the hype. The defense can't be worse. Word out of training camp is pretty positive. They dont even need to be good, just average.

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*snicker*

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That's mean and classless. I love it

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You guys are simply hilarious.

Enjoy your one year wonder status.

Pulling from a new site this week, here are the Pac 12 Bowl Projections from Fox Sports.

Peach Bowl (CFP): Washington v Alabama
Rose Bowl: Utah v Ohio State
Alamo Bowl: USC v Oklahoma
Holiday Bowl: Colorado v Northwestern
Foster Farms Bowl: Washington State v Minnesota
Sun Bowl: Stanford v Wake Forest
Las Vegas Bowl: Arizona State v Wyoming
Cactus Bowl: Cal v Kansas State

The_Z_Man":la7kpcqt said:

I remember one year, I think it was the first year with Rich Brooks that they gave up about 200 in 4 games... I think the Huskies beat them 50 to something, and then they went down to LSU and got crushed, and then got blown out by the Cougs and either USC or Cal... those were pretty bad defenses.

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Are you thinking of this year? http://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/oregon/1977-schedule.html

Here are this morning's final bowl predictions from ESPN before the big announcement this afternoon.

Peach Bowl (CFP): Washington v Alabama
Rose Bowl: USC v Penn State
Alamo Bowl: Colorado v Oklahoma State
Holiday Bowl: Washington State v Iowa
Foster Farms Bowl: Stanford v Indiana
Sun Bowl: Utah v Pittsburgh
*Las Vegas Bowl: Houston v San Diego State
*Cactus Bowl: Baylor v Boise State

*Not enough Pac 12 teams are bowl eligible so the Las Vegas & Cactus bowls will pick at-large teams.