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RACE TO VEGAS: The 2023 Pac-12 Championship Game is less than a month away with 7 teams still in contention.  Washington could become the first to punch their ticket this weekend with a win over Utah plus losses by Arizona, USC and Oregon State.

Outside of the teams allotments, tickets for the Pac-12 Championship game are SOLD OUT.  Secondary market tickets are available through TicketSmarter and you can still purchase suites and Loge at https://suites.raiders.com/ .

CFP DEBUT: The second CFP rankings of the 2023 season were released this week with the Pac-12 having 5 teams listed, tied for the 2nd most of any conference.  The Pac-12 has now had at least 5 teams in every CFP ranking the last 2 seasons.

Washington was again the highest ranked Pac-12 team at #5 with Oregon still right behind them at #6.  #12 Oregon State has their highest ever CFP ranking while #21 Arizona is ranked for the first time since Oct. 2017  #18 Utah has now appeared in 13 straight CFP rankings.

BOWL BOUND :  The Pac-12 is 1 of 3 conferences with 7 teams already bowl eligible for this season:  Washington, USC, Oregon, Oregon State, UCLA, Utah, Arizona

• Needs 2 wins :  Colorado, Washington State

• Needs 3 wins :  California, Stanford

RUNNIN WILD: Washington RB Dillon Johnson racked up 256 rush yards and 4 TD in the win at then #20 USC on his way to being named the Maxwell Award Player of the Week and the Doak Walker RB of the Week.  Johnson became the first Pac-12 player to have 250+ rush yards and 4+ rush TD since Arizona QB Khalil Tate against Colorado in 2017.

BARNES STORMIN :  Utah QB Bryson Barnes had 4 passing TD on just 161 pass yards in last weeks 55-3 win over Arizona State.  Barnes became just the 2nd FBS QB this season to have at least 4 passing TD in a game with less than 170 passing yards and just 5th Pac-12 QB to do that since 1996 (UCLAs Chase Griffin the last to do it in 2020 against Stanford in 2OT).

SIX PAC: Oregon QB Bo Nix had 4 passing TD and 2 rushing TD in their 63-19 win over Cal.  Nix is the 2nd Pac-12 QB with 6 TD in a game this season (USCs Caleb Williams 6 pass TD at Colorado) and the 5th Power 5 QB this season.  2 of the 5 QBs are former Pac-12ers with Cincinnatis Emory Jones (formerly Arizona State) and Louisvilles Jack Plummer (formerly Cal).  The last Oregon QB with 4+ pass TD & 2+ rush TD was Marcus Mariota in 2014.

AWARD TOUR: 3 national awards named the semifinalists for their annual awards this week with the Pac-12 well represented on each:

John Mackey Award ( Top Tight End) - 1 of 9 semifinalists

• TE Jack Velling , Oregon State

Butkus Award ( Top LInebacker ) - 1 of 12 semifinalists

• LB Edefuan Ulofoshio, Washington

Burlsworth Trophy ( Top Former Walk-On )  - 3 of 10 semifinalists

• DL B.J. Green , Arizona State

• QB Bryson Barnes , Utah

• LB Kyle Thornton , Washington State

WEEK 12 :  Game times and TV networks announced this week:

Friday, November 17, 2023

• 7:30pm PT/8:30pm MT - Colorado at Washington State (FS1) - prev. announced

Saturday, November 18, 2023

• 3:30pm PT - Cal at Stanford (Pac-12 Network)

• 4:30pm PT - Washington at Oregon State (ABC)

3 game selections have been held as 6-day picks by the television partners and will be announced no later than Sunday, November 12:

• Utah at Arizona

• Oregon at Arizona State

• UCLA at USC