While Oregon is a good bet to be in the top-four when the second college football playoff standings are released on Tuesday, some college football pundits are not convinced the Ducks will make it to the national semifinals.
Four of the seven experts named who released their bowl projections by Monday, November 8 – the day before the CFP rankings were released – predict that Oregon will play in one of the national semi-final matches. But three don’t have the Ducks in the last four, relegating them to the Rose Bowl.
Utah is second behind Oregon in all seven showings, which means the Utes are tied to the Rose Bowl according to four of the seven locations we cited.
Perhaps the most interesting note is that only one of the seven venues has projected Alabama to advance to the college football playoffs.
Cal, Colorado, Stanford and Arizona are the only four Pac-12 teams that shouldn’t be in a bowl by any of the pundits. We wonder if Cal could have been thrown into a bowl had he beaten Arizona on Saturday to improve to 4-5. Instead, the exhausted Golden Bears, who had 24 players (including 10 starters) sidelined because of COVID issues, lost to the Wildcats 10-3 and sit at 3-6, having to sweep their last three games to become bowl eligible.
Here’s how experts see it in the projections released on November 8.
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ESPN (Mark Schlabach)
Rose Bowl – Utah vs. Michigan State
Alamo Bowl – Arizona State vs. Baylor
Las Vegas Bowl – UCLA vs. Iowa
Holiday Bowl – Washington v North Carolina State
Sun Bowl – Washington State vs. Miami (Florida)
LA Bowl – State of Oregon v State of San Diego
— Cotton Bowl (national semi-final): Oklahoma v Ohio State
— Orange Bowl (national semi-final): Oregon v Georgia
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ESPN (Kyle Bonagura)
Rose Bowl – Utah vs. Michigan State
Alamo Bowl – Washington State v Oklahoma State
Las Vegas Bowl – Arizona State vs. Minnesota
Holiday Bowl – Oregon State vs. Clemson
Sun Bowl – UCLA vs. Virginia
LA Bowl – USC vs. San Diego State
— Cotton Bowl (national semi-final): Oregon vs. Alabama
— Orange Bowl (domestic semi-final): Georgia v Ohio State
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CBS Sports (Jerry Palm)
Rose Bowl – Oregon v Michigan State
Alamo Bowl – Utah vs. Baylor
Las Vegas Bowl – Arizona State vs. Purdue
Holiday Bowl – UCLA vs. Wake Forest
Sun Bowl – Oregon State vs. Boston College
LA Bowl – Washington vs. Fresno State
Guaranteed Rate Bowl (formerly Cheez-It Bowl) – Washington State vs. Maryland
— Cotton Bowl (national semi-final): Oklahoma v Ohio State
— Orange Bowl (domestic semi-final): Georgia vs. Cincinnati
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Athlon Sports (Steven Lassan)
Rose Bowl – Oregon v Michigan State
Alamo Bowl – Utah vs. Baylor
Las Vegas Bowl – Arizona State vs. Minnesota
Holiday Bowl – UCLA v North Carolina
Sun Bowl – Washington State vs. Miami (Florida)
LA Bowl – State of Oregon v State of San Diego
— Cotton Bowl (national semi-final): Oklahoma v Ohio State
— Orange Bowl (domestic semi-final): Georgia vs. Cincinnati
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College football news
Rose Bowl – Oregon vs. Michigan
Alamo Bowl – Utah vs. Baylor
Las Vegas Bowl – UCLA vs. Iowa
Holiday Bowl – Arizona State vs. Pittsburgh
Sun Bowl – Washington vs. Virginia
LA Bowl – State of Oregon v State of San Diego
Armed Forces Bowl – Washington State vs. Army
— Cotton Bowl (national semi-final): Oklahoma v Ohio State
— Orange Bowl (domestic semi-final): Georgia vs. Cincinnati
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Action Network (Brett McMurphy)
Rose Bowl – Utah vs. Michigan State
Alamo Bowl – Arizona State vs. Iowa State
Las Vegas Bowl – UCLA v Penn State
Holiday Bowl – State of Oregon v State of North Carolina
Sun Bowl – Washington State vs. Miami (Florida)
LA Bowl – USC vs. San Diego State
— Cotton Bowl (national semi-final): Oregon v Oklahoma
— Orange Bowl (national semi-final): Georgia v Ohio State
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247 Sports (Brad Crawford)
Rose Bowl – Utah vs. Michigan
Alamo Bowl – Arizona State vs. Baylor
Las Vegas Bowl – Oregon State vs. Purdue
Holiday Bowl – UCLA v North Carolina State
Sun Bowl – Washington vs. Miami (Florida)
LA Bowl – USC vs. Fresno State
First Responders Bowl – Washington State vs. Boston College
— Cotton Bowl (national semi-final): Oregon v Georgia
— Orange Bowl (national semi-final): Ohio State vs Oklahoma
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Here are the bowls with Pac-12 fasteners, listed in their hierarchical order:
College football qualifying semi-finals (if a Pac-12 team finishes in the top four teams in the final college football playoff standings): Cotton bowl, December 31 at 12:30 p.m. PT or 4:30 p.m. Pacific time, Arlington, TX (AT&T Stadium), ESPN, and Orange bowl, December 31 at 12:30 p.m. Pacific time or 4:30 p.m. Pacific time, Miami Gardens, Fla. (Hard Rock Stadium), ESPN.
1. Rose bowl: Jan. 1, 2 p.m. PT, Pasadena, Calif. (Rose Bowl Stadium), ESPN – Pac-12 vs. Big Ten.
2. Alamo bowl: December 29, 6:15 p.m. PT, San Antonio (Alamodome), ESPN – Pac-12 vs Big 12.
3. Bowl of Las Vegas: December 30, 7:30 p.m. PT, Las Vegas (Allegiant Stadium), ESPN – Pac-12s. Big Ten
4. Holiday Bowl: December 28, 5:30 p.m. PT, San Diego (Petco Park), FOX / FS1 – Pac-12 vs. ACC
5. Solar bowl: December 31, 9:30 a.m. PT, El Paso, TX (Sun Bowl Stadium), CBS – Pac-12 vs. ACC
6. LA Bowl: December 18, 4:30 p.m. PT, Inglewood, Calif. (SoFi Stadium), ABC – Pac-12 vs. Mountain West.
First Responder Bowl – The Pac-12 could occupy a place in this bowl against an ACC, American Athletic or Big 12 team.
Gasparilla bowl – The Pac-12 could fill an opening in this bowl against a team from the Big 12, ACC or SEC.
Bowl of the Armed Forces – The Pac-12 could have a place in this bowl
The Redbox Bowl (also known as the San Francisco Bowl) would have been No.7 in the Pac-12 bowl pecking order and was to pit a Pac-12 team against a Big Ten team, but it was canceled for the second. right year.
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Oregon coach Mario Cristobal’s cover photo is by Joe Nicholson, USA TODAY Sports
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