Coming down to the home stretch is when you want to be playing your best football. However, it appears that Stanford and Utah did not get the memo. The two teams ranked in the top ten with the best chance at representing the Pac-12 Conference in the 2nd year of the College Football Playoff lost on Saturday, ending the possibility that the Conference of Champions will be able to have an official National Champion this season. Was this something that was expected? I think so – I wrote about it a few months ago.
The level of competition, aside from the last few seasons of dominance from the Oregon Ducks, has been evident this season across the board.