Last week provided the thrills for PAC-12 football, thanks to Oregon State and Utah. After the Beavers pulled off the upset over their arch rivals from Eugene on Friday night, it looked as though the conference’s chances to sneak a team into the College Football Playoff were dashed, but Utah’s second half collapse in Seattle opened the door for the Huskies to potentially take the Ducks’ place as the PAC-12’s playoff darling. Now these two teams are poised to take the field this weekend in what is sure to be another #PAC12AfterDark thriller.
With two teams on entirely different trajectories (the 2-2 Beavers have back-to-back wins, including the upset over Oregon, while Utah has failed to notch a win so far in 2020), it’s easy to assume OSU might be a slight favorite against the Utes, but the oddsmakers seem to think otherwise, giving Utah an -11 point edge, with ESPN’s Matchup Predictor giving the home team a 74.