Gas up the family station wagon and hit the Holiday Road. The Ultimate Road Trip is back! Over the next couple of weeks we're going to look at each week during the 2014 season and pick the can't-miss game (and maybe for Thursday/Friday games, we'll work in two).

Start planning accordingly. The Ultimate Pac-12 Road Trip continues.

Welcome to Week 6

Thursday, Oct. 2

• Arizona at Oregon

Saturday, Oct. 4

• Arizona State at USC

• Utah at UCLA

• Oregon State at Colorado

• California at Washington State

• Stanford at Notre Dame

• Bye: Washington

My choice: Arizona at Oregon and Arizona State at USC

Why: Another Thursday night game means we have the chance to for another two-for-one.

We capped last week's two-part road trip in Seattle. I'm just going to assume that no one has to work that week, so it's time to take a leisurely drive down the I-5. We'll start in downtown Seattle and you can either floor it to Portland, or maybe take the 205 for some nice stops along the Columbia River. Kick around Portland for a few days and then head to Autzen Thursday night for a rematch of one of the most shocking games in the Pac-12 last season.

Arizona's 42-16 thumping over the Ducks wasn't only the signature win of the Rich Rodriguez era, it knocked the Ducks out of the Pac-12 championship game and subsequently a BCS bowl game. It was as shellacking from start to finish. Rather than trying the slow-it-down/grind-it-out method others have tried against the Ducks, the ‘Cats matched Oregon speed for speed.

A great subplot to this game is Arizona's stellar wide receiving corps going against one of the best defensive backs in the league in Oregon's Ifo Ekpre-Olomu. But besides him, Oregon has holes to fill in the secondary, which makes that an intriguing game within the game to watch.

Friday morning, hop on the 5 and don't get off for 861 miles. That should take you right to the Coliseum where the Trojans will also have revenge on their mind against the Sun Devils. Recall last year's beat down that led to the dismissal of Lane Kiffin.

But what makes this game so significant is the South Division ramifications. It's widely believed (at least in the preseason) that UCLA is No. 1 in the South pecking order with ASU and USC in a virtual tie for the No. 2 spot to challenge the Bruins. ASU and UCLA will have already played. If the Sun Devils won, they'd need this game to defend their South crown. If they lost, they would need a win to keep pace with the Bruins.

As for the Trojans, this would be a first step toward reclaiming the South. And with a lot of offensive firepower on both sides of the ball, this has the potential to be one of the more entertaining games of the season.

We considered Stanford's trip to Notre Dame. That nonconference game is always a fun one and, depending on the records of both teams come October, the national pundits will no doubt be eyeballing that one. There is also the battle of the “raids” with Cal at Washington State. And last year's UCLA-Utah game was a squeaker.

But with two high-powered offenses squaring off on Thursday night and a huge South Division showdown on Saturday, we opted to keep it in conference this week. All in all, this is a solid couple of days of football.