PAC-12 Football Weekend Recap Week 6

The upset bug of ranked teams started in Eugene and spread down to Los Angeles this past weekend. Outside of the upsets were several back and forth contests highlighted by California and Washington State 60-59 contest in Pullman.

Utah Kendal Thompson quarterback helped lead the Utes to a 30-28 upset at UCLA at the Rose Bowl on Saturday. Photo Credit: Robert Hanashiro-USA TODAY Sports

Here are all the results from this weekend of PAC-12 conference play.

Thursday, October 2 –

Arizona Wildcats (5-0, 2-0 PAC-12) 31 @ 2 Oregon Ducks (4-1, 1-1 PAC-12) 24: Rich Rodriguez’s team picked continue to stand on top of the PAC-12 South division. His Wildcats started the dominos of week six upsets by going to Autzen Stadium and knocking off No. 2 Oregon. Arizona outscored Oregon 21-7 in the third quarter and held on by a touchdown. Anu Soloman threw for 287 yards while Terris Jones-Grigsby rushed for 115 with a TD. Marcus Mariota threw for 276 with two TDs in the upset loss. Next up for No. 10 Arizona will be a home contest against USC (3-2, 2-1 PAC-12) at 7:30 pm/ESPN2. No. 12 Oregon travels to the Rose Bowl against UCLA (4-1, 1-1 PAC-12) at 12:30 pm/FOX

Saturday, October 4 –

14 Stanford Cardinal (3-2) 14 @ 9 Notre Dame Fighting Irish (5-0) 17: Just like in 2012 Stanford probably feels like they let one slip away in South Bend. The Cardinal led 7-0 and 14-10 until ND scored a touchdown with 1:01 left in the game. Kevin Hogan threw two interceptions and the Stanford offense only put up 205 yards as a team while the usually stout defense allowed the Irish to put up 370. Next up for No. 25 Stanford is Friday night home game against Washington State (2-4, 1-2 PAC-12) kickoff at 6 pm/ESPN

Oregon State Beavers (4-1, 1-1 PAC-12) 36 @ Colorado Buffaloes (2-4, 0-3 PAC-12) 31: This game was back forth with Colorado coming just short of a fourth quarter comeback. Oregon State led 36-24 before holding on for the five point road victory and evening their conference record. Sefo Liufau threw for 308 yards with both TD passes to Tyler McCulloch. Terron Ward carried it 12 times for 102 yards with two rushing scores. Oregon State returns to action Thursday, October 16 against Utah (4-1, 1-1 PAC-12) at 7 pm/FOX Sports 1. Colorado next is at USC (3-2, 2-1 PAC-12) on October 18 at 3 pm/PAC-12 Network.

Arizona State Sun Devils (4-1, 2-1 PAC-12) 38 @ 16 Southern California Trojans (3-2, 2-1 PAC-12) 34: Last time we saw Arizona State they were getting throttled at home versus UCLA on Thursday night. This week they got a Hail Mary touchdown to stun USC at the Coliseum. ASU scored twice in the final 2:43 of the game including Mike Bercovici desperation pass finding Jaelen Strong in the end zone or rather coming across the field to snap the ball out of the air. Bercovici had a total of five TD passes with 510 yards, Strong had 202 including three scores. Javorius Allen rushed for 143 yards and two touchdowns in the defeat, including 86 receiving. ASU is off before playing host to Stanford (3-2, 1-1 PAC-12) on October 18 at 7:30 pm/ESPN. Southern Cal travels to Tucson against No. 10 Arizona (5-0, 2-0 PAC-12) this Saturday at 7:30 pm/ESPN2.

Utah Utes (4-1, 1-1 PAC-12) 30 @ 8 UCLA Bruins (4-1, 1-1 PAC-12) 28: Utah jumped out to a 14-0 lead and held a lead most of the way at UCLA. The Bruins took a 28-27 lead with 4:50 left in the fourth before the Utah made the winning field goal with 34 seconds left. UCLA had a final opportunity when they got not one but two field goal opportunities but Ka’imi Fairbairn missed after a running into the kicker penalty gave him a second opportunity. Devontae Booker carried 33 times for 156 yards with a score for Utah. Brett Hundley who was pressured most the night threw for 269 yards with two TDs in the losing effort. Utah won’t play again until Thursday, October 18 when they’re at Oregon State (4-1, 1-1 PAC-12) at 7 pm/FOX Sports 1. No. 18 UCLA has a big home game versus No. 12 Oregon (4-1, 1-1 PAC-12) this Saturday at 12:30 pm/FOX.

California Golden Bears (4-1, 2-1 PAC-12) 60 @ Washington State Cougars (2-4, 1-2 PAC-12) 59: Easily the most exciting game that had these teams combining for 119 points over 1,200 yards offense plus special teams galore! Washington State posted 812 yards in defeat with Connor Halliday throwing it 70 times for 734 yards with six touchdowns which wasn’t enough. Three Cougar receivers had over 100 yards receiving with Vince Mayle ending with 263 and a TD. Jared Goff had 527 yards with five TD passes, Bryce Treggs had 120 of those yards from Goff with two TDs. Trevor Davis returned two kickoffs for touchdowns that fueled Cal. Quentin Breshears missed a chip shot FG attempt with 15 seconds left for Wazzu. Next up for Cal is Washington (4-1, 0-1 PAC-12) at 3 pm/PAC-12 Network. Washington State travels to No. 25 Stanford (3-2, 1-1 PAC-12) on Friday at 6 pm/ESPN.

Rankings from the AP

PAC-12 Standings –

North:
California (4-1, 2-1)
12 Oregon (4-1, 1-1)
Oregon State (4-1, 1-1)
25 Stanford (3-2, 1-1)
Washington State (2-4, 1-2)
Washington (4-1, 0-1))

South:
10 Arizona (5-0, 2-0)
Arizona State (4-1, 2-1)
Southern California (3-2, 2-1)
Utah (4-1, 1-1)
18 UCLA (4-1, 1-1)
Colorado (2-4, 0-3)

Mike’s Picks:

Season Record: 36-12
Last Week: 2-4 (Incorrect – picked Oregon, Stanford, Southern California and UCLA to win)

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