Jack Follman's Week 12 Pac-12 Bowl Projections

Jack Follman’s Week 12 Pac-12 Bowl Projections

> An updated look at where Conference teams are likely to land in the postseason

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  By Jack Follman, SuperWest Sports

   November 15, 2022

Last week unfolded like an earthquake, shifting the tectonic plates of the Pac-12 bowl picture with a jolt.

Washington looked as good as any team in the Conference, if not the nation; Arizona looked like a bowl-bound team nobody wants to play; Utah looked like, well, last year’s champs.

But let’s not get too far ahead of ourselves.

November projections may be more solid than those in September and October, but there’s still a good chance what we think will happen won’t happen come December.

Here are my latest predictions on where Conference teams will land in the postseason.

Rose Bowl – Utah vs. Michigan

2:00 p.m., PT, ESPN, Jan. 2, 2023, Rose Bowl, Pasadena, CA

I like the Utes to sneak back and win the Pac-12 now, getting back to Pasadena.

Step one is winning at Oregon on Saturday.

Cotton Bowl – USC vs. UCF

10:00 a.m., PT, ESPN, January 2, 2023, AT&T Stadium, Arlington, TX

usc logo The Trojans are attractive to an NY6 bowl, even if they have two losses, which they will from either losing to UCLA or in the Pac-12 Championship Game.

Alamo Bowl – Washington vs. Oklahoma State

6:00 p.m., PT, ESPN, December 29, 2022, Alamodome, San Antonio, TX

Washington football pac-12 The Huskies are set up to go 10-2 and not make the Pac-12 Championship Game, which should put them high in the bowl pecking order to grab the Conference’s top non-NY6 bowl.