Saying there's a chance

By Jordan Moore on November 16, 2009 9:53 AM | 7 Comments

Not to create false hope, but USC still has a chance to win the Pac-10 title and go to the Rose Bowl -- if a lot of ifs happen. Eight games would have to fall just right to create a six-way tie at 6-3 in conference play, which would then give the Trojans the tiebreaker and crown. Here's the scenario, according to the Pac-10 office:

Oregon loses to Arizona and Oregon State
Stanford loses to California
Oregon State loses to Washington State and beats Oregon
Arizona beats Arizona State and Oregon; loses to USC
USC beats UCLA and Arizona
California beats Stanford and Washington

All six teams would finish at 6-3 in Pac-10 play. Comparing head-to-head records against one another:

Arizona, Oregon State and USC would be 3-2
California, Oregon and Stanford would be 2-3 and consequently eliminated from the tiebreaker

USC would win the three-way tiebreaker against Arizona and Oregon State because of head-to-head victories.

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