Pac 12 Also moving away from divisions?

[trojanfan12]

Didn’t UCLA play in the CCG with such a record about 10 years ago?

Yes and I believe that is what they are trying to address with this.

In the season you are referring to, USC was 10-2, ranked #6 and had upset Oregon at Autzen, but couldn't play due to sanctions. Stanford was 11-1 and ranked #7. I don't know if playing 6-6 UCLA kept Oregon out of the cfp, but I'm sure it didn't help their case. Especially since UCLA's last game before the CCG was a 50-0 loss.

The 8-4 season that @OlyDuck mentioned, where USC ended up in the CCG, both Oregon and Utah had 9-3 records. But USC had upset Utah and both were 6-3 in conference, so USC got the tiebreaker.

 

[duckboy33]

Yes and I believe that is what they are trying to address with this.

In the season you are referring to, USC was 10-2, ranked #6 and had upset Oregon at Autzen, but couldn't play due to sanctions. Stanford was 11-1 and ranked #7. I don't know if playing 6-6 UCLA kept Oregon out of the cfp, but I'm sure it didn't help their case. Especially since UCLA's last game before the CCG was a 50-0 loss.

The 8-4 season that @OlyDuck mentioned, where USC ended up in the CCG, both Oregon and Utah had 9-3 records. But USC had upset Utah and both were 6-3 in conference, so USC got the tiebreaker.

There was no CFP in 2011. However, if there was, the winner of an Oregon/Stanford rematch would have made the playoffs alongside OK State, LSU and Alabama. With UCLA playing Oregon, it would have been interesting to see if the committee would have picked Oregon (11-2, beat Stanford and won the PAC) or Stanford (11-1 but lost to Oregon)