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Oregon State (8-4) vs. BYU (10-2) Dec. 22, 8 p.m., (ESPN) The MAACO Las Vegas Bowl matches a pair of ranked teams that wish they were somewhere else. Early in the season, BYU thought it was a BCS-buster when it beat Oklahoma. But the Cougars g...

California (8-4) vs. Utah (9-3) Dec. 23, 8 p.m., (ESPN) A bowl win is a great way to send a what-could-have-been season off in a positive way, which is what you have with California's matchup against Utah in the San Diego County Credit Union Poin...

USC (8-4) vs. Boston College (8-4) Dec. 26, 8 p.m., (ESPN) Raise your hand if you predicted the Emerald Bowl for USC in the preseason? You are not alone -- the Trojans surely didn't see this for themselves either after seven consecutive BCS bo...

Oregon (10-2) vs. Ohio State (10-2) Jan. 1, 4:30 p.m. On the surface, the Rose Bowl Game presented by Citi looks like a classic "irresistible force meets immovable object" matchup. Oregon's rushing attack ranks sixth in the country with 236 ...

Stanford (8-4) vs. Oklahoma (7-5) Dec. 31, 2 p.m. (CBS) Don't be fooled by Oklahoma's 7-5 record. This is an elite team, see its 27-0 whipping of Oklahoma State in the season-finale. It's just difficult -- and deflating -- when a team loses it...

Arizona (8-4) vs. Nebraska (9-4) Dec. 30, 8 p.m. (ESPN) If you watched the Big 12 championship game, you know one huge question hangs over the Pacific Life Holiday Bowl. Can Arizona's offensive line handle All-Universe defensive tackle Ndamu...

Posted by ESPN.com's Ted Miller There's a chance an impressive win by either team might earn a scattering of protest No. 1 votes in the final national polls. But even without major national title implication, this is an intriguing matchup between a p...

Posted by ESPN.com's Ted Miller Miami, one of the nation's youngest -- and most talented teams -- appeared to hit a wall in losing its final two games, giving up an eye-popping 691 yards rushing in losses to Georgia Tech and North Carolina State. Th...

Posted by ESPN.com's Ted Miller Based on the records, this looks like a mismatch. But is it? BYU, winners of three consecutive Las Vegas Bowls, started the season talking about perfection and a BCS bowl berth and rolled to a 6-0 start. But the Couga...

Posted by ESPN.com's Ted Miller This is an intriguing matchup between teams led by former NFL head coaches who came out of the gate slowly. Oregon State, of course, did its annual 2-3 start, getting humiliated at Penn State, 45-14, in the process, ...

Posted by ESPN.com's Ted Miller A matchup between ranked -- and similar -- teams that should feature a lot of points. Oregon ranks seventh in the nation in scoring (41.92) and Oklahoma State ranks eighth (41.58). The Ducks rank fourth in rushing (27...

It appears that the Pac-12 could produce two top-10 selections on Day 1 of the NFL draft on April 25. It's also a bit unusual that both play defense in a conference known for offense. So who should be picked first: Oregon defensive end/outside lin...

Every team and every player has highs and lows. So we're going to take note of the Pac-12 highs and lows in 2012. First up are the team highs and lows (first team listed should be credited with number). TEAM HIGHS Points: 77, Oregon State vs...

We've done our bowl primers, but now we take a quick look at teams that are sitting at home this holiday season. UTAH (5-7, 3-6) What went wrong this season? It didn't take long for things to go wrong. First, quarterback Jordan Wynn was forced ...

The 2012 Civil War between Oregon and Oregon State doesn't match the 2000 game, when both teams were ranked in the top 10 for the first time in the rivalry's history, or the 2009 game, when the winner-take-all stakes were a Pac-10 title and a Rose Bo...

Statistics after the first week of the season don't mean much. But that doesn' mean we can't take a look. Pass efficiency (number is national rank) 8. Taylor Kelly, Arizona State 9. Marcus Mariota, Oregon 15. Matt Barkley, USC 28. Bret...