PAC-12 Football Power Rankings – Final 2020 Edition
For the final time this season, Pacific Northwest Sports presents out our weekly Pac-12 football power rankings.
Pacific Northwest Sports concludes our PAC-12 football power rankings for 2020. We were going to run this feature through the last Bowl game. Because all but two conference schools opted to skip playing in Bowls, we thought it best to finish here.
Last week, COVID-19 again made a mess of the conference schedule. North Division Winners, the Washington Huskies were unavailable to play in the Conference Championship game. Oregon replaced UW and scored a huge upset.
Colorado, originally scheduled to face Oregon, was ghosted by the Pac-12 and didn’t play. Additionally, we’ll never know if Arizona could have avoided a winless 2020. Their game against Cal was canceled. The rest of the conference finished out their seasons.
Here are our final PAC-12 Football Power Rankings for the week ending December 20, 2020, with a Pacific Northwest twist.
12. Arizona Wildcats (0–5)
Last Game: (12/13) This was ugly. Arizona suffered its worst loss in Territorial Cup history as the Wildcats were trounced by Arizona State 70–7. Even Arizona’s star running back, Gary Brightwell had a horrible game with 49 yards on 17 carries with three fumbles.
After the embarrassing loss, head coach Kevin Sumlin was fired. He still had two years left on his contract.
Parting Words: Arizona had a chance to avoid a winless season and end their 12-game losing streak at California. The game was canceled because of coronavirus on both sides. Neither team could field enough players. Some cynical fans out there might contend that Arizona didn’t field a competitive team all season anyway.
This is what Arizona AD Dave Heeke said he was looking for when hiring the Wildcats’s next head coach.
Looks like Jedd Fisch fit the criteria. pic.twitter.com/heYvlbdKH3
— Justin Spears (@JustinESports) December 23, 2020
11. California Golden Bears (1–3)
Last Game: (12/6) Cal got its first win of the year. Better yet, it was they upset then 23rd ranked Oregon. A 28-yard touchdown pass from Chase Garbers to Nikko Remigio was the only score of the second half. It gave the Golden Bears a lead they never lost.
Parting Words: Cal had nothing to gain and everything to lose by playing Arizona. It’s probably better for the Bears to end their season on a high note.