PAC-12 Football Power Rankings week ending 12/13
Every week for the remainder of the college football season, Pacific Northwest Sports will put out our weekly Pac-12 power rankings.
Pacific Northwest Sports continues our PAC-12 football power rankings. We will run this feature through the last Bowl game. It’s a bit difficult in some places to compare or rank teams because of coronavirus related cancellations.
COVID-19 reared its ugly head again. Two games, Washington at Oregon and California at Washington State, fell into the abyss, due to the coronavirus. The latter game got called off 90-minutes before kickoff when one of the Golden Bears players tested positive. Otherwise, it was a great week for Pac-12 football.
The conference put out a schedule for next week. Washington remains unable to field 53 scholarship players (including the entire offensive line) so the Pac-12 pulled them from the Championship game, with Oregon as the replacement Friday night.
Here are our PAC-12 Power Rankings for the week ending December 13, 2020, with a Pacific Northwest twist.
12. Arizona Wildcats (0–5)
Last Game: 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.
This Week: The Cats might have their best chance of the season to win a game. Arizona heads to Cal for their final contest of 2020.
11. California Golden Bears (1–3)
Last game: (12/6) Cal got its first win of the year. Better yet, it was an upset over then 23rd ranked Oregon. A third quarter, 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.
This Week: Cal hosts the worst team in the conference on Saturday. Arizona has to be demoralized after suffering one of the worst defeats in program history and the susequent firing of their head coach.