The good news out of this weekend is that Oregon, a team that ASU is contending with, was swept by the Washington schools and is one game behind. ASU's win over Utah gives them the tiebreaker over that team since they only net once this year.
The bad news is that Oregon would win the tiebreaker with ASU because while they split the two games between them, Oregon beat Arizona and USC teams that are both right now ahead of Oregon and ASU. Sure, ASU has a chance to beat Arizona this week and USC next week, but that's a tall task to achieve on the road.
The worse news is looking at both ASU's and Oregon's schedules, it's very convincible that Oregon could finish ahead of ASU.
ASU's (19-9, 10-7 Pac-12) schedule: at Arizona (24-4, 13-4), at UCLA (23-4, 14-2), at USC (19-8, 11-5)
Oregon's (15-13, 9-8) schedule: at Oregon State (10-18, 4-13), Cal (3-24, 2-14), Stanford (11-16, 5-11)
Utah (17-11, 10-7) hosting both LA schools before traveling to Colorado, so their schedule is more or less just as tough as ASU's
We will revisit this topic after the games next week, but the ironic thing is that the two straight losses Oregon suffered haven't helped ASU all that much because they lost Colorado last Thursday, let alone lost to Oregon, and almost guaranteed to lose a potential tiebreaker to the Ducks. But going a few weeks back, losing to both Washington schools on the road is where ASU basically ensured themselves a no margin for error situation in which they faltered more than once.
The bad news is that Oregon would win the tiebreaker with ASU because while they split the two games between them, Oregon beat Arizona and USC teams that are both right now ahead of Oregon and ASU. Sure, ASU has a chance to beat Arizona this week and USC next week, but that's a tall task to achieve on the road.
The worse news is looking at both ASU's and Oregon's schedules, it's very convincible that Oregon could finish ahead of ASU.
ASU's (19-9, 10-7 Pac-12) schedule: at Arizona (24-4, 13-4), at UCLA (23-4, 14-2), at USC (19-8, 11-5)
Oregon's (15-13, 9-8) schedule: at Oregon State (10-18, 4-13), Cal (3-24, 2-14), Stanford (11-16, 5-11)
Utah (17-11, 10-7) hosting both LA schools before traveling to Colorado, so their schedule is more or less just as tough as ASU's
We will revisit this topic after the games next week, but the ironic thing is that the two straight losses Oregon suffered haven't helped ASU all that much because they lost Colorado last Thursday, let alone lost to Oregon, and almost guaranteed to lose a potential tiebreaker to the Ducks. But going a few weeks back, losing to both Washington schools on the road is where ASU basically ensured themselves a no margin for error situation in which they faltered more than once.
