Utah Utes gamers rejoice after they beat the Oregon Geese within the Pac-12 championship recreation at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas on Friday, Dec. 3, 2021. Spenser Heaps, Deseret Information
With assist from three different groups, Utah is headed again to the Pac-12 championship recreation for the second consecutive yr.
The Utes shall be enjoying USC in Las Vegas for the Pac-12 title.
Utah’s win at Colorado, Washington’s win at Washington State and Oregon State’s win vs. Oregon put Utah, Oregon and Washington in a three-way tie for second place within the Pac-12 with a 7-2 convention file.
UCLA’s win at Cal helped the Utes with the tiebreaker.
That is the primary yr that the the 2 greatest groups within the convention play for the Pac-12 title. Beforehand, it was the North division champion vs. the South division champion within the Pac-12 championship recreation.
After the video games concluded on Saturday night time, here's what the Pac-12 standings regarded like.
Pac-12 standings
| Workforce | Convention Document |
|---|---|
| USC | 8-1 |
| Utah | 7-2 |
| Oregon | 7-2 |
| Washington | 7-2 |
| Oregon State | 6-3 |
| UCLA | 6-3 |
| Washington State | 4-5 |
| Arizona | 3-6 |
| Arizona State | 2-7 |
| Cal | 2-7 |
| Stanford | 1-8 |
| Colorado | 1-8 |
Right here’s how the three-team tiebreaker labored out to ship the Utes to Las Vegas for the Pac-12 championship recreation.
Pac-12 A number of-Workforce Tiebreaker Rule
Within the occasion of a tie between greater than two groups, the next procedures shall be used. After one staff has a bonus and is seeded, all remaining groups within the multiple-team tie-breaker will repeat the multiple-team tie-breaking process. If at any level the multiple-team tie is diminished to 2 groups, the two-team tie-breaking process shall be utilized.
1. Head-to-head (greatest cumulative win proportion in video games among the many tied groups). If not each tied staff has performed one another, go to step 2.
Utah and Washington didn't play one another. Transfer to Step 2.
2. Win proportion towards all widespread convention opponents (have to be widespread amongst all groups concerned within the tie)
Utah, Washington, Oregon widespread opponents:
Oregon State (Utah W, Oregon L, Washington W)
UCLA (Utah L, Oregon W, Washington L)
WSU (Utah W, Oregon W, Washington W)
Arizona (Utah W, Oregon W, Washington W)
Stanford (Utah W, Oregon W, Washington W)
Colorado (Utah W, Oregon W, Washington W)
Document towards widespread opponents:
Utah: 5-1. Oregon: 5-1. Washington: 5-1. Transfer to Step 3.
3. Document towards the following highest positioned widespread opponent within the standings (primarily based on file in all video games performed inside the convention), continuing by the standings.
a. When arriving at one other group of tied groups whereas evaluating information, use every staff’s win proportion towards the collective tied groups as a bunch (previous to that group’s personal tie-breaking process) quite than the efficiency towards particular person tied groups.
UCLA and Oregon State each have a 6-3 convention file, making them the highest-ranked widespread opponents amongst Utah, Oregon and Washington and invoking part 3(a).
Utah 1-1 vs. OSU and UCLA, Oregon 1-1 vs. OSU and UCLA, Washington 1-1 vs. OSU and UCLA. Transfer to Step 4.
4. Mixed win proportion in convention video games of convention opponents (ie, power of convention schedule)
Utah has the benefit in convention power of schedule.
Utah: ASU (2-7), OSU (6-3), UCLA (6-3), USC (8-1), WSU (4-5), Arizona (3-6), Stanford (1-8), Oregon (7-2), Colorado (1-8) = 38 wins, 43 losses (0.469135802469136 mixed win proportion)
Oregon: WSU (4-5), Stanford (1-8), Arizona (3-6), UCLA (6-3), Cal (2-7), Colorado (1-8), Washington (7-2), Utah (7-2), OSU (6-3) = 37 wins, 44 losses (0.45679012345679 mixed win proportion)
Washington: Stanford (1-8), UCLA (6-3), ASU (2-7), Arizona (3-6), Cal (2-7), OSU (6-3), Oregon (7-2), Colorado (1-8), WSU (4-5) = 32 wins, 49 losses (0.395061728395062 mixed win proportion)
Utah wins the tiebreaker on Step 4 and performs within the Pac-12 championship recreation vs. USC.