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Only 17 times have two Pac-12 teams matched up as top-10 opponents since 1986. Oregon has been a part of 7 of those games, winning far more often than losing.

Oregon 5-2 and 3-0 at home.
 

year Game Winner   Home record Higher Seed
1986 #6 UW @ #7 ASU ASU   10-7 9-8
1988 #2 USC @ #6 UCLA USC      
1991 #3 UW @ #7 Cal UW      
1998 #3 UCLA @ #10 Arizona UCLA      
2000 #5 UO @ #8 OSU OSU      
2001 #10 UW @ #7 UCLA UCLA      
2003 #6 WSU @ #3 USC USC      
2004 #7 Cal @ #1 USC USC      
2007 #9 USC @ #7 UO UO      
2007 #4 ASU @ #5 UO UO      
2009 #4 USC @ #10 UO UO      
2011 #6 UO @ #3 Stanford UO      
2013 #3 UO @ #5 Stanford Stanford      
2014 #2 UO vs #7 Arizona UO      
2016 #7 Stanford @ #10 UW UW      
2016 #4 UW vs #9 Colorado UW      
2018 #10 UW @ #7 WSU UW      

Interesting that the higher-ranked team has only won 9 of those 17 matchups (53%), and the home team has only won 10 of the 17 (59%).  

On 10/17/2022 at 8:51 AM, Kurt Rambis said:

Interesting that the higher-ranked team has only won 9 of those 17 matchups (53%), and the home team has only won 10 of the 17 (59%).  

A good indicator at how precarious these rankings really are.  As long as teams play different schedules from each other (the only possible scenario) rankings are always a crap-shoot.  53% is basically 50-50.  A monkey or coin toss could almost do as well.  Let those who like to bet money take notice.

Edited by Mic

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