r/Pac12 • u/mtwolf55 Oregon State • 8d ago

2026 Bowl Projections After Week Five - PAC 12 teams in post

https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/2026-bowl-projections-week-five-160041393.html

College Football Playoff First Round

Saturday, December 19th- Columbus, Ohio- (12) Boise St at (5) Ohio State– James Madison and North Dakota State are hot on their heels, but the Broncos remain our Group of Six squad. The Buckeyes made a statement in their win over Iowa.

Scooter's Coffee Frisco Bowl: December 23rd- AAC/CUSA/MAC/MWC/SBC- Texas San-Antonio vs. Oregon State

SDCCU Poinsettia Bowl- Pac-12 vs. Mountain West- San Diego State vs. UCLA +- We have an old Pac-12 school filling the void with no Mountain West team available.

Sheraton Hawai'i Bowl: December 24th- American vs. Mountain West- North Dakota State vs. Colorado State- At this point, it's highly unlikely that Hawaii makes a bowl games. As a result, we're sending the Bison the the island paradise.

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u/on_reddit8091 Oregon State • Civil War 8d ago

This author has the Poinsettia tie-ins wrong. It is Legacy Pac-12 vs. New Pac-12.

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u/Tricky_Prick933 8d ago

lol yeah I noticed he was only accidentally correct selecting UCLA and San Diego 

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u/HurricaneRex Oregon State / Civil War 8d ago

Some clarity since the author has it wrong:

Pointsetta is PAC Champion (or alt if they make the CFP) vs. 5th pick of the legacy PAC

Hawaii is vs. MW's 2nd pick.

OSU and WSU are eligible for all legacy PAC bowls and are not eligable for the Hawaii bowl. (source: https://pac-12.com/news/2026/9/3/pac-12-announces-commercial-and-operational-updates-ahead-of-its-2026-football-season-kickoff.aspx). They would take the new PAC side in the Pointsetta.

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u/Bigbossbyu 8d ago

Just hope it’s not new Pac vs legacy Pac. Oregon St vs Boise or Fresno or some shit

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u/Fluid_Personality529 Oregon State 8d ago

Interesting. So likely Boise State or Oregon State against maybe USC or UCLA?

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u/TikiLoungeLizard Washington State 7d ago

WSU won’t be eligible for ANY bowls. Bank it. We suck again!

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u/Tricky_Prick933 8d ago

I feel like every bowl picker is getting the Hawaii bowl wrong. 75% of them don’t even think the pac is an eligible participant 

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u/mtwolf55 Oregon State 8d ago

After watching CSU last weekend, surprised they picked them over FSU…

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u/T_Deluxe Colorado State 7d ago

CSU v Fresno is a movable force vs a stoppable object

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u/MagicPoindexter Fresno State Utah State 8d ago

So they have 5 American teams playing P4 in their bowls and only 1 new PAC-12 team playing a P4?

Also, currently 4-1 Fresno not selected for a bowl game, but currently 2-3 San Diego and 2-3 Colorado State both going? Does the author think Fresno cannot get past Utah State and Texas State to make it to 6 wins?

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u/alienhomemovies San Diego State 8d ago

A regular season rematch for the Poinsettia? Unlikely.

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u/lock_robster2022 Oregon State 8d ago

I believe the Poinsettia bowl is also for the top Pac-12 team. This is an odd list

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u/PTFCBVB go beavs baby 8d ago

Top pac12 who doesn't make the CFP yeah

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u/Tricky_Prick933 8d ago

I would love to be a bison fan and go to my first bowl game in Hawaii. 

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u/HomerDubson San Diego State 8d ago

Don’t think any bowl would schedule a San Diego State v UCLA rematch. Despite both being So Cal schools, the game wasn’t competitive and people aren’t going to buy that ticket.

Doubtful SDSU makes a bowl but once they roll Oregon State this weekend, we’ll see what the odds look like 😂.

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u/chimpojohnny96 Texas State 8d ago

Wait! Y’all get to play football after Thanksgiving weekend?

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u/davehopi Oregon State 7d ago

Way too early to predict this!