Pac-12 finalizes kickoff times, TV designations for Week 13

Nikki Chavanelleby:Nikki Chavanelle•11/21/21•

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The Pac-12 has announced kickoff times and television designations for the Nov. 27th slate of games. While many of the times were already announced, when and where the two final games go down went out after Week 12 games finished.

The weekend gets off to an early start with two games on Friday night. Oregon State will face Oregon at 3:30 p.m. ET on ESPN and Notre Dame and Stanford kickoff at 8 p.m. ET on Fox.

The conference decided to wait to announce the designations for both games until after Week 12 games. Now, the full Week 13 slate reads as follows.

Nov. 26 schedule

  • Colorado at Utah, 4 p.m. ET on Fox
  • Washington State at Washington, 8 p.m. ET on FS1

Nov. 27

  • Oregon State at Oregon, 3:30 p.m. ET on ESPN
  • Arizona at Arizona State, 4 p.m. ET on Pac-12 Network
  • Notre Dame at Stanford, 8 p.m. ET on Fox
  • BYU at USC, 10:30 p.m. ET on ESPN
  • Cal at UCLA, 10:30 p.m. ET on FS1

Utah dominates No. 3 Oregon

Oregon’s hopes for a College Football Playoff bid came to a resounding end Saturday night when No. 23 Utah bludgeoned the third-ranked Ducks 38-7.

Utah (8-3, 7-1 in the Pac-12) clinched the Pac-12 South title and a berth in the league title game. Oregon (9-2, 6-2) still leads the Pac-12 North and a win next week over Oregon State sends the Ducks to the title game for a rematch with the Utes.

This one was over after the Utes scored two touchdowns in the final 27 seconds of the first half to take a 28-0 halftime lead. Tavion Thomas, who rushed for three touchdowns, scored on a 4-yard run for a 21-0 lead with 27 seconds left in the half.

On Oregon’s ensuing drive, Anthony Brown threw incomplete passes on first and second down, then gained 7 yards on third down. Utah called timeout after the run to force a punt — and Britain Covey returned it 78 yards for a TD as the clock ran out to send the crowd at Rice-Eccles Stadium into a frenzy.

While Oregon scored on its first drive of the second half, the Utes answered with a TD on their first possession and there was zero intrigue the rest of the way.

The Ducks had rushed for 300 yards in each of their past two games, but managed just 63 against Utah. Safeties Cole Bishop and Vonte Davis led the way with seven tackles apiece as Utah stuffed the box to stymie the run.

The victory makes Utah’s Kyle Whittingham the winningest coach in school history; he has 142 wins in his 17th season at the school.