Cals first conference road win of the season and first conference road win in two years over a team not named Washington State improved the Bears bowl options, although were a long way from clarity.
The questions:
Will Washington win the Apple Cup?
With a victory, the Huskies would probably be ahead of Cal in the pecking order: Theyd have a better conference record by one game and the head-to-head victory.
(Note: The bowls dont have to take teams in order of conference finish, but they cannot jump one over another if the difference is more than one game in the standings.)
How many teams will the Pac-12 send to the Bowl Championship Series? Theres a scenario in which the conference only gets one berth and it goes to UCLA.
Will UCLA be bowl-eligible?
(At 6-5, the Bruins have clinched the Souths spot in the conference title game.
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