Does a 10-2 WSU, Utah or UW team get into the Fiesta Bowl

[Flatlandcoug]

Assuming that the Pac-12 ends up on the outside looking in at the playoff, it's quite possible for the 2nd place team in the North to be sitting at 10-2 overall. If WSU runs the table up to the AC but loses to the mutts, we could have the following scenario in the North:

UW 10-2 (8-1)
WSU 10-2 (7-2)
UO 10-2 (7-2)
Stanford 8-4 (6-3)

In the South:
USC 9-3 (7-2) I'm going to assume they beat ND because screw them
Utah 9-3 (6-3)
CU 8-4 (5-4)

Cal, OSU, ASU, UA and UCLA are all irrelevant this year except as spoilers. It's possible that none of them end up bowl eligible.

So in the scenario above, assuming that UW doesn't get into the CFP at 11-2, does the Fiesta Bowl take 10-2 WSU or UO at the end of the season? If we beat UW, do they take 9-3 UW? Right now, most of the media outlets are predicting that the Pac-12 only gets one NY6 team this year and I'm looking at how top heavy our conference is....and how mediocre the Big 12 and ACC are looking and I think we'll probably get a 2nd team in. Thoughts?

EDIT: corrected UW's record

 

[NMBRCRNCHR]

UW already has two loses

 

[Flatlandcoug]

UW already has two loses

Good catch.......so.....that does muddy the water a little and we could end up with three teams sitting at 10-2 in the north. Does the Fiesta Bowl take a 10-3 UW team?

 

[CrimsonDisciple]

Good catch.......so.....that does muddy the water a little and we could end up with three teams sitting at 10-2 in the north. Does the Fiesta Bowl take a 10-3 UW team?

First off, hate assuming we lose to UW. This year seems different with Gardner. Anyway, if there are 3 teams at 10-2 we most likely beat Oregon in that scenario. UO beat Washington and we lost to UW. Goes to tie breakers for the North title. I would say yes, the Fiesta bowl would take a 10-2 Oregon or WSU. With that said, it’s much more likely that we beat UW than the above happening.

 

[roses04]

An 11-1 Coug team can get almost anywhere, why not dream.

 

[cr8zyncalif]

Flat, regardless of whether we make the Fiesta, I think your general assumption that we will be top heavy and have several teams in the 2-3 loss range is probably right. That said, the bigger question to me is who will the PAC teams end up playing? I'm guessing that in most cases we will end up favored in which ever game, because for the most part we will probably be playing teams with more losses. That means that we will need a good bowl record as a conference in order to avoid the kind of embarrassment that we've had a few times in recent history...