Comments on: Who will BYU play in the Las Vegas Bowl http://squaregalaxy.com/sports/who-will-byu-play-in-the-las-vegas-bowl/ A blog by Jacob Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:47:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Jacob http://squaregalaxy.com/sports/who-will-byu-play-in-the-las-vegas-bowl/comment-page-1/#comment-5820 Jacob Wed, 29 Nov 2006 02:15:49 +0000 http://jacob.peargrove.com/blog/2006/sports/who-will-byu-play-in-the-las-vegas-bowl/#comment-5820 Well, with Arizona State's win over Arizona, we see that currently all these Pac-10 teams have 4 conference wins: UCLA, Oregon, Arizona State, Washington State, and Arizona. If UCLA beats USC this weekend (unlikely) then UCLA will have 5 wins and definitively be the fourth place Pac-10 team. Otherwise with a UCLA loss, all of these teams will have 4 wins and 4 losses and tie for fourth place in the Pac-10. Only Arizona State and Oregon have 7 overall wins, and Arizona State has accepted an invitation to the Hawaii bowl, so it looks like Oregon will face off against BYU in the Las Vegas Bowl. Well, with Arizona State’s win over Arizona, we see that currently all these Pac-10 teams have 4 conference wins: UCLA, Oregon, Arizona State, Washington State, and Arizona. If UCLA beats USC this weekend (unlikely) then UCLA will have 5 wins and definitively be the fourth place Pac-10 team.

Otherwise with a UCLA loss, all of these teams will have 4 wins and 4 losses and tie for fourth place in the Pac-10. Only Arizona State and Oregon have 7 overall wins, and Arizona State has accepted an invitation to the Hawaii bowl, so it looks like Oregon will face off against BYU in the Las Vegas Bowl.

]]> By: Jacob http://squaregalaxy.com/sports/who-will-byu-play-in-the-las-vegas-bowl/comment-page-1/#comment-5819 Jacob Sat, 25 Nov 2006 00:40:58 +0000 http://jacob.peargrove.com/blog/2006/sports/who-will-byu-play-in-the-las-vegas-bowl/#comment-5819 <b>Updated for Oregon's loss to Oregon State today:</b> If the only consideration in inviting a team to the Las Vegas bowl was their conference record then: Arizona 69% Oregon 5% Washington State 5% Arizona State 5% UCLA 14% If the first consideration in inviting a team to the Las Vegas bowl was their conference record, and the second consideration was their overall record, then: Arizona 65% Oregon 13% Arizona State 13% UCLA 25% If Arizona were to not be considered because they had played BYU earlier this year, and the first consideration was a team's conference record, and the second consideration was a team's overall record, then: Oregon 61% UCLA 25% Arizona State 13% All of these statistics were calculated with current win probabilities from teamrankings.com with 75%-USC/25%-UCLA and 65%-Ariz./35%-ArSt. probabilities. Updated for Oregon’s loss to Oregon State today:

If the only consideration in inviting a team to the Las Vegas bowl was their conference record then:
Arizona 69%
Oregon 5%
Washington State 5%
Arizona State 5%
UCLA 14%

If the first consideration in inviting a team to the Las Vegas bowl was their conference record, and the second consideration was their overall record, then:
Arizona 65%
Oregon 13%
Arizona State 13%
UCLA 25%

If Arizona were to not be considered because they had played BYU earlier this year, and the first consideration was a team’s conference record, and the second consideration was a team’s overall record, then:
Oregon 61%
UCLA 25%
Arizona State 13%

All of these statistics were calculated with current win probabilities from teamrankings.com with 75%-USC/25%-UCLA and 65%-Ariz./35%-ArSt. probabilities.

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