The Oregon Ducks may not have reached the Pac-12 Championship Game the way that they wanted to — but nevertheless, they’ll be playing for the crown on Friday night against the USC Trojans.
The Washington Huskies, after meeting with the Conference, will not have the requisite number of 53 scholarship student-athletes available for the meeting against USC as originally scheduled, and per a statement from the conference, the Ducks have replaced them as USC’s opponent.
The Pac-12 has, after consultation with Washington, made the decision to replace Washington with Oregon as the Pac-12 North Division team to face South Division champion USC in the Pac-12 Football Championship Game scheduled for Friday, December 18.