With its win over in-state rival Arizona State today, Arizona gets to play Oregon next week in the Pac-12 Championship Game. As SI says:

Arizona in the playoff sounded like a peyote-induced hallucination at the beginning of the year, yet at the end of November, the Wildcats are not only in the conversation, they might have a chance to control it.

Better yet, all the scoffers who say the Wildcats have two losses to go with their ten wins will have to reconcile the fact that one of those ten wins was over Oregon back in October, when they surprised the Ducks 31-24.

Assuming the Ducks beat their own in-state rival Oregon State Beavers tomorrow, they’ll be 11-1. They’ve already clinched a spot in Friday’s championship, so they could lose and still be there. Nobody expects the 5-6 Beavers to beat the Ducks, though, particularly not with Heisman candidate Marcus Mariota healthy and bringing his 3,103 passing yards, 32 touchdowns and two interceptions along with 597 rushing yards on 97 carries with nine touchdowns to the game.

Friday night, then. 6:00PM PT at the brand-new Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, Ca., televised by Fox.

Bear Down, Arizona!