The Apple Cup on Saturday wasn't just a big game for the rival football teams in the state of Washington.
The winner of the Washington vs. Washington State game decided the final participant in the Pac-12 title game because of how the tiebreakers fell into place.
Washington pulled away from Washington State 51-33 in Pullman, as the Huskies racked up 702 yards in total offense. Huskies quarterback Michael Penix threw for 485 of those yards.The Utes advance to next week's Pac-12 championship in Las Vegas, where it will face USC. Had WSU won the game, it would have been Oregon heading to Vegas.
It capped a chaotic final day of the regular season in the conference that started with Oregon in the driver's seat to earn a spot in the league title game. All it had to do was beat Oregon State, but that went south when theThe final piece to the puzzle was Washington's win. That meant Oregon, Utah and Washington all finished with conference records of 7-2. Utah wins the three-way tiebreaker.
USC finished 8-1 in Pac-12 play and already punched its ticket to Vegas a week ago. The conference crown will be decided on Friday at 8 p.m. ET. Utah will be going for its second straight conference title, while USC will have a shot at the College Football Playoff with a win.
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