Pac 12 Football Teams USC vs Arizona

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Unbeaten Oregon is headed to the sold-out Coliseum next week, its high-powered offense and possibly ESPN‘s “College GameDay” crew in tow.

College football observers have anticipated the matchup since December, when USC quarterback Matt Barkley announced he would return for a final season — and a chance to play for a national title.

So here are the 10th-ranked Trojans, in the desert on Saturday to play a 4-3 Arizona team that, like Oregon, runs a high-scoring, no-huddle spread attack.

“A lot of people will look at this as a trap game,” USC linebacker Dion Bailey said. “We definitely cannot look past this team.”

Not if the Trojans, who’ve already lost once and sit ninth in the Bowl Championship Series standings, hope to meet Oregon with the chance to make a run at the Pac-12 championship and BCS title-game consideration.

Arizona has a history of playing USC close and in 2009 won at the Coliseum, 21-17, in Pete Carroll’s last regular-season game as the Trojans’ coach. USC won last year’s meeting, 48-41.

But it’s tough to get a true read on the 2012 Wildcats.

Under first-year Coach Rich Rodriguez, they defeated Toledo, Oklahoma State and South Carolina State.

But then they squandered numerous red-zone opportunities in a 49-0 loss at Oregon. They lost by three points to unbeaten Oregon State and on the road in overtime against then-No. 18 Stanford.

Last week, the Wildcats routed Washington, 52-17.

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