This stands out because our long-term winning percentage against P5s has consistently hovered around 40%. The two wins were:
- 2014 against Virginia. It was at home and 2 of our first 3 games were against UCONN and Houston.
- Last year against Wisconsin. Preceded by Arizona and Cal, the two PAC-10 teams that haven't been to a Rose Bowl in the modern era.
In the next 5 years we have 8 games against P5s in games 3 and 4, all of them preceded by two games against P5s. What is our record going to be in those 8 games:
2019: USC, Washington (preceded by Utah and @ Tennessee)
2020: @ ASU, @ Minnesota (preceded by @ Utah and Michigan St.)
2021: ASU (preceded by Arizona and Utah)
2022: @ Oregon (preceded by @ Utah and Baylor)
2023: Utah, @ Arkansas (preceded by Tennessee and @ Virginia)