Weekly Postseason Tracker

Colorado was on the cusp of climbing into the NCAA bid category. Most bracketologists had them in the field all year long -- owing to their great RPI and SOS. So after sweeping Stanford and Cal a week ago, it looked like Colorado would solidify itself as the fifth Pac-12 team in the tourney.

But the loss to Utah will keep them out for at least another week. In that sense, Utah's win on Saturday was bad for the conference. The same could be said for Utah's win in Seattle a couple weeks ago. The Utes are spoilers -- spoiling other teams' resumes and the Pac-12's chance of landing five NCAA bids.

In another sense, however, Utah's two Pac-12 upsets are great for the conference. They represent progress for a program that has the potential to compete in the top half of the league. Ute fans are thrilled with the win on Saturday, but expect more great things to come. We expect the progress to continue until Utah's a regular contender and NCAA participant again.

So Saturday's win was a solid step in the right direction. The sooner Utah can get over the hump, the sooner they can be a regular credit to the conference.

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Conference RPI: #6


NCAAs:

		Arizona (19-2, 7-2) | RPI: #4 | SOS: #5 Top-100 Wins: vs. Miami (Fla.) (2); vs. Florida (3); vs. Colorado (25); San Diego State (33); vs. Southern Miss (36); at Arizona State (63); at Washington (69); vs. UTEP (74) Sub-100 Losses: None.
		Arizona State (17-5, 6-3) | RPI: #63 | SOS: #112 Top-100 Wins: vs. Colorado (25); vs. UCLA (44) Sub-100 Losses: vs. DePaul (182)
		Oregon (18-4, 7-2) | RPI: #27 | SOS: #90 Top-100 Wins: vs. Arizona (4); at UNLV (19); at UCLA (44); vs. Arizona State (63); vs. Washington (69); vs. Nebraska (85) Sub-100 Losses: None.
		UCLA (16-6, 6-3) | RPI: #44 | SOS: #30 Top-100 Wins: at Arizona (4); at Colorado (25); vs. Missouri (35); vs. Indiana St. (52); vs. Stanford (67); vs. California (70) Sub-100 Losses: vs. USC (110); vs. Cal Poly (202)

NIT:

		Colorado (14-7, 4-5) | RPI: #25 | SOS: #18 Top-100 Wins: vs. Colorado St. (15); Baylor (49); vs. Stanford (67); vs. Air Force (68); vs. California (70) Sub-100 Losses: at Utah (166)
		Stanford (14-8, 5-4) | RPI: #67 | SOS: #51 Top-100 Wins: vs. Oregon (27); vs. California (70); at Northwestern (86); vs. Northern Iowa (94) Sub-100 Losses: at USC (110)

CBI:

		California (13-8, 5-4) | RPI: #70 | SOS: #53 Top-100 Wins: vs. Oregon (27) Sub-100 Losses: None.
		Washington (13-9, 5-4) | RPI: #69 | SOS: #24 Top-100 Wins: vs. Colorado (25); vs. St. Louis (56); vs. Arizona State (63); at Stanford (67); at California (70); vs. Loyola (Md.) (100) Sub-100 Losses: vs. Nevada (133); at Oregon State (162); vs. Utah (166); vs. Albany (172)

OUT:

		Oregon State (11-11, 1-8) | RPI: #162 | SOS: #105 Top-100 Wins: vs. Washington (69); vs. New Mexico State (76) Sub-100 Losses: at USC (110); vs. Washington State (165); vs. Towson (186)
		USC (9-13, 4-5) | RPI: #110 | SOS: #15 Top-100 Wins: at UCLA (44); vs. Stanford (67) Sub-100 Losses: at Georgia (132); vs. UC Irvine (185)
		Utah (10-11, 2-7) | RPI: #166 | SOS: #75 Top-100 Wins: vs. Colorado (25); vs. Boise State (51); at Washington (69) Sub-100 Losses: vs. USC (110); at Washington State (165); at SMU (193); vs. CS Northridge (197); vs. Sacramento State (260)
		Washington State (11-11, 2-7) | RPI: #165 | SOS: #103 Top-100 Wins: None. Sub-100 Losses: at Pepperdine (200)