“If it were up to me,” said Rueck, “we wouldn’t be playing this game. Not yet.” Rueck’s team lost, 96-73, to Kelly Graves’ surging Ducks (10-0) on Wednesday night at Matthew Knight Arena. It was never particularly competitive, despite a bounce-back second half from the Beavers (5-4) which included winning the third quarter, 24-15.

For this weekend’s final regular season college football games, No. 6 Oregon travels to Seattle, and Oregon State travels to Pullman, Washington.

As the No. 6 Oregon Ducks prepare for a College Football Playoff run, there was still a Big Ten championship game at stake before the No. 1 Ohio State Buckeyes

All the tiebreakers in the Big Ten title race come down to two games on Saturday: The Game and the Cascade Clash.

No. 6 Oregon all but locked up its spot in the College Football Playoff with a 26-14 win at rival Washington on Saturday. The Ducks' chances of reaching the Pac-12 title game were dashed before kickoff, but much bigger stakes were on the line as Dan Lanning and Co. chase national postseason goals.