No. 11 Utah will try to defend its conference title when it rematches No. 4 USC in the 2022 Pac-12 Football Championship Game on Friday, Dec. 2 at 5 p.m. PT at Allegiant Stadium. If the second contest between these teams is anything like the first, Pac-12 fans are in for a treat in Las Vegas.

On Oct. 15, the Utes erased a 14-point deficit and scored a touchdown and two-point conversion with 48 seconds left to beat the Trojans, 43-42, in front of 53,609 fans in Salt Lake City. Star quarterbacks Caleb Williams and Cameron Rising accounted for five touchdowns apiece, and it was Rising who scampered for the game-winning TD and two-point conversion.

That was the only loss of the season for USC, which has been a revelation in Lincoln Riley's first season as head coach, heading to Las Vegas with a 11-1 record that includes a league-best 8-1 conference record.

The Utes (9-3, 7-2) have won five of their last six and have been a regular in the Pac-12 Football Championship Game, also appearing in 2021, 2019 and 2018. Their 31-10 victory over Oregon in 2021 marked their first Pac-12 championship.

Will Utah repeat or will USC avenge its lone loss? Pac-12.com polled 12 Pac-12 Networks analysts for their predictions.

Catch The Pregame ahead of the matchup on Pac-12 Network starting at 3:30 p.m. PT / 4:30 p.m. MT on Friday, Dec. 2, as well as an hour of postgame coverage from the crew. 

Analyst	Prediction
Ashley Adamson
Nick Aliotti
Roxy Bernstein
Max Browne
Michael Bumpus
Nigel Burton
Greg Camarillo
Ryan Leaf
J.B. Long
Yogi Roth
Shane Vereen
Elise Woodward