Oregon Ducks vs. Arizona Wildcats

Oregon Ducks wide receiver Bralon Addison (11) reacts to the scoreboard against Arizona at Arizona Stadium in Tucson, Ariz.

(Thomas Boyd/The Oregonian)

EUGENE -- Oregon fell eight spots to 13th in the latest BCS standings released Sunday evening one day after its stunning loss to Arizona, 42-16, that was the program's first to an unranked team since 2009.

The Ducks are the third-highest ranked team in the Pac-12, behind eighth-ranked Stanford and 12th-ranked Arizona State. Those two will meet in the Pac-12 championship game on Dec. 7. Oregon, meanwhile, gets Oregon State in a 117th Civil War on Friday in which pride and a second-tier bowl will be on the line instead of the national championship discussion UO was in three weeks ago or the Rose Bowl talk that surrounded the program just last week.

"I think there's definitely an element of redemption in terms of playing our style and coming out and playing with our best foot forward and again I think missing in this is Arizona played really well and they beat us yesterday," Helfrich said Sunday on his weekly teleconference. "There's a lot of stuff that we contributed to that that we'd like to control differently. From that standpoint it doesn't matter who we're playing. Is there added fire to that around the state? Sure."

The Ducks (9-2, 6-2 Pac-12) are likely in line for a berth in the Alamo or Holiday bowls with a victory against the Beavers (6-5, 4-4), who have lost four straight. Oregon's possible New Year's Day destination was forgotten after the Wildcats routed Oregon in Tucson, Ariz., and allowed Stanford to reclaim the Pac-12 North title. CBS college football analyst Jerry Palm projects UO to play against Oklahoma in the Alamo Bowl, even though that bowl takes the Pac-12's No. 2 team.

The Civil War will be broadcast from Autzen Stadium on Fox Sports 1 beginning at 4 p.m.

Earlier Sunday, Oregon fell seven spots in the Associated Press poll to 12th.

Alabama and Florida State remained Nos. 1 and 2, respectively, in the latest BCS standings, followed by Ohio State, Auburn and Missouri in the top five. Baylor joined Oregon as top-five losers this weekend and the Bears dropped to ninth.

Clemson is sixth and Oklahoma State -- which beat Baylor -- moved up three spots to seventh. After Stanford and Baylor, South Carolina rounds out the top 10.

The Ducks and Beavers each enter Friday licking some serious wounds. The 69 points Washington scored on OSU in Corvallis on Saturday is a program record, while earlier in the day Oregon quarterback Marcus Mariota left the game in the fourth quarter with a second interception and the aid of teammates after being hit in the back of the head.

Helfrich declined to comment on whether Mariota had undergone tests for a possible concussion.