In 2018 the Pac 12 missed out on the playoffs for the 2nd time. This year the Pac 12 looks pretty top heavy, so if one of those top teams is able to make it through either unscathed or with only 1 loss, then they should be able to make it back to the playoffs this year. Washington, USC, and Stanford return a healthy amount of talent and should be improved, as should Oregon. The rest of the conference should have a decent amount of parity, even with UCLA hiring of Chip Kelly, and the wonky set-up that Arizona State has with General Manager Herm Edwards. It should be a good year for the Pac 12.
For each Conference we will have the Simplified Football predictions (record) with the Projected Win-Shares and rating of each team next to it.
Pac 12 Predictions:
North
Team – Record (Conf) / Win-Shares (Conf) / Rating
- Washington – 11-1 (9-0) / 8.55 (6.20) / 4.77
- Stanford – 10-2 (8-1) / 8.32 (5.92) / 4.76
- Oregon – 8-4 (5-4) / 8.09 (5.19) / 4.38
- California – 7-5 (5-4) / 6.15 (4.05) / 4.13
- Washington St – 6-6 (3-6) / 5.84 (3.54) / 3.90
- Oregon St – 3-9 (1-8) / 4.5 (2.8) / 3.57
South
Team – Record (Conf) / Win-Shares (Conf) / Rating
- USC – 9-3 (7-2) / 8.38 (6.27) / 4.63
- Arizona – 6-6 (4-5) / 6.12 (4.07) / 3.90
- Utah – 6-6 (3-6) / 5.50 (3.38) / 3.88
- UCLA – 5-7 (3-6) / 6.58 (4.51) / 4.23
- Colorado – 6-6 (3-6) / 6.15 (4.25) / 3.91
- Arizona St – 4-8 (3-6) / 5.92 (3.82) / 4.00
Washington v USC in the Championship game with Washington winning and advancing to the Playoffs. USC and Stanford are top 10 teams with Oregon vying for a top 25 spot. 9 teams from Pac 12 make a bowl game.
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