This season for the Pac 12 is about showing they can compete nationally again. They’ve been out of the College Football Playoff the past two seasons. Can they get a team into the College Football Final Four?
They have non-conference games that can show they’re ready to contend starting with Oregon vs. Auburn opening weekend. Who steps up this season and gets on the national radar?
The league will be competitive this year with several good teams in the middle but only three are contenders.
I love Pac 12 Afterdark even if being on Central Time it makes it hard to finish some of those late night games. I love the “Breakfast with the Pac 12” with early morning Pacific Time kickoffs. The league needs to get their teams exposure if they’re going to get back into playoff contention and having early results can get them in the national conversation all day on Saturdays.
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PAC 12 OVERVIEW
- They’ll be in the conversation on championship Saturday as College Football Playoff contenders
- Wazzu and UCLA are teams to look out for this season
- 8 teams will go to a bowl game
2019 Pac 12 Power Rankings
These are our data driven preseason college football power rankings for each Pac 12 team. See how Pac 12 teams stack up nationally in our full 2019 preseason college football power rankings.
| RANK | TEAM |
| 10 | Utah |
| 19 | Washington |
| 27 | Oregon |
| 36 | Washington St |
| 42 | UCLA |
| 46 | Stanford |
| 64 | Arizona St |
| 70 | California |
| 80 | USC |
| 83 | Arizona |
| 87 | Colorado |
| 120 | Oregon St |
2019 Pac-12 Predicted Records and Conference Standings
PAC 12 NORTH
- The strength of the conference comes with five of the six teams in the Pac 12 North headed to a bowl game
- Washington State and Cal will be good…tough schedules keep them from putting up a lot of W’s though
- Do Huskies hunt Ducks?
| RANK | PAC-12 NORTH | W | L | CONF W | CONF L |
| 19 | Washington Huskies | 11 | 1 | 8 | 1 |
| 27 | Oregon Ducks | 10 | 2 | 8 | 1 |
| 46 | Stanford Cardinal | 8 | 4 | 7 | 2 |
| 70 | California Golden Bears | 6 | 6 | 4 | 5 |
| 36 | Washington State Cougars | 6 | 6 | 4 | 5 |
| 120 | Oregon State Beavers | 1 | 11 | 0 | 9 |
PAC 12 SOUTH
- Utah is going to dominate
- The Trojans gets trampled
- Chip Kelly has his Bruins bowl bound
| RANK | PAC-12 SOUTH | W | L | CONF W | CONF L |
| 10 | Utah Utes | 11 | 1 | 8 | 1 |
| 42 | UCLA Bruins | 7 | 5 | 5 | 4 |
| 64 | Arizona State Sun Devils | 6 | 6 | 4 | 5 |
| 80 | USC Trojans | 4 | 8 | 3 | 6 |
| 83 | Arizona Wildcats | 5 | 7 | 2 | 7 |
| 87 | Colorado Buffaloes | 3 | 9 | 1 | 8 |
Championship Game
Utah beats Washington for the Pac 12 title
See more in our 2019 College Football Preview.