Pac-12 Football

Pac-12 football enters into a full slate conference play with six contests in Week Four. Of those six, four are interdivisional.

It’s still early and I may be eating my words, but I think we may be looking at the most wide open college football season since 2007.

USC QB Jaxson Dart displayed a resolute doggedness in calling out receivers for breaking off routes, functioning superbly through pain.

The existing cracks in the Pac-12’s strength were brought into the light and deepened in the third week of the College Football season.

Saturday’s Pac-12 football schedule presents 11 more opportunities to end losing streaks and build on Conference momentum.

Beneath his golly-shucks exterior, former USC head coach Clay Helton is a far more complicated individual than people imagine.

It’s too early to know if Oregon’s win over Ohio State a harbinger of an historic season, or a false high built on misguided rankings.

he Conference of Champions looks to continue its march toward the Playoff in the third week of the College Football season.

Last week marked the 13th time since 2005 the Pac-12 football has had at least two victories over ranked nonconference opponents in the regular season.

LaMarr Fields’ Top 5 choices to replace Clay Helton as the next head coach of USC, in reverse order of likelihood.

Week 2 of the college football season always serves as a good reminder that you can’t make too much out of the first weekend’s results.

The Pac-12 Conference is on a path for its first Playoff appearance since 2016, after Oregon took down Ohio State in Columbus.

The hope USC fans had for this season evaporated as the disgruntled Coliseum crowd emptied the stadium during Stanford’s 42-28 win.

There were plenty of takeaways from Cal’s 34-32 loss to TCU, but four in particular stood out, including trouble stopping the run.

The Pac-12 will be looking to improve on last week’s disappointing 1-2 record against other P5 Conference teams, and its 6-6 record overall.

Week Two features four nationally televised matchups, and five programs out of the Conference of Champions enter the day ranked in the Top 25.

College football has the most volatile regular season of any major sport, and Mark Schmor’s weekly Top 25 rankings reflect that.

Expectations met reality in Week One, as Pac-12 football teams went 6-6 with defeats to an FCS school and two Mountain West opponents.

Clay Helton seemed intent on padding the score against San Jose State with the game already in hand, potentially risking key players.

Oregon football has stockpiled plenty of talent under fourth-year head coach Mario Cristobal. Now how high can the Ducks fly?

The results of this weekend could indicate where Pac-12 football sits in the hierarchy of the Power 5 as the 2021 season progresses.

The first Pac-12 football game of 2021 is in the books, and UCLA’s victory over Fresno State has already shaken up our Power Rankings.

Projected records for each team and Dane’s assessment of the games they’re most likely to lose along with a brief season outlook.

The Alliance between the Pac-12, Big Ten, and ACC is well-intentioned, but the informal agreement has left many unimpressed.

Returning all but one starter, the UCLA defense should hold down the fort long enough for its offense to pull away as Pac-12 football begins.

The Bruins will open the Pac-12 football season looking to break their eight-game nonconference losing streak with a win over Hawai’i.

These initial Power Rankings were produced by Dane Miller after previewing the Pac-12 football teams over the past three months.

The Trojans should go 12-0 in 2021, then 13-0 after dispatching Oregon or UW for the Pac-12 championship, but most USC fans don’t believe it.

There are a handful of good teams in the Conference that can represent, though the Pac-12 likely misses the College Football Playoff again.

With Covid still looming, no one knows how this college football season will play out. No scientist or doctor can tell us what lies ahead.

Anytime an upheaval shakes the foundations of college athletics, we look first to see first how it affects television revenue.

The 2021 Preseason All-SportsPac12 Football Teams, including coach & player honors, as selected by our senior writers, have been announced.