Five Pac-12 teams will enter the 2018 season with a new man at the helm, but Herm Edwards leading the Sun Devils may be the most intriguing of all the new head coaches. Chip Kelly to UCLA made waves and is a close second, but it wasn’t that long ago that he was dominating the […] More
The Arizona Wildcats have won seven or more in five of the past six seasons and will look to do so again in 2018 with the emergence of quarterback Khalil Tate and new head coach Kevin Sumlin. Tate thrust himself into the spotlight – and briefly into the Heisman conversation – as he burst onto […] More
The Trojans have won more than nine games in each of the past two seasons. However, as is often the case at a program like USC, the Trojans will enter the 2018 season looking to replace several key players. USC is one of those programs that reloads rather than rebuilds, but having someone take over […] More
All eyes will be on Chip Kelly when the UCLA Bruins begin their season on September first against Cincinnati. After taking the 2017 season off, Kelly has returned to the Pac-12, a conference he dominated while at Oregon. The Bruins, who have won six or more games in six of the past seven seasons, will […] More
After winning the 2017 Heart of Dallas Bowl, the Utah Utes have now posted four straight winnings seasons and won a bowl game in each of those years as well. The Utes have had winning seasons in five of the seven years since they joined the Pac-12, but their win total has dropped (10, 9, 7) in […] More
The Buffaloes took everyone by surprise and surged to a Pac-12 South title and a Pac-12 Championship Game appearance in 2016, but weren’t able to sustain the momentum in 2017. While very few, if anyone, predicted Colorado to repeat as Pac-12 South champs in 2017, going from first to worst may have caught some by […] More
Three head coaches in three seasons is never an ideal scenario, yet that’s exactly the situation the Oregon Ducks find themselves in heading into 2018. Coaching staff continuity has been something Oregon relied heavily upon in the past and while it has a new coach in 2018, Cristobal isn’t totally new. Since Cristobal was on […] More
The Stanford Cardinal have been been one of the best teams in the Pac-12 for the bulk of the past decade and there’s no reason to expect that momentum to slow down in 2018. David Shaw is 73-22 in his seven years as head coach and has notched double-digit wins in five of those seasons. […] More
The California Golden Bears have gone 5-7 in three of the past four seasons, but 2017 – the first season under Justin Wilcox – had a different feel to it as the 5-7 felt a bit more promising than prior seasons. Cal was competitive in a lot of games last season and has to feel […] More
Things haven’t been going well for the Beavers in recent seasons, to put it lightly. Oregon State has won a total of seven games the past three seasons and notched just a single victory in 2017. While there is some hope that new head coach Jonathan Smith – a former Beavers’ quarterback – can turn […] More
The Cougars have put together three straight winning seasons under Mike Leach and while they very well may finish over .500 in 2018, the question here is whether they will win eight games. Washington State has won eight or more games in each of the past three seasons, the first time the Cougars have reached […] More
Chris Peterson certainly has things rolling up in Seattle, but with increased success, comes bigger expectations – and therefore higher win totals. The Huskies won 22 games over the past two seasons and posted back-to-back 10-win seasons for the fourth time in school history. Unfortunately Washington has never posted double digit wins in three straight years […] More
