All-Time Conference Football Championships
From the PCC to the AAWU, Pac-8, Pac-10, and Pac-12 *Season shortened and disrupted by COVID-19 pandemic. Conference Championships
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2021 SportsPac12 Composite Football Rankings
ur SportsPac12 Preseason Composite Football Rankings aggregate 12 media rankings (shown below) by assigning a No. 1 ranking the value
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Ritchie: Pac-12 Cross Country and Indoor Track Notebook
The 2020-21 Conference cross country and indoor track seasons remain up in the air
With the 2020-21 Pac-12 Cross Country Championship a mere seven weeks away, only one Pac-12 school has released a cross country schedule.
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Miller: Week 8 Thursday Men’s Hoops Previews
Daytime games are becoming more common on the Conference schedule
Conference play continues on Thursday with three mid-day start times and two matchups during traditional viewing hours.
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Vilardo: Week 8 Pac-12 Men’s Basketball Stat Notes
Statistical notes on the season as a whole and on upcoming games
For the season, Stanford’s Oscar da Silva is scoring a Pac-12-best 25 points per game, while also averaging 11 rebounds and three assists.
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Miller: Week 8 Pac-12 Men’s Basketball Power Rankings
Five Conference teams are likely battling for seeds in this year’s Big Dance
ith five teams from the Pac-12 likely to receive invitations to this year’s Big Dance, the fight among the Conference’s
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Jack Follman’s Updated Top 2021 Pac-12 NFL Prospects
Eligible Conference players most likely to be taken high in the Draft
The shortened season hasn’t given NFL prospects as much of a chance to show off as they maybe have in past years.
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Gharib: USC rolling but needs Ethan Anderson to contend
The Trojans struggle at times on the offensive end, but the sophomore guard could ease the load
Ethan Anderson, a strong and sturdy guard, is the floor general, an on-court coach, and the “point god” for the Trojans.
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Pac-12 Fan’s Guide to NFL Wild Card Weekend
Find the teams you’re watching below to see which Conference players are currently active. Active Former Pac-12 Players by
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Jack Follman’s Early Pac-12 Power Rankings for 2021
A very early look at the teams and all-conference players expected to return next season
The Ducks get the top spot going into 2021 as they have a young roster that proved they could win a Pac-12 football championship last year.
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Miller: Week 7 Saturday Men’s Hoops Previews
The Bruins can stay atop the Pac-12 standings with a win over Arizona
With a full slate of games spaced evenly over the day, it’s will be like Christmas morning for die-hard Pac-12 basketball fans.
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Miller: Week 7 Thursday Men’s Hoops Previews
Fans will be treated to two Quad 1 matchups in Oregon-Colorado and USC-Arizona
The Oregon-Colorado and USC-Arizona tilts are important games for the Regular Season Pac-12 Basketbnall Championship race.
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Root: Falling to Arizona was best loss possible for 8-0 WSU
Playing the Wildcats tough showed the Cougars are a legitimate threat this season
WSU’s Noah Williams stepped up offensively against Arizona without giving up his consistent production on the defensive end.
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Schoeler: Cougar Football Lessons Learned in 2020
Nick Rolovich’s first-year turnaround was compounded by injuries and the pandemic
It was a challenging, up-and-down season for the Washington State football, given the pandemic, a coaching change, and injuries.
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Gharib: Why USC Men’s Basketball will Shock the Pac-12
Even with only six returning players, the Trojans are not to be ignored
With multiple players taller than 6-7, this is an extremely agile and versatile defensive USC men’s basketball squad.
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Vilardo: Week 7 Pac-12 Men’s Basketball Stat Notes
Statistical notes on the season as a whole and on and upcoming games
ith 2020 Pac-12 football in the rearview mirror, this column switches its focus to men’s basketball. Each week, I’ll bring
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Miller: Week 6 Pac-12 Men’s Hoops in Review
The two teams with the longest home winning streaks continued their dominance
If the Selection Show were held today, only Oregon, UCLA, Stanford, and Colorado would feel comfortable, with USC squarely on the bubble.
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Miller: Final 2020 Pac-12 Football Power Rankings
Assessing the teams beyond the quirks, cancellations, and opt-outs of a shortened season
Colorado will face Texas in the the Alamo Bowl, and Oregon will square off against Iowa State in the Fiesta Bowl.
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Courtney: Postmortem Takeaways from Oregon’s Loss to Iowa State
In many ways, the game was a snapshot of the Duck football season as a whole
2020 Oregon football fell woefully short of the expectations that followed the team coming off a magnificent 2019 campaign.
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Miller: Week 6 Saturday Pac-12 Men’s Basketball Previews
The winner of the Oregon-Stanford matchup could emerge as the Conference favorite
At the end of the season, the teams that are able to sweep on the road invariably secure the all-important byes in the Pac-12 Tournament.
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Root: How WSU can Maintain its Momentum into 2021
The Cougars continue to fly under the radar despite starting 8-0
Five things WSU must do to have a chance of entering the national conversation or earn an NCAA tournament invitation.
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Doss: Week 5 in Pac-12 Women’s Basketball—Best vs. Best
All four teams ranked in the top 10 in preseason will be in action against each other
The biggest surprise early in Pac-12 women’s hoops has been the strong play of the Cougars.
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Courtney: Burning questions for Oregon entering Fiesta Bowl vs. Iowa State
There has been no indication from the UO coaching staff as to who will start at quarterback
Oregon’s road to Glendale has been filled with twists and turns and obstacles that only 2020 could provide.
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Vilardo: Statistical Preview of Oregon-Iowa State Fiesta Bowl
The Ducks have won five straight games against ranked opponents
t will be a first-time affair in the 2020 Fiesta Bowl as Oregon and Iowa State have never before met.
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Miller: Early Hoops Review and Thursday Game Previews
Pac-12 hoops is not perceived by the national media as strongly as it was last season
Assuming the Pac-12 picks up six bids to the NCAA Tournament, the teams currently on the bubble are Arizona State and Washington State.
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Jack Follman’s 2020 Pac-12 Football All-Freshman Teams
The players on this list figure to be the up-and-coming stars of next season and beyond
Every player on Jack Follman’s Pac-12 All-Freshman teams made a significant contribution to his team in the shortened 2020 season.
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Courtney: The Case for (and against) Tyler Shough as Oregon’s Starting QB
A string of poor performances have raised doubts about who should be the UO signal caller
A major question surrounding the immediate future of who starts and stars at quarterback in Eugene has emerged.
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Miller: 2020 Pac-12 Alamo and Fiesta Bowl Previews
Victories in both bowls could help improve the perception of the Conference
No. 25 Oregon Ducks and Colorado Buffaloes will carry the Pac-12 Conference’s torch in this year’s postseason.
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Vilardo: A Statistical Preview of Colorado-Texas Alamo Bowl
The Buffs and Longhorns, former Big 12 rivals, will meet for the 19th time
The Colorado Buffs are 12-17 all-time in Bowl Games; they have lost their last three, and five of their last seven.
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Jack Follman’s Expanded 2020 All-Pac-12 Selections
All-Conference teams four-deep with commentary for Players on the First and Second Teams
very year, I compile an expanded All-Pac-12 with commentary for the first two teams and a bonus of a Third
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Mora: The Unthinkable Death of Utah’s Ty Jordan
The sky was the limit for the 19-year-old Pac-12 Offensive Freshman of the Year
Utah football fans knew Ty Jordan was special, but it didn’t get to Ty. He did everything for his mother, who passed away in August.
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2020 Postseason All-SportsPac12 Football Team
Our choices for the Pac-12's best football players as selected by our three senior football writers
Our Senior Writers have selected the inaugural All-SportsPac12 team based on their collective votes on their all-region teams.
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Rice: Four Big Season-Ending Questions for ASU Football
2020 left Sun Devil fans with more question than they had when the season began
his Arizona State football season was full of heartbreaking losses and masterful victories. The only problem is that we are
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Miller: Week 5 Pac-12 Men’s Basketball Previews
Oregon-UCLA and Arizona-Colorado rivalries highlight this week's games
UCLA and Oregon basketball continue their series while the Wildcats and Buffaloes take their distaste for each other to the next destination.
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Will Boise State Make a Play for Oregon DC Andy Avalos?
The former Bronco assistant and player may be a favorite for the BSU job
Many believe that Boise State will put Oregon defensive coordinator Andy Avalos high on their list of head coach prospects.
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SportsPac12 Players of the Week (Week 7)
The top offensive, defensive, and freshman players as chosen by our senior football writers
SportsPac12 Players of the Week are voted on by our senior football writers based on nominations from student broadcasters at Dash Sports TV.
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Jack Follman’s Updated CFB Top 25 (Postseason)
Six Pac-12 teams remain in Follman's independent College Football rankings
The USC Trojans have had their struggles, but their 16-point win at Utah looks like a nice Pac-12 football win right now.
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Mora: 2020 End-of-Season Grades for Utah Football
With the season wrapped up, it's time to reflect on the good and the bad of 2020
ow that the pandemic-shortened 2020 season is finally a wrap, it’s a time to reflect on both the good and
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Miller: Postseason Pac-12 Football Power Rankings
For the second-straight year, the Oregon Ducks are Pac-12 Champions
Colorado will face Texas in the the Alamo Bowl, and Oregon will square off against Iowa State in the Fiesta Bowl.
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Ackerman: USC was right to opt out of a bowl game
Turning down an Alamo Bowl bid wasn't quitting; it just wasn’t worth it
If the stakes were higher, USC wouldn’t think twice about playing the bowl game. But that’s precisely the point. The stakes aren’t higher.
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Courtney: Post Mortem Takeaways from Oregon’s Championship Win over USC
Kayvon Thibodeaux and Oregon's defensive line harassed Trojans QB Kedon Slovis all night long
With a ticket punched to a New Year’s Six bowl game, the Oregon Ducks renew their football reign atop the Pac-12 Conference.
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Doss: Pac-12 Women’s Basketball Blazing Trails
Stanford defeated Pacific on Tuesday to give Tara VanDerveer her record-breaking 1,099th victory
On Tuesday, Stanford head coach Tara VanDerveer passed the great Pat Summitt for the all-time wins record in women’s college basketball.
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Vilardo: Week 7 Pac-12 Football Statistical Matchup Notes
A look at this weekend's Conference matchups by the numbers
regular season that once was never going to happen ends this week with a four-game weekend. The league had two
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Courtney: Burning questions for Oregon entering Pac-12 Championship vs. USC
There’s no sugarcoating it: The issues with this Oregon team are real
A topsy-turvy last week within a topsy-turvy 2020 college football season is inching towards completion, as the Oregon Ducks head south
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Miller: Week 7 Pac-12 Football Picks and Previews
Most predicted Oregon would meet USC in the title game, but not this way
After a regular season that almost didn’t happen, it’s no surprise the bonus week includes two cancellations and a title
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Courtney: Oregon Football Early Signing Day Postmortem
Of the 21 prospects that committed to Oregon on Wednesday, 16 are four-star recruits
Oregon’s 2021 recruiting class has the Ducks primed to ink their most highly-rated recruiting class in program history.
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Miller: Week 4 Pac-12 Men’s Basketball Previews
The Conference doesn't appear to have a dominant team this season
Despite not having a 2020-21 team ranked in the AP Top 25, Pac-12 basketball isn’t in dire straights. There is balance from top to bottom.
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Jack Follman’s Updated CFB Top 25 (Pac-12 Week 7)
Five Pac-12 teams remain in Follman's independent College Football rankings
The USC Trojans have had their struggles, but their 16-point win at Utah looks like a nice Pac-12 football win right now.
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Courtney: Major Storylines Converge for a Wild week at Oregon
Potential coaching changes, signing day, and backing into the title game
Speculation around a new contract extension for Oregon head coach Mario Cristobal reached a fever pitch Monday.
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SportsPac12 Players of the Week (Week 6)
The top offensive, defensive, and freshman players as chosen by our senior football writers
SportsPac12 Players of the Week are voted on by our senior football writers based on nominations from student broadcasters at Dash Sports TV.
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