The conference was well represented in the Hotline’s preseason ballot and the AP poll itself.
The Pac-12 placed five teams in the AP preseason poll on Monday, equalling the Big Ten’s total and falling one short of matching the SEC’s contingent.
In advance of the most anticipated Pac-12 season in a decade — and the final year in the conference for eight schools — two teams cracked the AP top 10: USC will start the season in the No. 6 position, with Washington slotted No. 10.UCLA was in the ‘others receiving votes’ category. The Pac-12 placed five teams in the AP preseason poll as recently as 2021, when a calamitous non-conference performance resulted in scant poll representation throughout the fall.
The ballot below was submitted to the Associated Press late last month. My in-season ballot will be published each week.Appalachian State, Fresno State, Iowa, Kentucky, Miami, Mississippi, Pittsburgh, SMU, South Carolina, Texas Tech, Toledo and UTSAThe two-time defending national champions have a new playcaller , a new starting quarterback and new offensive tackles. But they are absolutely loaded everywhere else and have a stockpile of blue-chip recruits across the depth chart.
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