Jon Joseph No. 1 Share Posted April 11, 2023 (edited) Pete Fiutak at College Football News has one of the best track records as a college football preseason prognosticator. He has ranked teams going into the 2023 season from 1 to 133. Pac-12 Rankings 8. USC - Strength of Pac-12 Schedule (SOS) Ranking - 1 being the most difficult - 10. 9. Washington - SOS - 4 13. Oregon - "The return of QB Bo Nix is huge, but the Ducks lose a ton from both sides, especially up front. The talent is there but it is young." SOS - 11 16. Utah - SOS - 7 18. Oregon State - SOS - 8 27. UCLA - SOS - 12 43. Washington State - 43 - SOS - 9 51. Arizona - 51 - SOS - 5 65. - ASU - SOS - 6 69. - Colorado - SOS - 1 70. - CAL - SOS - 2 78.. - Stanford - SOS - 3 Teams on the Pac-10 Expansion Radar - 55. Tulane 56. Fresno State 66. San Diego State 79. SMU 112. UNLV Oregon P5 out-of-conference opponent - 24. Texas Tech - "QB Tyler Shough is going to be huge leading the high-powered offense." Pete's Top 4 - 1. Georgia 2. Ohio State 3. Alabama 4. Michigan If we had a 12-team playoff in 2023 - 1. Georgia - SEC vs. 9. Washington - At Large (AL) at 8. LSU - AL 2. Ohio State - B1G vs. 10. Tennessee - AL at 7. Penn State - AL 3. FSU - ACC vs. 11. Texas - B12 at 6. Michigan - AL 4. USC - Pac-12 vs. 12. Boise State (MW) at 5. Alabama (AL) Note - Boise State is preseason ranked #54 - makes the field by finishing as the 6th highest ranked conference champion. Edited April 11, 2023 by Jon Joseph Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Hilarius Moderator No. 2 Share Posted April 11, 2023 Why do people underrate Utah every year? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tandaian No. 3 Share Posted April 11, 2023 Not sure I would use the term "every". Kyle hasn't managed to lose less than 3 games since joining the Pac 12. If you think Oregon has a banana peel problem, Utah definitely has one. Every Oregon coach, with 2+ years as HC since Brooks, has managed to lose less than 3 games in at least 1 season. ESPN's preseason/Final ranking for Utah: 2017 - NR/NR 7-6 2018 - NR/NR 9-5 2019 - NR/16 11-3 2020 - 22/NR 3-2 2021 - 24/12 10-4 2022 - 7/10 10-4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Joseph Author No. 4 Share Posted April 11, 2023 (edited) On 4/11/2023 at 4:20 PM, Dr Hilarius said: Why do people underrate Utah every year? Good question but this season Utah has a more difficult confereacheule schedule having to play at SC and with an opening game vs Florida and a 2nd OOC P5 game at Baylor. And, will QB Rising be healthy? Edited April 11, 2023 by Jon Joseph Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Joseph Author No. 5 Share Posted April 11, 2023 On 4/11/2023 at 5:10 PM, Tandaian said: Not sure I would use the term "every". Kyle hasn't managed to lose less than 3 games since joining the Pac 12. If you think Oregon has a banana peel problem, Utah definitely has one. Every Oregon coach, with 2+ years as HC since Brooks, has managed to lose less than 3 games in at least 1 season. ESPN's preseason/Final ranking for Utah: 2017 - NR/NR 7-6 2018 - NR/NR 9-5 2019 - NR/16 11-3 2020 - 22/NR 3-2 2021 - 24/12 10-4 2022 - 7/10 10-4 And the schedule ratchets up for the Utes this season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
