Offseason change is becoming quite the norm in college sports. Usually, change happens on the field, when players and coaches transfer to new programs, accept new offers or move on to the NFL – not at the program level. However, this offseason was a little bit different for the Pac-12, as UCLA and USC shocked the sports world when they announced their intentions to move to the Big Ten after the 2023 season. Since then, rumors have been swirling about California, Colorado, Oregon, Stanford, Utah and Washington finding new homes as well.'
While we do not know what the Pac-12 will look like in the future, we do know what it will look like this year (on paper). Oregon, USC and Washington hired new coaches during the offseason, Washington State promoted its interim coach to head coach, and seven programs hit the transfer portal for a quarterback to either take over or compete for the starting position — Arizona, Arizona State, Cal, Oregon, USC, Washington and Washington State. The conference will likely be made up of several high-powered offenses and many bad defenses, leading to high-scoring matchups within the conference and a heated battle for the conference championship.
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Pac-12 winner odds
The Pac-12 will not have divisions this year, as the two teams with the highest conference winning percentage will make the Pac-12 Championship Game. This makes every conference game that much more important. The race for the Pac-12 title seems to be a 3-headed one, as USC is listed at +150 to win the conference on FanDuel, while Utah and Oregon — last year's Pac-12 Championship participants — are both listed at +300.