PAC 12 Preseason Rankings

Washington Huskies
2018 Rank: 13
2017 Rank: 21
2017 Ended: The same way most PAC 12 teams season did, losing a bowl game, the Fiesta Bowl, to Penn State.
2018 Starts With: Auburn (15)
Coached By: Chris Petersen, 37-17 (5th Season)
USC Trojans
2018 Rank: 14
2017 Rank: 11
2017 Ended: Another bowl game loss to a Big Ten squad, Ohio State in the Cotton Bowl. They did win the PAC 12 though.
2018 Starts With: UNLV (97)
Coached By: Clay Helton, 27-10 (4th Season)
Stanford Cardinal
2018 Rank: 18
2017 Rank: 35
2017 Ended: Thrilling Alamo Bowl, but still a loss to TCU. Won the PAC 12 North.
2018 Starts With: A slow start, but big finish against San Diego State (0-1) 31-10.
Coached By: David Shaw, 74-22 (8th Season)
Oregon Ducks
2018 Rank: 34
2017 Rank: 57
2017 Ended: Las Vegas Bowl loss to Boise State and Willie Taggart running away to Florida St.
2018 Starts With: Bowling Green (118)
Coached By: Mario Cristobal, 0-1 (1st Season, served as Offensive Coordinator in 2017).
Washington St Cougars
2018 Rank: 39
2017 Rank: 27
2017 Ended: Holiday Bowl drubbing by Michigan St.
2018 Starts With: Wyoming (1-0, 59)
Coached By: Mike Leach, 38-38 (7th Season)
Utah Utes
2018 Rank: 44
2017 Rank: 60
2017 Ended: With the only PAC 12 bowl win, a Heart of Dallas Bowl win over West Virginia.
2018 Starts With: An easy 41-10 win over Weber St(0-1).
Coached By: Kyle Whittingham, 112-56 (14th Season)
Arizona Wildcats
2018 Rank: 47
2017 Rank: 64
2017 Ended: You guessed it, a bowl loss to another Big Ten team (Purdue).
2018 Starts With: Richard Rodriguez being removed for sexual harassment allegations filed at the end of December. Also BYU (101)
Coached By: Kevin Sumlin (1st Season) who spent the past six seasons at Texas A&M.
Arizona St Sun Devils
2018 Rank: 51
2017 Rank:54
2017 Ended: Like beating a dead horse, a bowl loss to NCST.
2018 Starts With: UTSA (89)
Coached By: Herm Edwards (1st Season) no college coaching experience, hasn't coached since 2008. Was 54-74 in his time with the Jets and Chiefs and also has one of the more legendary rants in football history.
UCLA Bruins
2018 Rank: 60
2017 Rank: 78
2017 Ended: Losing for the third straight year to USC, firing Jim Mora, then of course, losing in a bowl game (Kansas St).
2018 Starts With: 6 suspended players for the Cincinnati (105) game.
Coached By: Chip "I ran the Eagles franchise into the ground, but I'm not mad anymore because Doug Pederson made them into a  phoenix rising from the ashes to win a Super Bowl" Kelly, (1st Season). Very familiar with life in the PAC 12 after going 46-7 in four seasons at Oregon.
Cal Bears
2018 Rank: 66
2017 Rank: 85
2017 Ended: Losing to UCLA to miss a chance to also lose in a bowl game.
2018 Starts With: North Carolina (92)
Coached By: Justin Wilcox, 5-7 (2nd Season)
Colorado Buffaloes
2018 Rank: 88
2017 Rank: 93
2017 Ended: With a disappointing 5-7 season after dropping the final game to Utah.
2018 Starts With: A route of instate rival Colorado St (0-2) 45-13.
Coached By: Mike MacIntyre, 26-38 (6th Season)
Oregon State Beavers
2018 Rank: 115
2017 Rank: 128
2017 Ended: 10 straight losses capped by the one sided Civil War, 69-10 loss to Oregon.
2018 Starts With: An Urban Meyerless Ohio State (4)
Coached By: Angry Beavers Jonathan Smith (1st Season), but did lead Oregon State to an 11-1 season and their last PAC 12/10 title. It might have helped that he had Chad "Ochocinco" Johnson and T.J. Houshmanzadeh catching the ball.