Leland Wong: Oh my. Real life can wait—football is upon us. College football means it’s time for hopes and dreams to crumble, disappointment to cast its inescapable shadow over us, and for all-around terribleness to engulf our existences save for some occasional respites of moderately good moments. So, it’s pretty much exactly just like real life.
But as we sit on the precipice of the 2017 college football season—congratulations on riding our coattails and copying our game, Stanfurd—that means it’s time for our Pac-12 Power Rankings. Because if Buzzfeed can put anything into a list, we should try to get something into a list.