Once hailed as the 1b to the SEC's 1a, the Pac-12 is now all but out of the College Football Playoff picture. Ted Miller and Sharon Katz look back on what happened to the might Pac-12.
The Pac-12 began the 2015 campaign as a candidate for "Best College Football Conference in the World!" It was intoxicating for a fanbase accustomed to being dismissed because their stadiums are smaller and less insanely populated. Yet, barring plot twists that would strain credulity, it will end said hyped season without a participant in the four-team College Football Playoff.
In the preseason, the Pac-12 celebrated six ranked teams -- including two in the Top 10 -- and a seventh that was getting votes.