The past five College Football Playoffs have been held without a Pac-12 team and that trend seems likely to continue even as the conference undergoes a significant facelift.
Two of the league's biggest programs bring in new coaches – Lincoln Riley at Southern California and Dan Lanning at Oregon. Luring Riley from Oklahoma was a coup for the Trojans, but there is major rebuilding to be done. Lanning is fresh off winning a national title as Georgia's defensive coordinator and has to fill the shoes of Mario Cristobal after his move to Miami.
There's also change at Washington with the Huskies hiring Kalen DeBoer after his success at Fresno State and Washington State's Jake Dickert begins his first full season after serving as interim coach last year after Nick Rolovich's firing.