The Pac-12 Conference is coming off a 2015 college football season of mixed results. On one hand, 10 of the league's 12 teams qualified for bowl games, the most ever, but none of them earned a much-coveted spot in the College Football Playoff.
What will happen in 2016? We'll find out soon enough, as the opening week of action is just around the corner.
In Week 1, 11 Pac-12 schools make their 2016 season debut, with California getting the weekend off after opening with a 51-31 win over Hawaii in Australia on Aug. 26. The slate is a mix of high-profile matchups with power programs, rivalry games and clashes against the FCS that won't all be as easy as they might seem.