Taylor Henry: Stanford. They have the best player in the conference, and one of if not the best coach. Nobody does more with less than Shaw, and he's proven he doesn't need a great QB to win games. Their defense will be good enough to keep them in games and McCaffery will get enough touches to make differences in games. Going to Oregon and to UCLA will be tough, but I still think they win the conference.
Gabey Lucas: Can we answer this question like four games into the conference? Urghhh cuz if Ryan Burns plays like he potentially can and Stanford survives their losses on the offensive line, Stanford likely; if USC's defensive line can outplay what peeps are expecting and Max Browne adapts quick and lives up to his potential (and they pull off a few upsets), then USC could do it; UCLA has the talent and line strength and secondary strength but I feel like Mora coaches too emotionally and so they often underplay their talent level; Washington could do it if their offensive line is gelling better as a unit and if Bush Hamdan as a WR coach is enough of an improvement over Brent Pease (I suspect he is) so that the receivers play tougher and with less drops; and I suspect Wazzu could outplay what people are expecting again because even with the loss of Luani and some peeps in the front seven, they're defense is underrated (not elite at all but you don't need that at Wazzu), as is their stable of running backs.