If you only look at the preseason media poll, the Pac-12 standings don’t seem that weird. Arizona 1st, check. Stanford from 5th to 2nd. A minor surprise but I had them 3rd in my projections so reasonable. USC and UCLA dropping from 2nd and 3rd to 3rd and 4th, no big deal. UW moving from 10th to 5th and Utah dropping from 7th to 10th are mild upsets but there are Wazzu and Cal at the bottom as expected.
But when you realize that Stanford had 0 wins over teams in the top 2 tiers just two weeks ago and ASU started conference play as a top-5 team in the country and the madness quickly becomes apparent.