Mandel's Pac-12 predictions: Transfers make for a fun league behind Utah
This may, just may, be the year a Pac-12 team makes the College Football Playoff.
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Tier 1: Defending champion Utah, recent two-time champion Oregon, Lincoln Riley-makeover USC and highly experienced UCLA.
Tier 2: Oregon State, Washington State and Washington, three mid-tier programs I could see winning anywhere from five to nine games.
Tier 3: Arizona, Stanford and Cal, the first one digging itself up, the other two trending down.
Tier 4: Colorado and Arizona State, both of which seem rudderless at the top and in danger of hitting rock bottom as a result.
