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Pac-12 Preseason Predictions For Every Game: Preview 2022

Forget all the monster changes, moves, and speculation about the future for a moment. This year should be a whole lot of fun for a few key reasons.

USC is going to be a blast – there’s going to be as much attention on the football teams, at least for a few months before expansion talk cranks up even more – and the divisions are going bye-bye.

There’s no more Pac-12 North and South with the goal to win the six-team division. Now the conference race comes down to who the top two teams are overall, and it should mean the season comes down to the last day of the regular season.

The schedules play a massive role.

Who misses USC? Who has to play Utah in Salt Lake City? Who has to travel late in the season, and who has to make a longer road trip? It all matters in the 2022 Pac-12 college football predictions for every game.

2022 CFN College Football Preview of Every Team

Pac-12 Preseason Predictions

Pac-12 Predicted Finish

T1. Oregon*
T1. USC
T1. Utah*
T4. UCLA
T4. Washington
T6. Washington State
T6. Arizona State
8. Oregon State
T9. Cal
T9. Stanford
T11. Arizona
T11. Colorado
*Tie-breaker winners who’ll get to the Pac-12 Championship.

Arizona Wildcats

2022 Preseason Prediction: 3-9
2022 Pac-12 Prediction: 2-7
2021: 1-11, Prediction: 2-10
2020: 0-5, Prediction: 2-10
2019: 4-8, Prediction: 6-6

Sept 3 at San Diego State L
Sept 10 Mississippi State L
Sept 17 North Dakota State
Sept 24 at Cal L
Oct 1 Colorado
Oct 8 Oregon L
Oct 15 at Washington L
Oct 22 OPEN DATE
Oct 29 USC L
Nov 5 at Utah L
Nov 12 at UCLA L
Nov 19 Washington State L
Nov 25 Arizona State
Arizona Preview | Top 10 PlayersSchedule Analysis

Arizona State Sun Devils

2022 Preseason Prediction: 6-6
2022 Pac-12 Prediction: 4-5
2021: 8-5, Prediction: 8-4
2020: 2-2, Prediction: 7-5
2019: 8-5, Prediction: 6-6

Sept 1 Northern Arizona
Sept 10 at Oklahoma State L
Sept 17 Eastern Michigan
Sept 24 Utah L
Oct 1 at USC L
Oct 8 Washington
Oct 15 OPEN DATE
Oct 22 at Stanford
Oct 29 at Colorado L
Nov 5 UCLA
Nov 12 at Washington State L
Nov 19 Oregon State
Nov 25 at Arizona L
ASU Preview | Top 10 PlayersSchedule Analysis

Cal Golden Bears

2022 Preseason Prediction: 5-7
2022 Pac-12 Prediction: 3-6
2021: 5-7, Prediction: 6-6
2020: 1-3, Prediction: 7-5
2019: 8-5, Prediction: 6-6

Sept 3 UC Davis
Sept 10 UNLV
Sept 17 at Notre Dame L
Sept 24 Arizona
Oct 1 at Washington State L
Oct 8 OPEN DATE
Oct 15 at Colorado L
Oct 22 Washington
Oct 29 Oregon
Nov 5 at USC L
Nov 12 at Oregon State L
Nov 19 Stanford L
Nov 25 UCLA L
Cal Preview | Top 10 PlayersSchedule Analysis

Colorado Buffaloes

2022 Preseason Prediction: 4-8
2022 Pac-12 Prediction: 2-7
2021: 4-8, Prediction: 4-8
2020: 4-2, Prediction: 5-7
2019: 5-7, Prediction: 5-7

Sept 2 TCU
Sept 10 at Air Force
Sept 17 at Minnesota L
Sept 24 UCLA L
Oct 1 at Arizona L
Oct 8 OPEN DATE
Oct 15 Cal
Oct 22 at Oregon State L
Oct 29 Arizona State
Nov 5 Oregon L
Nov 11 at USC L
Nov 19 at Washington L
Nov 26 Utah L
Colorado Preview | Top 10 PlayersSchedule Analysis

Oregon Ducks

2022 Preseason Prediction: 9-3
2022 Pac-12 Prediction: 7-2
2021: 10-4, Prediction: 9-3
2020: 4-3, Prediction: 10-2
2019: 12-2, Prediction: 9-3

Sept 3 Georgia (in Atlanta) L
Sept 10 Eastern Washington
Sept 17 BYU
Sept 24 at Washington State
Oct 1 Stanford
Oct 8 at Arizona
Oct 15 OPEN DATE
Oct 22 UCLA
Oct 29 at Cal L
Nov 5 at Colorado
Nov 12 Washington
Nov 19 Utah
Nov 25 at Oregon State L
Oregon Preview | Top 10 PlayersSchedule Analysis

Oregon State Beavers

2022 Preseason Prediction: 6-6
2022 Pac-12 Prediction: 4-5
2021: 7-6, Prediction: 4-8
2020: 2-5, Prediction: 6-6
2019: 5-7, Prediction: 3-9

Sept 3 Boise State
Sept 10 at Fresno State L
Sept 17 Montana State
Sept 24 USC L
Oct 1 at Utah L
Oct 8 at Stanford L
Oct 15 Washington State
Oct 22 Colorado
Oct 29 OPEN DATE
Nov 5 at Washington L
Nov 12 Cal
Nov 19 at Arizona State L
Nov 25 Oregon
Oregon State Preview | Top 10 PlayersSchedule Analysis

Stanford Cardinal

2022 Preseason Prediction: 5-7
2022 Pac-12 Prediction: 3-6
2021: 3-9, Prediction: 7-5
2020: 4-2, Prediction: 7-5
2019: 4-8, Prediction: 8-4

Sept 3 Colgate
Sept 10 USC L
Sept 17 OPEN DATE
Sept 24 at Washington L
Oct 1 at Oregon L
Oct 8 Oregon State
Oct 15 at Notre Dame L
Oct 22 Arizona State L
Oct 29 at UCLA L
Nov 5 Washington State
Nov 12 at Utah L
Nov 19 at Cal
Nov 25 BYU
Stanford Preview | Top 10 PlayersSchedule An

UCLA Bruins

2022 Preseason Prediction: 8-4
2022 Pac-12 Prediction: 5-4
2021: 8-4, Prediction: 7–5
2020: 3-4, Prediction: 6-6
2019: 4-8, Prediction: 6-6

Sept 3 Bowling Green
Sept 10 Alabama State
Sept 17 South Alabama
Sept 24 at Colorado
Oct 1 Washington L
Oct 8 Utah L
Oct 15 OPEN DATE
Oct 22 at Oregon L
Oct 29 Stanford
Nov 5 at Arizona State L
Nov 12 Arizona
Nov 19 USC
Nov 25 at Cal
UCLA Preview | Top 10 PlayersSchedule Analysis

USC Trojans

2022 Preseason Prediction: 10-2
2022 Pac-12 Prediction: 7-2
2021: 4-8, Prediction: 10-2
2020: 5-1, Prediction: 9-3
2019: 8-5, Prediction: 8-4

Sept 3 Rice
Sept 10 at Stanford
Sept 17 Fresno State
Sept 24 at Oregon State
Oct 1 Arizona State
Oct 8 Washington State
Oct 15 at Utah L
Oct 22 OPEN DATE
Oct 29 at Arizona
Nov 5 Cal
Nov 11 Colorado
Nov 19 at UCLA L
Nov 25 Notre Dame
USC Preview | Top 10 PlayersSchedule Analysis

Utah Utes

2022 Preseason Prediction: 9-3
2022 Pac-12 Prediction: 7-2
2021: 10-4, Prediction: 10-2
2020: 3-2, Prediction: 8-4
2019: 11-3, Prediction: 9-3

Sept 3 at Florida L
Sept 10 Southern Utah
Sept 17 San Diego State
Sept 24 at Arizona State
Oct 1 Oregon State
Oct 8 at UCLA
Oct 15 USC
Oct 22 OPEN DATE
Oct 29 at Washington State L
Nov 5 Arizona
Nov 12 Stanford
Nov 19 at Oregon L
Nov 25 at Colorado
Utah Preview | Top 10 PlayersSchedule Analysis

Washington Huskies

2022 Preseason Prediction: 8-4
2022 Pac-12 Prediction: 5-4
2021: 4-8, Prediction: 9-3
2020: 3-1, Prediction: 9-3
2019: 8-5, Prediction: 9-3

Sept 3 Kent State
Sept 10 Portland State
Sept 17 Michigan State
Sept 24 Stanford
Oct 1 at UCLA
Oct 8 at Arizona State L
Oct 15 Arizona
Oct 22 at Cal L
Oct 29 OPEN DATE
Nov 5 Oregon State
Nov 12 at Oregon L
Nov 19 Colorado
Nov 26 at Washington State L
Washington Preview | Top 10 PlayersSchedule Analysis

Washington State Cougars

2022 Preseason Prediction: 7-5
2022 Pac-12 Prediction: 5-4
2021: 7-6, Prediction: 5-7
2020: 1-3, Prediction: 6-6
2019: 6-7, Prediction: 8-4

Sept 3 Idaho
Sept 10 at Wisconsin L
Sept 17 Colorado State
Sept 24 Oregon L
Oct 1 Cal
Oct 8 at USC L
Oct 15 at Oregon State L
Oct 22 OPEN DATE
Oct 29 Utah
Nov 5 at Stanford L
Nov 12 Arizona State
Nov 19 at Arizona
Nov 26 Washington
Washington State Preview | Top 10 PlayersSchedule Analysis

2022 College Football Schedules: All 131 Teams

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