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Pac-12 football predictions: Oregon, USC teams to beat in 2020 conference projection

The Oregon Ducks and USC Trojans are the favorites in the Pac-12 in the 2020 college football season according to projections from ESPN's Football Power Index.

The site recently released its projected order of finish and record projections for every team in the conference now that the Pac-12 has unveiled the college football schedule for each of its teams.

Oregon is No. 1 in the Pac-12. The Ducks' projected win-loss record is 9.0-1.8.

USC is No. 2 at 7.9-2.8.

Utah (6.4-3.9), Washington (5.8-4.3) and Stanford (5.7-4.4) round out the Top 5.

According to ESPN, The Football Power Index (FPI) "is a measure of team strength that is meant to be the best predictor of a team's performance going forward for the rest of the season.