Should the Power 5 be the Power 4½?

Jeff Chiu, AP

Larry Scott, Pac-12 commissioner, speaks during NCAA college basketball Pac-12 media day in San Francisco, Thursday, Oct. 20, 2016. While the league, dubbed the Conference of Champions, has won more NCAA titles than any other conference in the country, it is lagging behind in the two revenue sports, football and men's basketball.

SALT LAKE CITY — The Pac-12 football coaches will gather for their annual media day next week and, despite all the predictable upbeat talk that such events engender, there really won’t be much good news to report about the state of the league.

There’s no spinning last year’s embarrassing performance and little to promise for the upcoming season. Sporting…