Here’s a shocker—the California Golden Bears football team will (probably) have a rebuilding year in 2017. It’s as clear as my flawless skin. We’ve already discussed Bill Connelly’s last-in-the-Pac-12 projection. We covered our worst-in-the-conference over/under. Today, we’ve got another! Athlon Sports ranked all 130 FBS teams and they came to the same conclusion for the Golden Bears.
Athlon Sports Pac-12 rankings
| Nat'l Rank | P12 rank | School |
|---|---|---|
| Nat'l Rank | P12 rank | School |
| 4 | 1 | Wash |
| 5 | 2 | USC |
| 17 | 3 | Stanfurd |
| 21 | 4 | Oregon |
| 28 | 5 | WSU |
| 33 | 6 | UCLA |
| 34 | 7 | Colorado |
| 38 | 8 | Utah |
| 53 | 9 | ASU |
| 65 | 10 | OSU |
| 66 | 11 | Arizona |
| 76 | 12 | Cal |
Athlon’s reasoning for our placement is a tale as old as time.