Leland Wong: Welcome back to our Pac-12 Power Rankings. As happens every year, there’s some confusion about what our exact endeavor here, but the debate seemed particularly heated last week and revealed that one of our very own voters seems baffled, which deeply worries me.
We’re here to rate the Pac-12 teams based on their overall performance (or perceived strength as a function of history, coaching, and recruiting during these early weeks) with a particular emphasis on the most recent game. It’s not a simple “who’s better than whom” placement and takes a bunch of subjective factors into consideration.