Barring a shocking turn of events, the Pac-12 will miss out on the College Football Playoff for the fourth consecutive year and will have only had one of its teams make it twice in the seven years since it started in 2014.
Much of that has to do with the league's talent disparity compared to the Big Ten, ACC and SEC. But more than anything, the Pac-12's shortened schedule because of the COVID-19 pandemic has made it almost impossible for any of its teams to prove they belong among college football's elite.
No. 15 USC, the only remaining undefeated team in the league after six weeks, doesn't have a single Top 25 win, and it barely squeaked by an Arizona team that lost by 63 points to Arizona State on Saturday.