It has been 1,006 days since the Pac-12 scored a point in the annual New Year’s Eve 2016 was the self-proclaimed Conference of Champions’ last taste of playing on college football’s biggest stage.
Despite having a handful of promising teams this season, the Pac-12, or collection of 12 Division I teams along the Western United States, will again be absent in the four-team race. Recruiting, coaching and failure to produce a frontrunner are the biggest reasons college football fans won’t see their favorite West Coast teams play against the powerhouses of the past few years.