Picking the Pac: College Wire staff makes Week 12 selections

The Pac-12 upsets from last week didn’t hurt the CollegeWire Pick the Pac standings too much, but the records took a hit.

The Pac-12 endured its own chaos last week with two big upsets no one saw coming. Oregon lost to Washington and Arizona stunned UCLA. Since no one picked these upsets, the College Wire Pick the Pac standings didn’t experience a shakeup.

With just two weeks left, Jack Carlough seems to have a comfortable lead over three writers tied for second. As we look at the schedule, there are more 50-50 games this week than there have been at any time of the season. Can Stanford win The Big Game? Will Arizona’s run toward bowl eligibility continue? And who is truly the King of Los Angeles?

Here are the standings and how the College Wire staff believes what those answers will be come Sunday morning.

Name Last Week’s Record Overall Record
Jack Carlough (Buffaloes Wire) 4-2 64-13
Don Smalley (Ducks Wire) 3-3 61-16
Tony Cosolo (Buffaloes Wire) 4-2 61-16
Matt Zemek (Trojans Wire) 4-2 61-16
Zac Neel (Ducks Wire) 4-2 60-17
Patrick Conn (College Wire) 4-2 59-18
Andy Patton (Ducks Wire) 4-2 58-19
Don James (Trojans Wire) 3-3 57-20
Matt Wadleigh (Trojans Wire) 4-2 57-20