Oregon’s narrow victory over Fresno State may not have inspired a lot of confidence in the team going forward, but a brief look around the rest of the Pac-12 shows that things certainly could have gone a lot worse.
In fact, the Pac-12 conference’s first full week of action did not go well, to put it lightly.
No. 24 Utah and No. 25 Arizona State took care of business before Saturday’s slate of games, but the rest of the conference only managed four wins, compared to six losses, to give the Pac-12 a 6-6 record in a week where many schools were playing non Power-5 schools.
Washington and Washington State dropped embarrassing losses to Montana and Utah State, respectively, while Cal fell to Nevada in a trio of losses to smaller schools that don’t reflect well on the conference.
UCLA’s big win over LSU is one of the few positives, but a shortened slate last season likely has some teams shaking the rust off.
Still, they will need to turn things around in a hurry to avoid a rough season in the college football landscape this year.
Here is a look at how each team did in Week 1: