Pickin’ the Pac: Week 1 game predictions for 2023 Pac-12 football season

Game week means game predictions. Seven #Pac12 football analysts pick Week 1 games in the conference. Let’s go!

We are making all sorts of predictions, now that the 2023 college football season is fully upon us. USC got the party started in Week Zero, but now everyone joins in for Week 1.

We at Trojans Wire are working with our other Pac-12 College Wire sites.

In one article, we offered predictions on how Deion Sanders will fare at Colorado:

“Jack Carlough of Buffaloes Wire, Matt Wadleigh and Matt Zemek of Trojans Wire, and Zachary Neel of Ducks Wire gave their predictions for the Buffs, and there is a common theme: It will be a difficult year for Coach Prime in Boulder,” Matt Wadleigh wrote.

USC game predictions appear in one article at our site. Oregon picks can be found in another separate piece.

While you think about your full-season predictions for your favorite Pac-12 team, let’s look at Week 1 in particular. Seven different Pac-12 football analysts have sized up the slate. Which predictions make the most sense (or the least?) to you?

Let’s look at our answers in the first 2023 edition of Pickin’ The Pac at Trojans Wire: