Often times for a team to "put it all together" and reach a conference championship game, some scheduling breaks are needed. For teams in the Pac-12 South, that could include not playing Oregon in the regular season or getting them at home. Some favorable schedules might make for some surprising contenders in the conference in 2022.
On this episode of Locked On Pac-12, Spencer McLaughlin discusses the "dark horse" conference championship teams for 2022. UCLA has to play Oregon on the road, but they could be poised for a competitive season in the Pac-12 South thanks to games against Utah and USC which both come at home. Arizona State doesn't play Oregon this year, and despite having 5 road games their opponents away from home are not a litany of conference titans. In the Pac-12 North, Oregon State plays only 4 road conference games, and they too are relatively manageable.
There are the favorites, the dark horses, and the teams at the bottom--the ones that have little to no shot to contend and would be happy with an 8-win season. After a 4-8 season and a coaching change, Washington is being over-valued in the betting markets right now--and their rival, Washington State, might be undersold a touch. As for the schools that are being given little to no shot to win the Pac-12 in 2022, there are still attainable goals to get their programs moving in the right direction.
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