Projected Pac-12 Standings Recap

March 8, 2017 Off By tailgatesports

On February 12th, while I was covering the Colorado vs Washington State game live in Boulder, CO, I decided to make predictions for how the standings will finish in one of the hardest Conferences in College Basketball, the Pac-12. At the time each team had 5 games left in the season, with most organizations having a tough end to their regular season schedule. My predictions, which are posted below, include projected standings, overall records, Pac-12 records, and what games I predicted each team would win and lose. Check out the predictions below to see how close I was to having a perfect prediction!

 

Standings Prediction:

 

Standings Erik’s Predictions Actual Result
1 Oregon Oregon
2 Arizona Arizona
3 UCLA UCLA
4 Utah Utah
5 USC USC
6 California California
7 Colorado Colorado
8 Arizona State Arizona State
9 Stanford Stanford
10 Washington State Washington State
11 Washington Washington
12 Oregon State Oregon State

 

Pac-12 Record Prediction:

 

Erik’s Predictions Actual results
Oregon 16-2 16-2
Arizona 16-2 16-2
UCLA 14-4 15-3
Utah 11-7 11-7
USC 11-7 10-8
California 10-8 10-8
Colorado 9-9 8-10
Arizona State 8-10 7-11
Stanford 5-13 6-12
Washington State 4-14 6-12
Washington 3-15 2-16
Oregon State 1-17 1-17

 

Overall Record Prediction:

 

Erik’s Predictions Actual Results
Oregon 27-4 27-4
Arizona 27-4 27-4
UCLA 27-4 28-3
Utah 20-10 20-10
USC 24-7 23-8
California 19-11 19-11
Colorado 19-12 18-13
Arizona State 15-16 14-17
Stanford 13-17 14-16
Washington State 11-19 13-17
Washington 10-20 9-21
Oregon State 5-26 5-26

 

Erik’s Wins/Losses Predictions:

 

  1. Oregon Beats: Utah, Colorado, Cal, Stanford, and Oregon State
  2. Arizona Beats: Washington State, Washington, USC, UCLA

          Loses to: ASU

  1. UCLA Beats: USC, ASU, Washington, and Washington State

          Loses to: Arizona

  1. USC Beats: Washington, Washington State, and Arizona State

          Loses to: Arizona and UCLA

  1. Arizona State Beats: Arizona, Washington, and Washington State

          Loses to: USC and UCLA

  1. Oregon State Beats: Stanford

          Loses to: Colorado, Utah, Cal, and Oregon

  1. Stanford Beats: Cal

          Loses to: Oregon State, Oregon, Colorado, and Utah

  1. California Beats: Oregon State

          Loses to: Stanford, Oregon, Colorado and Utah

  1. Colorado Beats: Washington State, Cal, Oregon State, Utah, and Stanford

          Loses to: Oregon

  1. Utah Beats: Stanford, Oregon State, and Cal

          Loses to: Colorado and Oregon

  1. Washington Beats: Washington State

     Loses to: UCLA, Arizona, ASU, USC

  1. Washington State Beats: lol no one

     Loses to: Washington, Arizona, ASU, UCLA, USC, and Colorado

 

Actual Wins/Loses:

  1. Oregon Beats: Utah, Colorado, Cal, Stanford, and Oregon State
  2. Arizona Beats: Washington State, Washington, USC, and ASU

          Loses to: UCLA

  1. UCLA Beats: USC, ASU, Washington, Washington State, and Arizona
  2. USC Beats: Washington and Washington State

          Loses to: UCLA , Arizona, and ASU

  1. Arizona State Beats: Washington and USC

          Loses to: Washington State, UCLA, Arizona

  1. Oregon State Beats: Utah

          Loses to: Stanford, Colorado, Cal, and Oregon

  1. Stanford Beats: Cal and Oregon State

          Loses to: Oregon, Colorado, Utah

  1. California Beats: Oregon State

          Loses to: Stanford, Oregon, Colorado, and Utah

  1. Colorado Beats: Washington State, Cal, Oregon State, and Stanford

          Loses to: Oregon and Utah

  1. Utah Beats: Stanford, Cal, and Colorado

          Loses to: Oregon State and Oregon

  1. Washington Beats: no one

          Loses to: Washington State, UCLA, Arizona, ASU, USC

  1. Washington State Beats: Arizona State and Washington

          Loses to: Arizona, Colorado, USC, and UCLA

With the exception of Washington State, who seemed to finally get into rhythm at the very end of the season, I was either perfect, or practically perfect on all predictions.  I predicted Stanford upsetting Cal, Oregon winning out, Colorado finishing the season with some very impressive wins, and Cal having a pretty disappointing finish to the regular season, but games like Oregon State recording their only Pac-12 win against Utah instead of Stanford, Arizona winning at ASU on Senior Night, and the fact that Washington, instead of Washington State, went winless in their last 5 games completely blindsided me.  Regardless, my predictions for the Conference of Champions were still very successful.  I’ll have more predictions for the Pac-12 Tournament, NIT Tournament, maybe even the CBI Tournament, and of course, the NCAA Tournament coming out very soon, so don’t forget to check my predictions before you fill out your bracket.

 

 

Written by Erik Clark

 

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