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Jon Wilner
Jon Wilner has been covering college sports for decades and is an AP top-25 football and basketball voter as well as a Heisman Trophy voter. He was named Beat Writer of the Year in 2013 by the Football Writers Association of America for his coverage of the Pac-12, won first place for feature writing in 2016 in the Associated Press Sports Editors writing contest and is a five-time APSE honoree.
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Pac-12 bowl picks: No CFP, nine teams in, Utah to the Rose
Nothing will change over the next three months, right?

My AP top-25 ballot: 130 teams but only two options for No. 1
The first in-season rankings of 2019 found three familiar names atop the Hotline's AP top-25 ballot. Elsewhere, Auburn moved into the top 10, while Boise State and Wisconsin soared.

Pac-12 power ratings: The overreaction edition is back (Week 1 is all about jumping to conclusions)
We reacted. We re-reacted. Now, it's time for the annual overreaction edition of the Week 1 power ratings.

Poor coaching across Pac-12 made for bad ROI in Week 1
Pac-12 head coaches and their staffs had eight months -- nine, in some cases — to prepare for the season openers. To evaluate their personnel and scout their opponents. To...

Pac-12 football rewind: Oregon buckles in the fourth, USC tries to lose but fails, Washington rolls and injuries mount
Insta-reaction to Pac-12 developments on the field and off from Jon Wilner.

Pac-12 bowl picks: No CFP, but Utah to the Rose and nine in
Utah is the pick to win the conference and make its first-ever appearance in the Rose Bowl. Our projections call for Oregon to play in the Alamo and Washington in...

Pac-12 preview 2019: Projecting the all-conference team
The Pac-12 has an impressive number of elite defensive backs and is well represented on the lines of scrimmage. But we noticed a lack of top-tier receivers, and this isn't...

Pac-12 football preview: Projections for the 2019 division races
Utah is the clear favorite in the South and Oregon the slight favorite n the North. But the looming question for the conference is whether a playoff contender emerges from...

WSU Cougars preview: Mike Leach, the Air Raid and a new QB
Senior Anthony Gordon takes over the Cougars' attack as they attempt to take the next step under Leach and win the Pac-12 North. But difficult road games stand in their...

Washington preview: Jacob Eason leads UW on playoff hunt
Washington has won two of the past three Pac-12 titles but hasn't been quite the same since its 2016 playoff appearance. Will Eason, the transfer from Georgia, propel UW back...