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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 power ratings: Sizzling USC remains No. 1 while Oregon rises after its desert sweep
The Pac-12 was shut out of the NCAA tournament selection committee's top-16 seed reveal, suggesting a difficult path into the second weekend of March Madness.

Hotline mailbag: USC’s future, media rights projections, the commissioner search, Utah’s outlook, Edwards’ tenure and more
What levers do the Trojans have to bend the Pac-12 to their will?

Pac-12 commissioner search: There are qualified internal candidates, but the politics are thorny
Several internal candidates are qualified, but elevation from within is politically fraught.

Pac-12 football recruiting: Our breakdown of the top targets for each team in the class of 2022
The extended dead period will disrupt the start of the 2021-22 recruiting cycle, but Pac-12 schools are nonetheless in pursuit of top talents like Gavin Sawchuk, AJ Duffy, Jalil Tucker,...

Pac-12 power ratings: USC takes over the top spot as Utah rises and Arizona slides
The Trojans hammered a depleted UCLA roster to pull into a tie for first place and take over the top spot in the latest Pac-12 power ratings.

Pac-12 stock report (special edition): Our post-National Signing Day recruiting analysis for 2021
Oregon and USC led the way with classes that ranked in the top-10 nationally, but ominously, the conference didn't place anyone else in the top 25 of the 247sports composite...

Ranking 2021 Pac-12 football schedules: Sept. 11 stands as key day in momentous season
Week Two stands as the most important day of the season for the conference, with four major intersectional matchups, including Oregon at Ohio State and Washington at Michigan.

Pac-12 power ratings: USC rises, Oregon falls, plus midseason awards
The weekly power ratings again feature UCLA on top and include a look at the top players (and coach) at the midpoint of the Pac-12 season.

Saturday Night Five: Cancel the Pac-12 tournament? The case for and against as Selection Sunday chaos looms
The conference tournament represents risk of a possible outbreak, but it also could be a lever to get more teams into March Madness.

Pac-12 financial documents: Conference met its obligations, dodged a COVID cash crunch in FY20
The conference was able to meet its payout obligations to the campuses in the 2020 fiscal year despite the coronavirus disruption, according to financial reports from the universities.