The Pac-12 made its official return to college football over the weekend, with games on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. All eight teams were in action; the spectrum of success in their respective games was quite wide. Several teams had incredibly encouraging openers, even in losses. There were also a couple of less-than-encouraging performances by some of the teams in the conference. Let’s take a look at everything from the Pac-12 in Week 1. We’ll start with a power ranking of the entire conference and then move on to storylines, winners and losers, then a preview of what’s to come in Week 2. Pac-12 Power Rankings This ranking comes from the combination of ballots from Cache Valley Media Group staff, including Jason Walker, Eric Frandsen, Stockton Jewkes and JD Walker. Post-Week 1 Pac-12 Power Ranking Rank Team Record 1 Boise State 0-1 2 San Diego State 1-0 3 Colorado State 1-0 4 Oregon State 0-1 5 Washington State 0-1 T-6 Fresno State 0-1 T-6 Texas State 0-1 8 Utah State 0-1 The top and bottom of the conference were unanimous on the ballots. Even in a losing effort, Boise State proved its mettle, and the Broncos remain a strong favorite to

LOGAN — College football returned to Cache Valley on Saturday. But the Utah State Aggies seemed hesitant to participate in the season-opening festivities. The hosts sleep-walked through the evening, earning a 29-17 defeat at the hands of Idaho State. Source link

Utah State’s college football season begins this week with its home opener against Idaho State on Merlin Olsen Field. With months of anticipation, analysis, and waiting soon to be in the rearview mirror, there’s only a little time left to cement our (certain to be wrong) preseason predictions for Utah State football. These predictions come from Full Court Press co-hosts Eric Frandsen and Jason Walker. We’ll give a win/loss prediction for each of the 12 regular-season games, including a prediction on who the Aggies will play in the flex game and whether they’ll win against the chosen opponent. In addition to predicting a win or loss, we’ll also offer a scaling descriptor on how close that win or loss will be. Three tiers of win or loss: a blowout, decisive, or close. This isn’t meant to be an exact score prediction, mainly a way to offer more insight as to how we feel about each of these games. So, here we go. Game 1 – vs Idaho State Date: Sept. 5 (Sat) Location: Merlin Olsen Field (Logan, UT) Kickoff Time: 5 p.m. Jason’s Prediction: Decisive Win by Utah State There are hints of this game potentially being a close one.