With Fall Camp starting its right around the time everyone makes predictions for how the season will go. Now like every prediction, this is probably going to be completely ruined after the first week. Rice is going to beat USC or something and ruin my entire prediction, but if that is how it goes, so be it. I for one love chaos. With that said, here are first half of my prediction, the bottom six teams of the Pac-12:

12th Place: Colorado Buffaloes 2-10 (1-8)

Probably not a shock to anyone, but I have the Buff’s finishing last. The team just doesn’t look good on paper. They had a very poor performance in the transfer portal. I just don’t see a way of them getting more than 4 wins.

Wins: vs California, @ Air Force

11th Place: Stanford Cardinal 3-9 (2-7)

Another non-shock, the days where the Cardinal dominate the Pac 12 is far gone and there is a possibility in my mind, that this may be Shaw’s last year. We will have to see how things play out, but the schedule is not easy, and I only have them beating ASU and UCLA in conference.

Wins: vs Colgate, vs ASU, @ UCLA

10th Place: California Golden Bears 4-8 (2-7)

The other Bay Area school, Cal, returns only a handful of starters from a team which performed poorly last season. This season won’t be much better. They had a strong transfer class this season bringing in Jackson Sirmon, Xavier Carlton and Jack Plummer, if they have strong seasons Cal could become bowl eligible but the safest bet is another rough season in Berkley.

Wins: vs UC Davis, vs UNLV, vs Stanford, vs UCLA

9th Place: Arizona Wildcats 4-8 (2-7) (tiebreaker over Cal)

Jedd Fisch came to play. He signed a top 25 recruiting class including 5 blue chips and Arizona’s highest rated commit ever. On top of a great transfer class this team could shock some people. The biggest question with the team in my opinion is how will De Laura play? I just don’t see De Laura turning a complete 180 and being the leader, the team needs. This would be a success for Arizona no matter what and a sleeping giant may have woken up in Tucson.

Wins: @ SDSU, vs NDSU, @ Cal, vs Colorado

8th Place: Arizona State Sun Devils 5-7 (3-6)

ASU had a tough offseason. It felt like they lost half their team in the transfer portal. Their recruiting class was poor. The only bright spot was their transfer signings. They signed many top transfers and seem to have slightly rebuilt what they lost in the off season. However, I don’t think it was enough. ASU is stuck in a top-heavy Pac 12 South with Utah and USC.  The Sun Devils do have a relatively easy out of conference schedule meaning that their record may look better on paper than they will on the field.  I do have them having an upset win over UW at home as the Huskies often struggle in Tempe.

Wins: vs NAU, vs EMU, vs Washington, @Colorado, @Arizona

7th Place: UCLA Bruins 6-6 (3-6)

UCLA had a really good year last year, finishing 8-4.  They have a rough in-conference schedule this year playing some of the best teams in the Pac-12 North. Last year the Bruins were a breath away from being 10-2.  I could see them matching that 8-win total again this season, but they do return QB starter Dorian Thompson-Robinson.  He would need to put the team on his back.  That said, 6 wins is probably UCLA’s floor.

Thats it for the bottom 6 teams, I will post the top 6 tomorrow around this same time so follow Real Dawg on twitter and keep up to date with all things Husky at RealDawg.com.