No one likes talking about the Pac-12's elephant in the room heading into the 2020 season, an issue bigger than the ongoing revenue discrepancy and coaches departing right and left. Parity and USC's fall from grace has shifted the balance of power out West, leading to a four-year College Football Playoff drought that has dropped the conference to the bottom of the Power 5 supremacy conversation.

That could change this season if Oregon continues its momentum from last fall and the Trojans are as good as advertised in what amounts to a contract year for Clay Helton in Los Angeles. Projecting Pac-12 win totals for these two teams is a bit easier than the rest of the league with a log-jam expected behind the expected frontrunners.

Three new coaches enter the mix in the Pac-12 this season, hoping to at least hit short-term goal No. 1 in getting to a bowl game. Are there other teams besides Oregon, USC and Utah capable of getting to the league title game? Let's take a closer look with an emphasis on schedules.

Here are 247Sports national analysts Brad Crawford and Bud Elliott's picks for the number of Pac-12 wins this season for every team heading into spring practice: