Washington, Oregon, Stanford and USC are projected by most to be the top teams in the Pac-12 this season, and these four programs return a good chunk of the league’s talent on the all-conference team. The Huskies lead the way on Athlon’s 2018 All-Pac-12 team with 15 selections, followed by the Ducks with 14, the Trojans with 12 and the Cardinal with 11. UCLA and Arizona are next up with 10 selections apiece.

Athlon Sports has released its top 25 for 2018. Now, it’s time to take a look at the best of the best and honor the top players in the league with a release of first, second, third and fourth all-conference teams for 2018.

An important note on the all-conference teams: These are based on how players will perform in 2018. Career statistics and awards matter in the evaluation, but choosing players for the 2018 all-conference team is largely based on predicting and projecting the best for the upcoming year.

Pac-12 Football 2018 All-Conference Team

First-Team Offense Second-Team Offense Third-Team Offense Fourth-Team Offense QB Khalil Tate Arizona Jake Browning Washington Justin Herbert Oregon Tyler Huntley Utah RB Bryce Love Stanford Patrick Laird California Eno Benjamin Arizona State Soso Jamabo UCLA RB Zack Moss Utah Tony Brooks-James Oregon J.J. Taylor Arizona Artavis Pierce Oregon State AP Myles Gaskin (RB) Washington Stephen Carr (RB) USC James Williams (RB) Wash. State Salvon Ahmed (AP) Washington WR N'Keal Harry Arizona State Tyler Vaughns USC Tay Martin Wash. State Juwann Winfree Colorado WR JJ Arcega-Whiteside Stanford Demetris Robertson California Dillon Mitchell Oregon Chico McClatcher Washington TE Kaden Smith Stanford Caleb Wilson UCLA Hunter Bryant Washington Noah Togiai Oregon State C Toa Lobendahn USC Jake Hanson Oregon Jesse Burkett Stanford Shun Brown (WR) Arizona OL Trey Adams Washington Andre Dillard Wash. State Chuma Edoga USC Kanawai Noa (WR) California OL Nate Herbig Stanford Nathan Eldridge Arizona Lo Falemaka Utah Tim Lynott Colorado OL Kaleb McGary Washington Walker Little Stanford Layth Friekh Arizona Chris Brown USC OL Calvin Throckmorton Oregon Patrick Mekari California Andre James UCLA Brady Aiello Oregon

First-Team Defense Second-Team Defense Third-Team Defense Fourth-Team Defense DL Greg Gaines Washington Bradlee Anae Utah Nnamdi Oguayo Wash. State Benning Potoa'e Washington DL Jalen Jelks Oregon Jordon Scott Oregon Koron Crump Arizona State John Houston (LB) USC DL Christian Rector USC Leki Fotu Utah Porter Gustin (LB) USC Justin Hollins (LB) Oregon LB Troy Dye Oregon Kylan Wilborn Arizona Jaelan Phillips UCLA Thomas Graham (CB) Oregon LB Ben Burr-Kirven Washington Colin Schooler Arizona Jonathan Willis Oregon State Ryan Bowman Washington LB Cameron Smith USC Chase Hansen Utah Rick Gamboa Colorado Tony Fields Arizona LB Bobby Okereke Stanford Peyton Pelluer Wash. State Jordan Kunaszyk California Jahad Woods Wash. State CB Julian Blackmon Utah Iman Marshall USC Nate Meadors UCLA Tevis Bartlett (LB) Washington CB Byron Murphy Washington Chase Lucas Arizona State Jace Whittaker Arizona Darnay Holmes UCLA S Taylor Rapp Washington Jalen Thompson Wash. State Evan Worthington Colorado Frank Buncom Stanford S Marvell Tell USC JoJo McIntosh Washington Adarius PIckett UCLA Ugo Amadi Oregon

First-Team Specialists Second-Team Specialists Third-Team Specialists Fourth-Team Specialists K Matt Gay Utah Jet Toner Stanford James Stefanou Colorado JJ Molson UCLA P Mitch Wishnowsky Utah Jake Bailey

Stanford Alex Kinney Colorado Steven Coutts California KR Cameron Scarlett Stanford Velus Jones USC Tony Brooks-James Oregon Darnay Holmes UCLA PR Shun Brown Arizona Dillon Mitchell Oregon Vic Wharton California Darnay Holmes UCLA

Team-by-Team Breakdown of Athlon's 2018 All-Pac-12 Team