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Last year saw the Pac-12 establish itself as a true challenger to the SEC's reign as the best conference in college football. A deep pool of strong teams from one division and a national championship game participant from the other had the league earning praise from all over.

That strong performance in 2014 has made the upcoming season as highly anticipated as ever, and with less than three months until the 2015 campaign gets going, we're getting you prepped by highlighting the most anticipated games that involve Pac-12 teams.

This list includes conference and nonconference games, and they're ranked based on their overall importance to both the league race and the national championship picture as well as the likelihood they'll be close, competitive games.