If finishing on a 6-game win streak and #12 with a 10-3 record in the final rankings is mediocre, I'll take that for one of the conference contenders.
Big 12 as #2 because of some arbitrary faith in KSU, Baylor (lol), WVU being sleepers? Texas coming back ASAP, but Oregon will need a year? Washington taking a step back even though they're plugging talented replacements in the secondary and return most of their offense? Wazzu isn't repeating this season even though they return nearly everyone including Falk?
All of your reasons for the Big 12 being 2nd and Pac 12 being 5th
You don't watch football west of the Mississippi