The Pac-12 dissolved 13 months ago, but one vestige of the former conference remains relevant to the college football season unfolding this fall: the bowl lineup.

The legacy teams are tied to the same postseason arrangement that existed prior to collapse, albeit with one critical change. Instead of using conference record to establish the pecking order, overall record is the determinant.

Each week, the Hotline will project and assess the postseason status for all 12 teams.

Six wins has been the threshold for bowl eligibility for eons, but super conferences have existed for just two seasons. Where those forces intersect, a critical dynamic lies: conference schedule rotations.

The path into the postseason depends as much on which teams are off the schedule in a given year as which teams

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