The Pac-12 dissolved 14 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.

Each week, the Hotline will project and assess the postseason status for all 12 teams. Last week’s projections can be found here.

With one Saturday remaining in the season’s first half, allow the Hotline to remind fans of a critical component to the Pac-12 bowl selection procedure.

Instead of using conference record to establish the pecking order, overall record is the determinant. Teams that finish 9-3, for example, would have priority over teams that finish 8-4.

But there’s a catch. Bowl officials have the option to use the one-win-

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