Welcome to a new feature on the Hotline — an assessment of the eight teams in the rebuilt Pac-12 as if they were competing in the conference this season. We’ll even recognize one lucky team as the regular-season champion. The power rankings will be published each Sunday throughout the regular season.

(Here are last week’s rankings.)

The improbable became the impossible Saturday afternoon for Oregon State. A day later, the inevitable became reality as the Beavers fired coach Trent Bray following another ghastly loss in a gruesome season.

It’s not even the midpoint of October, yet the Beavers were mathematically eliminated from the postseason with a 39-14 loss to Wake Forest.

They are 0-7, have lost 13 of their past 14 and are deeply lacking in leadership, discipline and, worst of all, h

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