What better way to end our season-long assessment of a conference that doesn’t exist than by handing out very real hypothetical awards?

The eight teams that make up the future Pac-12 produced standout performances across three months but a hefty number of clunkers, as well.

Put another way: The conference will start the 2026 season playing from behind against the American in the race for a College Football Playoff berth.

We sorted through the brilliance and the carnage that unfolded to select our first annual postseason honors for the Pac-12 2.0.

Coach of the Year: San Diego State’s Sean Lewis. An easy call given the Aztecs’ momentous year-over-year improvement in Lewis’ second season. If not for an early-season derailment at Washington State that continues to mystify, they would hav

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