5 reasons Pac-12 football will be better than ACC in 2019

2. Better quarterback play overall

One of the hallmarks of good conference play is quarterback play. One of the marks of quarterback play is stability. There are a couple of Pac-12 schools unsettled at quarterback (Washington and Arizona State — maybe), but there are several schools in the ACC that will be looking to find their starter at quarterback this season.

In Coral Gables, will it be N’Kosi Perry or Ohio State transfer Martell Tate to start for the Hurricanes? Dave Doeren has five candidates to take the place of Ryan Finley. Mack Brown has to decide between Sam Howell, Cade Fortin and Jace Ruder. As Geoff Collins transitions his roster, he has three possible candidates to start at quarterback. Duke and Wake Forest are also not completely settled at quarterback.

On the other hand, the Pac-12 is much more settled.

Washington’s open competition seems to be coming to a close as Georgia-transfer and Washington-native Jacob Eason is closing in on the starting job, and it looks as if either Dillon Sterling-Cole and Jayden Daniels are separating themselves at Arizona State.

As for the rest of the conference, NFL prospects KJ Costello (Stanford) and Justin Herbert (Oregon) are locked in as starters as well as Khalil Tate (Arizona) and Steven Montez (Colorado). Utah gets Tyler Huntley back from a season-ending injury and JT Daniels will be in year two at USC.

That stability should lead to better on the field play in the Pac-12.