Athlon projects the Pac-12's best for 2014.
The 2014 college football season kicks off on Aug. 27 and concludes in Dallas with the first four-team playoff in the FBS ranks on January 12, 2015. Since it’s never too early to start thinking about the upcoming college football season, Athlon Sports has already released its projected rankings for 2014, as well as conference predictions.
With the predictions released, it’s time to take a look at the best players by conference.
Athlon Sports continues its release of preseason all-conference teams with a look at our first, second, third and fourth All-Pac-12 teams for 2014.
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An important note on the all-conference teams: These are based on how players will perform in 2014. Career statistics and awards matter in the evaluation, but choosing players for the 2014 all-conference team is largely based on predicting and projecting the best for the upcoming year.
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| National Rank: | 45 | 16 | 76 | 71 | 6 | 53 | 12 | 7 | 14 | 54 | 24 | 56 |
Athlon's 2014 All-Pac-12 Team
| First-Team Offense | Second-Team Offense | Third-Team Offense | Fourth-Team Offense | |
| QB | Marcus Mariota Oregon ________________ | Brett Hundley UCLA ________________ | Taylor Kelly Arizona State ________________ | Sean Mannion Oregon State ________________ |
| RB | Javorius Allen USC | D.J. Foster Arizona State | Jordon James UCLA | Barry Sanders Stanford |
| RB | Byron Marshall Oregon ________________ | Thomas Tyner Oregon ________________ | Tre Madden USC ________________ | Storm Woods Oregon State ________________ |
| WR | Nelson Agholor USC | Austin Hill Arizona | Dres Anderson Utah | Vince Mayle Washington State |
| WR | Jaelen Strong Arizona State | Ty Montgomery Stanford | Chris Harper California | Kasen Williams Washington |
| TE | Connor Hamlett Oregon State ________________ | Thomas Duarte UCLA ________________ | Pharaoh Brown Oregon ________________ | Randall Telfer USC ________________ |
| C | Hroniss Grasu Oregon | Isaac Seumalo Oregon State | Max Tuerk | Jake Brendel UCLA |
| G | Josh Garnett Stanford | Dexter Charles Washington | Malcolm Bunche | Cayman Bundage Arizona |
| G | Alex Redmond UCLA | Daniel Munyer Colorado | Vi Teofilo Arizona State | Christian Westerman Arizona State |
| T | Mickey Baucus Arizona | Jamil Douglas Arizona State | Micah Hatchie Washington | Fabbians Ebbele Arizona |
| T | Andrus Peat Stanford | Tyler Johnstone Oregon | Kyle Murphy Stanford | Jake Fisher Oregon |
| First-Team Defense | Second-Team Defense | Third-Team Defense | Fourth-Team Defense | |
| DE | Henry Anderson Stanford | Kenneth Clark (DT) | DeForest Buckner Oregon | Arik Armstead Oregon |
| DE | Leonard Williams USC | Eddie Vanderdoes UCLA | Owa Odighizuwa UCLA | Nate Orchard Utah |
| DT | Hau'oli Kikaha (DE) Washington | David Parry Stanford ________________ | Xavier Cooper Washington State | Alex Balducci Oregon |
| DT | Danny Shelton Washington ________________ | Addison Gillam (LB) Colorado | Josh Tupou Colorado ________________ | Antwaun Woods USC ________________ |
| LB | Myles Jack UCLA | Hayes Pullard USC | Michael Doctor Oregon State | Salamo Fiso Arizona State |
| LB | Eric Kendricks UCLA | A.J. Tarpley Stanford | Derrick Malone Oregon | Jalen Jefferson California |
| LB | Shaq Thompson Washington ________________ | Tony Washington Oregon ________________ | Darryl Monroe Washington State ________________ | Scooby Wright Arizona ________________ |
| CB | Ifo Ekpre-Olomu Oregon | Alex Carter Stanford | Fabian Moreau UCLA | Greg Henderson Colorado |
| CB | Marcus Peters Washington | Josh Shaw USC | Steven Nelson Oregon State | Jonathan McKnight Arizona |
| S | Su'a Cravens USC | Randall Goforth UCLA | Ryan Murphy Oregon State | Brian Blechen Utah |
| S | Jordan Richards Stanford | Eric Rowe Utah | Damarious Randall Arizona State | Jared Tevis Arizona |
| First-Team Specialists | Second-Team Specialists | Third-Team Specialists | Fourth-Team Specialists | |
| K | Andy Phillips Utah | Zane Gonzalez Arizona State | Jordan Williamson Stanford | Will Oliver Colorado |
| P | Tom Hackett Utah | Darragh O'Neill Colorado | Sean Covington* UCLA | Ben Rhyne Stanford |
| KR | Ty Montgomery Stanford | John Ross Washington | Ishmael Adams UCLA | Khalfani Muhammad California |
| PR | Nelson Agholor USC | Barry Sanders Stanford | Geoffrey Norwood Utah | Marvin Hall Washington |
| *Covington left UCLA in late July. | ||||
Related Content: 2014 Pac-12 Predictions
Team-by-Team Breakdown of Athlon's 2014 All-Pac-12 Team
| First | Second | Third | Fourth | |
| Arizona | Offense: 1 Defense: 0 Sp. Teams: 0 | Offense: 1 Defense: 0 Sp. Teams: 0 | Offense: 0 Defense: 0 Sp. Teams: 0 | Offense: 2 Defense: 3 Sp. Teams: 0 |
| Arizona State | Offense: 1 Defense: 0 Sp. Teams: 0 | Offense: 2 Defense: 0 Sp. Teams: 1 | Offense: 2 Defense: 1 Sp. Teams: 0 | Offense: 1 Defense: 1 Sp. Teams: 0 |
| California | Offense: 0 Defense: 0 Sp. Teams: 0 | Offense: 0 Defense: 0 Sp. Teams: 0 | Offense: 1 Defense: 0 Sp. Teams: 0 | Offense: 0 Defense: 1 Sp. Teams: 1 |
| Colorado | Offense: 0 Defense: 0 Sp. Teams: 0 | Offense: 1 Defense: 1 Sp. Teams: 1 | Offense: 0 Defense: 1 Sp. Teams: 0 | Offense: 0 Defense: 1 Sp. Teams: 1 |
| Oregon | Offense: 3 Defense: 1 Sp. Teams: 0 | Offense: 2 Defense: 1 Sp. Teams: 0 | Offense: 1 Defense: 2 Sp. Teams: 0 | Offense: 1 Defense: 2 Sp. Teams: 0 |
| Oregon State | Offense: 1 Defense: 0 Sp. Teams: 0 | Offense: 1 Defense: 0 Sp. Teams: 0 | Offense: 0 Defense: 3 Sp. Teams: 0 | Offense: 2 Defense: 0 Sp. Teams: 0 |
| Stanford | Offense: 2 Defense: 2 Sp. Teams: 1 | Offense: 1 Defense: 3 Sp. Teams: 1 | Offense: 1 Defense: 0 Sp. Teams: 1 | Offense: 1 Defense: 0 Sp. Teams: 1 |
| UCLA | Offense: 1 Defense: 2 Sp. Teams: 0 | Offense: 2 Defense: 3 Sp. Teams: 0 | Offense: 2 Defense: 2 Sp. Teams: 2 | Offense: 1 Defense: 0 Sp. Teams: 0 |
| USC | Offense: 2 Defense: 2 Sp. Teams: 1 | Offense: 0 Defense: 2 Sp. Teams: 0 | Offense: 2 Defense: 0 Sp. Teams: 0 | Offense: 1 Defense: 1 Sp. Teams: 0 |
| Utah | Offense: 0 Defense: 0 Sp. Teams: 2 | Offense: 0 Defense: 1 Sp. Teams: 0 | Offense: 1 Defense: 0 Sp. Teams: 1 | Offense: 0 Defense: 2 Sp. Teams: 0 |
| Washington | Offense: 0 Defense: 4 Sp. Teams: 0 | Offense: 1 Defense: 0 Sp. Teams: 1 | Offense: 1 Defense: 0 Sp. Teams: 0 | Offense: 1 Defense: 0 Sp. Teams: 1 |
| Washington State | Offense: 0 Defense: 0 Sp. Teams: 0 | Offense: 0 Defense: 0 Sp. Teams: 0 | Offense: 0 Defense: 2 Sp. Teams: 0 | Offense: 1 Defense: 0 Sp. Teams: 0 |
