re: Pac12 south harder than SEC west?

While I think they might have been better than a lot of other divisions last year, they were not remotely close to the West. USC, ASU, Utah and Zona were all average teams last year. A very young Arizona team won that division lest we forget. Then promptly got schooled by Boise State. Having said that, they were young teams and will all be better this year. But they are several recruiting cycles away from being able to make that claim make any sense. Were the best two wins Oregon and Notre Dame? They'll need more than that.