Ranking Pac-12 Quarterbacks By Their PFF Grade After Week 1

The Pac-12 has the best quarterbacks in all of college football

The Pac-12 was the lone conference in college football to finish Week 1 undefeated, which as you could imagine was largely in part due to their elite stable of quarterbacks. 

Some of the quarterbacks helped lead their programs to blowout victories, while others had to clutch up and come through in games that were closer than they'd like. 

It is always hard to determine which quarterback performed the best in college football, but one measurement is how they were graded by PFF. If your favorite team's quarterback is not included, it is because he did not hit the minimum snap count for them to be graded.

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So, keeping that in mind let's take a look at where every quarterback in the Pac-12 ranks based on their PFF grade.

10. Jaden Rashada (Arizona State)

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PFF Grade: 70.5 

National Rank: No. 96 

Stats: 18-of-31 for 236 yards and two touchdowns 

9. Ben Finley (Cal)

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PFF Grade: 75.1

National Rank: No. 69

Stats: 24-of-34 for 389 yards with one touchdown and interception 

8. Bo Nix (Oregon)

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PFF Grade: 75.5

National Rank: No. 67

Stats: 23-of-27 for 287 yards and three touchdowns 

7. Cam Ward (Washington State)

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PFF Grade: 79.1

National Rank: No. 45

Stats: 18-of-31 for 236 yards and two touchdowns 

6. Ashton Daniels (Stanford)

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PFF Grade: 81.0

National Rank: No. 41

Stats: 25-of-36 for 248 yards and two touchdowns 

5. Jaden de Laura (Arizona)

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PFF Grade: 83.4

National Rank: No. 30

Stats: 18-of-24 for 285 yards and three touchdowns and an interception 

4. Michael Penix Jr. (Washington)

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PFF Grade: 84.4

National Rank: No. 27

Stats: 29-of-40 for 450 yards and five touchdowns 

3. Caleb Williams (USC)

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PFF Grade: 86.1

National Rank: No. 21

Stats: 18-of-24 for 319 yards and five touchdowns 

2. Shedeur Sanders (Colorado)

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PFF Grade: 86.3

National Rank: No. 19

Stats: 38-of-47 for 510 yards and four touchdowns 

1. DJ Uiagalelei (Oregon State)

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PFF Grade: 91.7

National Rank: No. 8

Stats: 20-of-25 for 239 yards and three touchdowns