The PAC12 needs to move past the balance it has had the past few years and have at least a couple of truly dominant programs with records that put them in the top 10 or 15 across a season.If UCLA, Zona, and Oregon are Top 20 programs year in and year out. Really, Arizona is the last piece of that puzzle. Colorado's path to an at large big as the 4-6 best pac-12 program get's so much easier. Especially, if we can sneak a home upset or two against those programs in conference play.
Zona and Oregon are in a position with name recognition to help the conference but we really need UCLA to be a final four contender, a one or two seed. They are the only PAC school with blue blood recognition.
This is similar to how the whole conference is in much better shape if USC highly ranked and beating Notre Dame. It raises the image of the whole league.