Football preview: 2017 season predictions

Aug. 24, 2017, 10:19 p.m.

With the start of the 2017 college football season coming soon, a few members of The Daily Sports Staff — Sam Curry (SC), Tristan Vanech (TV), Jose Saldana (JS), Lorenzo Rosas (LR), Sandip Srinivas (SS), Vihan Lakshman (VL) and Jamie MacFarlane (JM) — provided their predictions on how the Cardinal will fare this season and which teams will establish themselves among the top in the nation.

Predict the games:

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Predict the Pac-12 Championship:

SC: USC over Stanford

TV: Stanford over USC

JS: USC over Stanford

LR: USC over Washington

SS: Washington over USC

VL: WSU over USC

JM: USC over Washington

 

Stanford offensive MVP:

SC: Bryce Love

TV: Keller Chryst

JS: Bryce Love

LR: Bryce Love

SS: Bryce Love

VL: Bryce Love

JM: Offensive line

 

Stanford defensive MVP:

SC: Peter Kalambayi

TV: Quenton Meeks

JS: Harrison Phillips

LR: Harrison Phillips

SS: Harrison Phillips

VL: Quenton Meeks

JM: Joey Alfieri

 

Newcomer of the year:

SC: Connor Wedington

TV: Trevor Speights

JS: Scooter Harrington

LR: Scooter Harrington

SS: Scooter Harrington

VL: Trevor Speights

JM: Kaden Smith

 

Conference champions:

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Predict the Playoff:

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