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This story appears in ESPN College Football 2016, on newsstands now. Order online today!Josh Rosens spot is safe at UCLA. Christian McCaffrey shouldnt be worrying about touches. And JuJu Smith-Schuster doesnt need to look over his shoulder at USC.But not everybody in the Pac-12 has the same kind of job security as those three established stars.Here are the biggest position battles on each Pac-12 team, presented in order of predicted finish.North DivisionWashington Huskies: Wide receiver?QB Jake Browning loses three of his four top pass catchers, including Jaydon Mickens (58 receptions, 692 yards, two touchdowns) and tight end Joshua Perkins (36-539-3). Dante Pettis (30 catches) and Brayden Lenius, a tough matchup at 6-5, 228 pounds, should be bigger contributors. The return of John Ross, who was out last season with a knee injury, also helps. He had 371 yards and four TDs in 2014.Stanford Cardinal: Quarterback?Four-year starter Kevin Hogan didnt cede a lot of playing time (951 of 1,010 pass attempts since 2013), so potential replacements Keller Chryst and Ryan Burns are still unknowns. They have similar frames and measurables -- at 6-foot-5, theyre both a hair taller than Hogan -- and similar inexperience, with four and six career game appearances, respectively.Oregon Ducks: Defensive line?New defensive coordinator Brady Hoke is moving the Ducks from a 3-4 to a 4-3, overhauling a defense that allowed 6 yards per play, ranked 125th against the pass (307 yards per game) and lost a 31-point lead in the Alamo Bowl. Hoke is moving linebackers up and converting offensive linemen in search of a fourth starter, but hes done this before. In 2011, he installed a four- man front at Michigan, and the Wolverines improved from 35.2 points per game in 2010 to 17.4, with sacks rising from 18 to 30.Washington State: Left tackle?The Cougars averaged 3.6 yards per rush last season, the best rushing rate of Leachs tenure. But now Washington State needs to replace Joe Dahl and his 34 career starts. Andre Dillard (who appeared in two games) and Cody OConnell (12 games on special teams) will battle for the job, and Leach will be paying close attention. The Cougars allowed 41 sacks, and Falk suffered a concussion against Colorado and missed the Apple Cup at Washington.California Golden Bears: Quarterback?Jared Goff started all 37 games from 2013 to 2015, setting 26 school records, including career marks of 12,220 yards and 96 TDs. Chase Forrest, who redshirted in 2014 and went 10-of-18 for 162 yards, a TD and an INT in three games as Goffs backup, has Dykes trust. But the 6-foot-2, 205-pound passer will be pushed by Luke Rubenzer and Ross Bowers, who both pose a running threat. A wild card: Graduate transfer Zach Kline, who left Cal two years ago after losing the job to Goff, returns for another shot at the job.Oregon State Beavers: Running back?Gary Andersens best offenses feature a star in the backfield (like Robert Turbin at Utah State and Melvin Gordon at Wisconsin), and that was missing last year as OSU ranked 10th in the league in rushing attempts. Oregon State loses three of its top five rushers: QB Seth Collins transferred, RB Storm Woods graduated and Paul Lucas moved to WR. Ryan Nall surprised in the second half of the season, rushing for two 100-yard games, including 174 yards against Oregon. Damien Haskins and juco transfer Tim Cook will also be names to watch.South DivisionUSC Trojans: Quarterback?The quarterback spot at USC is one of the most glamorous in college football. Max Browne, a 6-foot-5, 220-pound junior, has waited behind Cody Kessler for two years, throwing just 19 passes, completing 11 of them for 143 yards. But redshirt freshman Sam Darnold impressed on the scout team and will push him. The winner of the derby gets the keys to an offense loaded with talent -- and one on a crash course with the Tide defense.UCLA Bruins: Wide receiver?The Bruins lost four of their top five pass catchers, and although Darren Andrews (42 catches, 429 yards), Eldridge Massington (11 for 120) and Kenneth Walker III (9 for 231) have experience, they combined for just two TD receptions last season. ESPN 300 recruit Theo Howard, who enrolled early, leads a group of four-star recruits who could work into the mix.Arizona Wildcats: Center?Finding the right anchor for the offensive line would obviously help ease concerns about the health of Wilson and Solomon; the Cats averaged 3.5 sacks surrendered in losses, compared with 1.4 in wins. Senior Zach Hemmila (6-foot-3, 310 pounds) and sophomore Levi Walton (6-foot-3, 290) both subbed in at center in 2015, but keep an eye on redshirt freshman Nathan Eldridge (6-foot-3, 286), a scout-team star last year.Utah Utes: Quarterback?Troy Williams, a 6-foot-2, 200-pound transfer from Washington via junior college, is the favorite to replace Wilson. Recruited by Steve Sarkisian, he appeared in just five games after the arrival of Chris Petersen. Williams transferred to Santa Monica College, where he threw 31 TDs and rushed for seven last season. Hell battle junior Brandon Cox and freshman Tyler Huntley, an early enrollee who has earned praise for his athleticism.Arizona State Sun Devils: Quarterback??The Sun Devils need to fill four spots on the offensive line, but they still dont know who theyll be blocking for at QB. With four players in the mix to replace the departed Mike Bercovici -- Brady White, Manny Wilkins and Bryce Perkins all got equal reps in the spring ahead of the arrival of freshman Dillon Sterling-Cole in the summer -- theyll likely take their competition well into fall. Theyll be working with a new offensive coordinator in Chip Lindsey (formerly of Southern Miss), who will also serve as the quarterbacks coach.Colorado Buffaloes: Running back?Since coach Mike MacIntyre arrived, he hasnt had a back who can give the offense 20 to 25 carries per game, which is what the staff would prefer. Its a crowded backfield, which includes Phillip Lindsay, who led the team in carries (140) and touchdowns (six) in 2015, converted receiver Donovan Lee and Michael Adkins II. Hopes are also high for Donald Dino Gordon, a 2015 four-star signee from Compton, California, coming off his redshirt season.Off White x Retro Air Jordan 1 White Mens . 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PAUL, Minn.Good:Ben Stokes: Averaging 20.84 with the ball and 51.57 with the bat, it is hardly surprising that Stokes is rated Englands golden player by captain, Alastair Cook. He has looked Englands most dangerous purveyor of reverse-swing and at times troubled batsmen - he has hit several on the head or body - with his hostility even on slow surfaces. But it is his improvement against spin bowling that has been revelatory. More secure in his defence and more mature in his shot selection, he has a century and two half-centuries on the tour so far. This trip was always likely to offer one of the defining Tests of Stokes career: so far he has been deeply impressive. He is Englands best fielder in just about every position, too.Haseeb Hameed: An impressive start. Described as unflappable by his captain, Hameed has taken to Test cricket with a sense of calm proficiency that bodes well for his future. Slightly unfortunate to miss out on a century on debut - he fell as England tried to set-up a declaration - he nevertheless demonstrated a sound technique and more scoring options than many had expected in registering the highest Test score made by an England teenager. While the short-ball remains an area of potential weakness, he has looked more secure against spin than several more experienced colleagues and promises to answer half of Englands opening questions for a decade and more.Stuart Broad: Has bowled better than the figures (8 wickets at 26.37 apiece) show. Immaculate in conditions offering him little (he conceded fewer than two runs per over in Chittagong), he delivered 29 overs in the first in Rajkot (nine of them maidens) and has offered his side control even at times when the spinners have struggled. He was especially impressive in Visag, where he demonstrated his mastery of the leg-cutter and gained just enough seam movement from the cracked surface to trouble all the batsmen. The only downside is the foot injury sustained in the opening moments of that Test. The manner in which he shrugged it off to produce by fair his best performance in Asia was though, in Cooks words, extraordinary. He has gone a long way to answering the questions facing him in these conditions. Only judged as a bowler; the all-rounder days are long gone.Chris Woakes: Proving the point that you cant judge a player simply on statistics (he has taken four wickets in the three Tests he has played), Woakes has contributed heavily without personal reward. Impressively accurate - he conceded 63 runs from 35 overs in Rajkot - he has also impressed with his hostility on slow surfaces and troubled Cheteshwar Pujara, in particular, with his bouncer. Rotated out of the side for the Visag Test, England missed his batting notably.Jimmy Anderson: A controversial selection in this category, perhaps. But Andersons determination to regain fitness and play a part on a tour where conditions offer him little is reflective of his whole-hearted commitment to this side. Despite finding almost no swing, he was Englands best seamer in the first innings in Visag - to bounce out an opener on that surface must have been especially pleasing for a man whose pace is questioned these days - and produced a peach of a delivery to bowl Pujara (set up by cutters, he was then bowled through the gate by a quicker inswinger) in the second.Adil Rashid: Rashid has shown improvement after an undistinguished start. Slightly flattered by his figures in Bangladesh - he picked up some cheap wickets in Dhaka but conceded more than four-an-over in both innings and wasnt trusted to bowl in Chittagong as the game built to a conclusion - he has bowled better in India. It is probably no coincidence that his improvement has coincided with Saqlain Mushtaqs arrival. Encouraged to back himself and forget about previous instructions to bowl faster, Rashid has looked more confident, bowled fewer release deliveries (he conceded only seven boundaries - five fours and two sixes - in 34.4 overs in the first innings in Visag) and claimed 13 wickets in the two Tests so far. He was referred to as our best spinner after the Visag Test by the coach, Trevor Bayliss, and has contributed a couple of useful innings, too.Jonny Bairstow: Standing up to the stumps used to define a keepers ability and Bairstow has generally kept well in demanding conditions. Certainly he has demonstrated that he has improved greatly with the gloves. While he does not have a ssubstantial score to show for his good form with the bat - only once in seven innings on this tour has Bairstow failed to 24, but he has not passed 53 - he made key runs in both innings in Chittagong, rebuilt nicely at Visag and fell selflessly trying to push on in Rajkot.ddddddddddddGareth Batty: A bit unfortunate to be dropped after a one-match recall in Chittagong. He opened the bowling in both innings and bowled more than respectably - he looked to have the most control of the England spinners, though possibly lacks just a bit of pace for modern international cricket - but has paid the price for being a second off-spinner (Moeen is first choice) in India against a line-up stacked with right-handed batsmen.Could do better:Joe Root: Only because of the high standards Root has set himself does he find himself in this category. He has once fluent century, albeit in fairly benign conditions, but has twice been out just after making a half-century - his dismissal in Visag, caught at long-off was especially frustrating - and is averaging a relatively modest 38 from the four Tests. From most players, that would be fine. But England need more from Root.Alastair Cook: Averaging 37 over the four Tests, Cook looked some way below until well into the Rajkot Test. Cook scored 89 in four innings in Bangladesh - 59 of them in the second innings in Dhaka - but, after a torturous start to his second innings in Rajkot, found his form with his 30th Test century. He followed that up with a typically defiant 50 in Visag - his slowest Test half-century - and looked to be back in form. He has generally juggled his bowlers OK - he has a difficult task because of the modesty of the spin attack - but will surely regret the lack of a gully with the second new ball in Visag and the failure to post one of his best catches at deep backward square when setting up a hook trap.Moeen Ali: Only because of the high-standards that Moeen sets himself with the bat does he find himself in this category. While he made an important half-century in Chittagong and a typically pleasing century in Rajkot, those are the only occasions he has reached 15 in seven innings in the two series. Now batting at No. 5, more is required than a batting average of 30.28 over the four Tests. With 18 wickets at a cost of 27.27, his bowling has been better. He has looked very dangerous for left-handers but has found life against right-handers harder. Still not quite able to offer his captain the control he would like - 3.20 an over is not a disaster, though - his strike-rate of a wicket every 51 balls remains impressive.Steven Finn: Bowled 11 overs in conditions offering him little in Dhaka. Too small a sample-size to make a judgement.Disappointing:Ben Duckett: Dismissed in strikingly similar three times in the four Tests - with foot planted on leg stump he has been undone by off-spinners turn - this tour has so far suggested the elevation to Test cricket might have come a little early. One counter-attacking innings in Dhaka apart - his 50, either admirably uninhibited or oddly reckless depending on your point of view (there was probably an element of both) - took 61 balls - he has not passed 15 in his other six innings. Uncharacteristically, he missed a relatively simple chance in the field in Dhaka and is expected to be dropped ahead of the Mohali Test. Young and talented enough to come again it was, in retrospect, asking a great deal of Duckett to cope with a trial by spin at this level at this stage of his career.Zafar Ansari: Its harsh to put Ansari in this category. He has only played three Tests - all of them in demanding circumstances - and the last one of them saw him suffering from illness and injury. But a batting average of 9.80 and a bowling average of 55 leaves little alternative. He has also conceded more than four-an-over. After a nervous start in Dhaka - he bowled several full-tosses - he performed much better in Rajkot with bat and ball. He is up against fine players of spin, though, and the decision to introduce him before the other spinners in Visag resulted in a release of pressure.Gary Ballance: Dropped after four single-figure scores in Bangladesh. Conditions were demanding, for sure, but a batting average of six left the England management with little options. ' ' '