Pac-12 fans flipped over the nation's leading rusher, Arizona's Ka'Deem Carey, who made our all-conference team. (AP)

In a year that was marked by explosive offense throughout the top of the Pac-12, there were some tough decisions to make. Oregon's Marcus Mariota or Arizona's Matt Scott at quarterback? Four spectacular running backs. A bevy of impact defensive linemen.

Ultimately, the two strongest programs in the conference were the best represented, as Pac-12 champion Stanford had five on our list and Oregon had four. And as expected, the strengths were well-represented, as three Ducks highlight the offense and three Cardinal lead the defense.

Here's the full list: 

Offense

QB -- Marcus Mariota, Oregon (Fr., 6-4, 196)

RB -- Kenjon Barner, Oregon (Sr., 5-11, 195)

RB --  Ka'Deem Carey, Arizona (Soph., 5-10, 203)

RB -- Johnathan Franklin, UCLA (Sr., 5-11, 195)

WR -- Marqise Lee, USC (Soph., 6-1, 195)

WR -- Markus Wheaton, Oregon State (Sr., 6-1, 182)

TE -- Zach Ertz, Stanford (Jr., 6-6, 252) 

OL -- Hroniss Grasu, Oregon (Soph., 6-3, 284)

OL -- Xavier Su'a-Filo, UCLA (Soph., 6-4, 295)

OL -- Khaled Holmes, USC (Sr., 6-4, 305)

OL -- David Yankey, Stanford (Jr., 6-5, 301)

OL -- Brian Schwenke, Cal (Sr., 6-4, 300)

Defense

DL -- Will Sutton, Arizona State (Jr., 6-1, 267)

DL -- Scott Crichton, Oregon State (Soph., 6-3, 263)

DL -- Star Lotulelei, Utah (Sr., 6-4, 320)

DL -- Morgan Breslin, USC (Jr., 6-2, 250)

LB -- Anthony Barr, UCLA (Jr., 6-4, 235)

LB -- Trent Murphy, Stanford (Sr., 6-6, 261)

LB -- Chase Thomas, Stanford (Sr., 6-4, 248)

DB -- Jordan Poyer, Oregon State (Soph., 6-0, 172)

DB -- Ed Reynolds, Stanford (Jr., 6-2, 207)

DB -- Ifo Ekpre-Olomu, Oregon (Soph., 5-10, 190)

DB -- Keelan Johnson, Arizona State (Sr., 6-1, 207)

Special Teams 

P -- Jeff Locke, UCLA (Sr., 6-0, 207)

K -- Andrew Furney, Washington State (Jr., 5-10, 218)

KR -- Reggie Dunn, Utah (Sr, 5-10, 172)

PR -- Keenan Allen, Cal (Jr., 6-3, 210)

AP -- De'Anthony Thomas, Oregon (So., 5-9, 176)

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