Pac12 Power Rankings Week 5

[bellsduck]

1. Washington (NC)- Who hasn't had issues in the desert at night? Showed some chinks in the armor.
2. Oregon (NC)- Eliminated penalties, but took almost a whole half to show up against 1-3 Stanford that was down 49-3 at half vs USC.
3. WSU (+1)- Move up a bit due to USC weakness 2 straight weeks.
4. USC (-1)- Can't wait to see USC v Notre Dame.
5. OSU (+1)- Offense did enough to win and that's all it takes vs bad Utah offense.
6. Utah (-1)- Honestly, I'd pick CU head2head if they played this week, but so far Utah bad hasn't been as bad as CU bad.
7. Colorado (NC)- Had some fight at home this week. Maybe they deserve to be 5 or 6? I might not be assessing them fairly.
8. UCLA (NC)- bye week
9. Arizona (NC)- Sitting 3-2 played well against a top tier team at home.
10. Cal (NC)- they're hard to explain but are 3-2 after a win
11. Stanford (NC)- They led 6-0.
12. ASU (NC)- Covered the spread. May not win again this year.

Still think Oregon and Washington are in the hunt for best team in the country.

[Alan]

1. Oregon, a solid team, nearly complete all around, I just hope they can keep their heads focused the whole season. Not like the first quarter with Stanford
2. Washington, admittedly have not watch that much of them but from what I saw yesterday they are not as complete as the Ducks
3. WSU, they may still have some surprises this year.
4. USC , not a PAC 12 champion team, the Beavs may over take them
5. OSU, excited to see how they finish out but they don’t have the right QB yet
6. Utah, I expect them to move up once they get Rising back
7. Colorado, I think they are a better team then the one who showed up against Oregon .
8. UCLA
I don’t really care about the rest

[dthomas=ddixon]

Very odd seeing Duck fans so enamored with UW. Skeptics move the goalposts for UW and Ducks every week ha.

1. Ducks - Most complete team in the conference; no one else can field a top flight O and D like we can.
2. UW - Clearly vulnerable. Zona did whatever they wanted on offense, stopped mostly by their own gaffs. UW can’t run the ball so they’re unable to take the air out of the ball. Was wild watching them still passing every play late into the game, keeping Arizona in it.
3. Wazzu - Another balanced team, just not as good as the ducks. Beaver win looks better after their win over Utah
4. USC - Just bad on defense but CW makes them able to overcome almost anything. Expect them to win a lot of close games.
5. OSU - Leader of tier 2. Utah was a good matchup for them; teams who can pass will continue to torch their secondary
6. Utah - Putrid offense. If Rising does return he won’t bring a bunch of skill players with them. Defense will keep them from losing to the bottom half of the conference.
7. UCLA - Interested to see how they look against Wazzu
8. Buffs - Duck D made them look a lot worse than they are offensively.
9-12. Don’t care