Once again, we learned virtually nothing about the PAC-10 power hierarchy by watching the weekend’s games. We did confirm that the conference is highly competitive and has more high-level parody than any other BCS conference in the country. Of the conference’s clear-cut triumvirate, Oregon and Arizona played highly effective games, while Stanford stumbled against Washington State. Washington and Arizona State, both teams that have looked promising in past weeks and looked to be improving rapidly, put up inexplicably poor performances, while the west’s most inconsistent team, Cal, thumped the Sun Devils and sealed a victory well before the 4th quarter began. The two teams that sat the week out–Oregon State and USC–should finish in the conference’s top half and Oregon State should have a spot in a bowl game, but we’ll have to wait until this coming Saturday to see the Beavers and Trojans again.

• Stanford def. Washington State, 38-28
  • We predicted this week and in the preseason that Stanford would win (Predicted Score: 48-17)
• Oregon def. UCLA, 60-13
  • We predicted this week and in the preseason that Oregon would win
• California def. Arizona State, 50-17
  • We predicted this week that Arizona State would win, and we predicted in the preseason that California would win
• Arizona def. Washington, 44-14
  • We predicted this week that Washington would win, and we predicted in the preseason that Arizona would win

• Our Record This Week: 2-2
• Our Record This Season: 34-14 (.708)

Related Posts:

• Final PAC-10 Power Rankings
• Predicting Stanford-Oregon State (2010)
• Around the PAC-10 (Week 10)