I personally ranked OSU over Utah, but if you try to use "well X beat Y" as your only criteria, you'll find yourself getting stuck really quickly. Oregon lost to Stanford,
Stanford lost to Wazzu, Wazzu lost to USC, USC lost to Utah, Utah lost to OSU, OSU lost to Wazzu, ... Colorado lost to Cal, Cal lost to UW, UW lost to UCLA, UCLA lost to ASU, ASU lost to Utah, Utah lost to OSU, OSU lost to Wazzu, Wazzu lost to USC, USC lost to Stanford, Stanford lost to UCLA, ...
While I agree with you, in this case it's slightly different. This was a direct head to head between two teams with the team that's been performing well already beating another team. So in that case I would think OSU deserves to be higher than Utah.
It's not like when Furd beat Oregon.
But yes just opinions. I was just curious for his thoughts.
Nick, the first WSU 2 point conversion was not intentional. There was a snap/hold malfunction, and they had to try to salvage something. When that failed, that forced their hand to try the 2nd one.
I agree that the Bears are around 9th.
Interesting stat of the week:
Chase Garbers, with 2029 total yards leads the Pac 12 in that category...
Mine, before looking.
1. Oregon. Again did just enough on both sides of the ball, but beat a good team on the road this time.
2. ASU. Didn't lose, so they move up.
3. UCLA. Have consistently beaten bad/mediocre teams and come up short against good ones.
4. Utah. It was their turn to play a good first half and a crap second half.
5. Oregon State. A bit lucky to get past Utah, but still a good win.
6. Furd.
7. Wazzu. Decent showing all things considered, but couldn't get a needed stop at the end.
8. Washington. They can stop the pass, and that's about it. Threw it just well enough to avoid disaster in Tucson.
9. SC. All four losses have been by at least 14 points.
10. Cal. The pecking order at the bottom of the conference is now established.
11. Colorado. Completely stoned by an ordinary defense again.
12. Arizona. Did well for a while until the Husky passing game woke up.
Bold of you to assume there will be a next season.
We've already compared our ranks to the fan votes and it's mostly a wash without big differences:
https://www.californiagoldenblogs.com/2019/10/15/20914570/pac-12-power-rankings-usc-trojans-wsu-cougars-huskies-utah-utes-oregon-ducks-stanfurd-cardinal-cal
I'm sorry this was not your *exact* request. I'll do better to meet your every wish and demand.
Yeah, why aren't there any Cal fans on the writing staff?!
You need to write more about Stanford QB and their games.
Curious: why is OSU under Utah, who they just beat. And OSU is 5-2 whereas Utah is 4-3.
I personally ranked OSU over Utah, but if you try to use "well X beat Y" as your only criteria, you'll find yourself getting stuck really quickly. Oregon lost to Stanford,
Stanford lost to Wazzu, Wazzu lost to USC, USC lost to Utah, Utah lost to OSU, OSU lost to Wazzu, ... Colorado lost to Cal, Cal lost to UW, UW lost to UCLA, UCLA lost to ASU, ASU lost to Utah, Utah lost to OSU, OSU lost to Wazzu, Wazzu lost to USC, USC lost to Stanford, Stanford lost to UCLA, ...
While I agree with you, in this case it's slightly different. This was a direct head to head between two teams with the team that's been performing well already beating another team. So in that case I would think OSU deserves to be higher than Utah.
It's not like when Furd beat Oregon.
But yes just opinions. I was just curious for his thoughts.
The Oregon-OSU game isn't called the Civil War anymore since last year. Hopefully they'll agree on the new name in time for this year's big matchup.
The world war
Woods War III
It's a shame they can't call it the Civil conFLiCT since that's been gloriously taken.
I hope they settle on a name that incorporates their tremendous Platypus Trophy.
Surprised nobody has done the right thing and put BYU at the top.
I did that a few weeks ago and was going to do it this week, but forgot. Goddamn Metroid Dread...
I must have seen that, processed it, and forgotten it. Then when it came back, I thought I had an original idea.
Here's the last time we checked in with the two teams that are undefeated against Pac-12 competition:
https://writeforcalifornia.com/p/pac-12-power-rankings-oregon-ucla
SDSU vs. BYU in the conference championship game
Nick, the first WSU 2 point conversion was not intentional. There was a snap/hold malfunction, and they had to try to salvage something. When that failed, that forced their hand to try the 2nd one.
The Civil War should be Classic this year.