The LA schools ignored the
national rankings of the Bay Area schools and sent them home with four combined
losses. After two-and-a-half weeks, Oregon is the only team unbeaten in Pac-12
play … but the Ducks have yet to play anyone in the top half of the league.
That ends this Friday in Seattle.
(last week's rankings in parentheses)
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1.
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USC (6)
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Now owns 3-0 wins against
Washington, Cal & Stanford
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2.
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Washington (3)
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Cruised in the desert;
Ducks will demand attention this Friday
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3.
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UCLA (5)
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Owns big wins against USC, Cal
& Stanford, plus an 0-3 beating by Washington
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4.
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Cal (1)
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School’s first-ever ride as
#1 in the national rankings comes to an end
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5.
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Stanford (2)
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Has now lost to Cal, UCLA
and USC, but has wins against Penn State and Florida
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6.
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Oregon (4)
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Showed it can beat the
bottom of the conference; how about the top?
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7.
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Oregon State (8)
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Beating teams it has to
beat before facing the big guns
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8.
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Arizona (7)
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Mercurial team must show it
will stop folding under pressure
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9.
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WSU (9)
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Still doing better than
expected; an important showdown with Beavers Friday
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10.
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Arizona State (11)
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Worst team so far from the
old Pac-10; happy 2 more bottom-dwellers in the fold
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11.
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Utah (10)
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Toto, we’re not in the
Mountain West any more.
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12.
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Colorado (12)
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Maybe if they could fit
Ralphie the mascot in the arena?
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Nationally, five of the top
ten teams lost this weekend: #1 Cal (twice), #2 Stanford (twice), #5 Penn State,
#6 Florida and #9 Minnesota.
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