It was a close-call week in the Pac-12. With the Friday Washington-Oregon State game aside, every other matchup was essentially a consensus favorite pick.
However, UCLA escaped Arizona State, 50-36, and USC had an even closer shave against Cal, 41-35. Both of those teams, ASU and Cal, were 3-5 entering the weekend, so the Bruins and Trojans shouldn’t have even had things that close to begin with, yet it’s Pac-12 football.
Utah defeated Arizona easily, Washington State demolished Stanford, and Oregon made easy work of Colorado. The best game of all was Washington’s thrilling victory (and long, very long) over Oregon State on Friday night, 24-21.
Here are the latest standings for the Pac-12, whose four best teams are moving closer to Showdown Saturday on Nov. 19: