Category: PAC-12

Pac-12 Football: Michael Penix Jr stays on top in QBR race after Week 5

Washington’s Michael Penix Jr. continues to lead the Pac-12 QBR race

The 2023 college football season is nearing the halfway point of the college football season, meaning the award races and statistical races both within conferences and nationally are heating up including the Pac-12 QBR race.

At the top of the QBR rankings is Washington’s Michael Penix Jr. who has been phenomenal to start the season. USC’s Caleb Williams and Washington State’s Cameron Ward are in striking distance of Penix as the college football season heads toward its second half.

But where does Oregon’s Box Nix, Colorado’s Shedeur Sanders, Oregon State’s D.J. Uiagalelei, or UCLA’s Dante Moore fall in the rankings? With Week 6 in the Pac-12 set to get underway on Friday night, College Sports Wire looks at how the Pac-12’s quarterbacks rank based on ESPN’s QBR metric.

Quarterback Team QBR Last Week’s QBR (Ranking)
Michael Penix Jr Washington 91.6 93.7 (No. 1)
Caleb Williams USC 88.5 91.9  (No. 3)
Cameron Ward Washington State 86.4 86.4 (No. 2)
Bo Nix Oregon 81.6 80.6  (No. 4)
DJ Uiagalelei Oregon State 80.1 78.1 (No. 5)
Shedeur Sanders Colorado 72.3 75.1 (No. 6)
Dante Moore UCLA 49.5 52.3 (No. 9)
Jayden de Laura Arizona 47.5 48.8 (No. 10)
Nate Johnson Utah 45.7 59.3 (No. 7)
Ashton Daniels Stanford 43.9 43.6 (No. 11)
Sam Jackson V Cal 32.1 43.5 (No. 12)
Justin Lamson Stanford 20.7 39.5 (No. 11)

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Pac-12 Football: Washington State vs UCLA is the Pac-12’s Week 6 game of the week

College Sports Wire ranks the Pac-12’s small slate of games for Week 6

It is a very small week of games in the Pac-12 this weekend with just four games scheduled. It is one of two weeks this season in which the conference will have scheduled slates of just four games alongside Week 8.

Off this week in the Pac-12 are the Oregon Ducks, Washington Huskies, Stanford Cardinal, and Utah Utes. Leaving Pac-12 fans and the country to watch Arizona vs. USC, Colorado vs. Arizona State, Oregon State vs. California, and Washington State vs. UCLA.

College Sports Wire ranks those four games below.

College football’s top performers in the Pac-12 during Week 5

College Sports Wire takes a look at the Pac-12’s top peformers in Week 5

It was a small slate of games in Week 5 of the 2023 college football season for the Pac-12 with just five games on the docket.

In those five games, there was only one “upset” on the weekend as Oregon State defeated Utah 21-7 on Friday night. However, that was upset by ranking only with the Beavers entering the game as a field-goal favorite.

The Washington Huskies had their first scare close game of the season in a 31-24 win over Arizona. USC’s offense was able to save the day in a 48-41 win over Colorado while Oregon dominated Stanford 42-6. Finally, Cal defeated Arizona State 24-21.

Below, College Sports Wire looks at some of the top performers from this weekend’s matchups.

Pac-12 Football: Utah – Oregon State set for Friday night showdown in small Week 5 slate

College Sports Wire looks at the top games in the Pac-12 for week 5?

After a fun week of action in Week 4 of the college football season for the Pac-12, it is shaping up to be a bit of a quieter week in Week Five.

Only five games are being played in the Pac-12 this week in college football. The slate starts strong with the Utah Utes traveling to Corvallis to take on the Oregon State Beavers on Friday night.

On Saturday, it’s an early start for the Pac-12 with Caleb Williams, Lincoln Riley, and the USC Trojans traveling to Boulder to take on Deion Sanders’s Colorado Buffaloes. Throughout the rest of Saturday, Arizona State will take on California, Oregon will hit the road to face Stanford, and Washington will travel to Tuscon for a matchup against Arizona.

Below, College Sports Wire ranks each of the Pac-12’s five games this weekend.

College football’s top performers in the Pac-12 during Week 4

Who was the Pac-12’s top standouts in week 4?

Week 4 of the 2023 college football season brought the first week full of conference action in the Pac-12.

It was a week full of non-stop action with quite a few close, thrilling games in the process.

The only blowouts of the week came courtesy of the Washington Huskies defeating the Cal Golden Bears 59-32 while the Oregon Ducks derailed the Colorado Buffaloes hype train in Eugene 42-6.

But outside those two matchups, USC survived a potential upset scare from Arizona State 42-28, Utah outlasted UCLA 14-7, Washington State pulled out a narrow victory over Oregon State 38-35 and Arizona State defeated Stanford 21-20.

Here are the top performers out of the Pac-12 in Week 4.

Pac-12 Football: Michael Penix Jr, Caleb Williams lead Pac-12 QBR race after week 3

There is a new leader in the Pac-12 QBR race entering week 4

The Pac-12 QBR race is shaping up to be a heated battle between two of the best quarterbacks in the country. Washington’s Michael Penix Jr. and Southern California’s Caleb Williams are not the top two quarterbacks in the conference but two of the best quarterbacks in the entire country.

Notably, in the QBR race, three of the Pac-12’s quarterbacks are currently ranked in the top 10 in the nation. The most of any conference in college football after three weeks.

As we put the finishing touches on previewing week four, here is how the quarterbacks of the Pac-12 rank based on ESPN’s QBR metric.

Week 4 Preview: Colorado at Oregon among top Pac-12 games

College Sports Wire looks at the top games in the Pac-12 for week 4?

No conference in college football has gotten off to as strong of a start as the Pac-12, with the conference collecting a 30-6 record over the first three weeks of the season.

Now, out of their non-conference schedules, the Pac-12 begins to get into the nitty gritty of their conference schedule. This week is a short schedule of games for the conference, with just six games on the docket.

The two games that did not make the cut for this week’s top games in the conference were Southern California vs. Arizona State and California vs. Washington.

But how do the other four games in the conference rank among each other? College Sports Wire looks at those four remaining games below and how they rank below.

College Football’s top performers in the Pac-12 during Week 3

Who was the Pac-12’s top standouts in week 3?

It was another strong weekend for the Pac-12 in week three. With no conference matchups this past weekend, the conference saw its programs go 9-2. The lone losses of the weekend came from Arizona State and Stanford.

Notable wins over the weekend included Washington dominating Michigan State 41-7 on the road in East Lansing and Colorado erasing a fourth-quarter deficit to defeat rival Colorado State 43-35.

After three weeks of action, the Pac-12’s 12 teams are now a combined 30-6, by far the best combined record for any conference this season. No other conference in the country has less than 11 combined losses this season.

Below, College Sports Wire looks at the top performances in week three across the Pac-12.

Pac-12 Football: DJ Uiagalelei leading the conference in QBR after Week 2

College Sports Wire looks at how the Pac-12 quarterbacks rank according to their QBR after week 2

There is no conference in the country that has a better group of quarterbacks than the Pac-12.

Among the conference’s top quarterbacks include the defending Heisman Trophy winner Caleb Williams a pair of potential Heisman contenders in Michael Penix Jr and Bo Nix. There’s also Shedeur Sanders, Cameron Ward, and DJ Uiagalelei.

Those six quarterbacks potentially make up six of the best 15 or 20 quarterbacks in the country this season. All six quarterbacks are also living up to their hype on the field this season, leading their teams to a combined record of 13-0.

But how do those six quarterbacks and the rest of the Pac-12’s signal callers rank in QBR this season? College Sports Wire looks at how the conference’s quarterbacks rank after the first two weeks of play in the 2023 college football season.

Week 3 Preview: Washington-Michigan State headlines Pac-12 matchups

College Sports Wire looks at the top four games across the Pac-12 in week 3

The Pac-12 has been the most impressive of the Power Five conferences through two weeks of the 2023 college football season.

This weekend, the conference will look for another signature weekend with favorable matchups across the board. While there are several dull matchups, such as Utah against Weber State, California taking on Idaho, Washington State facing Northern Colorado, and UCLA facing North Carolina Central. There are also quite a few intriguing matchups that should provide several strong storylines to watch closely this weekend.

Those matchups include Washington and Michigan State having a rematch of their matchup in Seattle last fall, as well as Colorado, looking to continue their hot start against another rival.

College Sports Wire looks at the top four games on the week 3 schedule for the Pac-12.