The Pac-12 QBR race has tightened up after Week 7 and there is a new quarterback at the No. 2 spot.
Oregon State’s D.J. Uiagalelei is now ranked second in the Pac-12 in QBR according to ESPN after a five-touchdown performance against Cal this past Saturday. The former five-star prospect only trails Washington’s Michael Penix Jr, 5.1 points behind the Huskies signal caller.
USC’s Caleb Williams remains in the top three, dropping to the third spot this week. Oregon’s Bo Nix and Washington State’s Cameron Ward round out the top five. Finally, the only other quarterback with a QBR above 70 is Colorado’s Shedeur Sanders who sits at No. 6 in the rankings heading into Week 7.
Week 6 QBR:
| Rank | Quarterback | Team | QBR |
| No. 1 | D.J. Uiagalelei | Oregon State | 97.9 |
| No. 2 | Caleb Williams | USC | 78.3 |
| No. 3 | Noah Fifita | Arizona | 76.9 |
| No. 4 | Fernando Mendoza | California | 73.9 |
| No. 5 | Shedeur Sanders | Colorado | 61.3 |
| No. 6 | Trenton Bourguet | Arizona State | 50.9 |
| No. 7 | Cameron Ward | Washington State | 32.8 |
| No. 8 | Dante Moore | UCLA | 31.4 |
Full season QBR:
| Rank | Quarterback | Team | QBR | Last Week’s QBR (Ranking) |
| No. 1 | Michael Penix Jr | Washington | 91.6 | 91.6 (No. 1) |
| No. 2 | DJ Uiagalelei | Oregon State | 86.5 | 80.1 (No. 5) |
| No. 3 | Caleb Williams | USC | 86.2 | 88.5 (No. 2) |
| No. 4 | Bo Nix | Oregon | 82.7 | 81.6 (No. 4) |
| No. 5 | Cameron Ward | Washington State | 77.1 | 86.4 (No. 3) |
| No. 6 | Shedeur Sanders | Colorado | 70.1 | 72.3 (No. 6) |
| No. 7 | Jayden de Laura | Arizona | 48.1 | 47.5 (No. 8) |
| No. 8 | Nate Johnson | Utah | 46.8 | 45.7 (No. 9) |
| No. 9 | Ashton Daniels | Stanford | 44.4 | 43.9 (No. 10) |
| No. 10 | Dante Moore | UCLA | 42.7 | 49.5 (No. 7) |
| No. 11 | Sam Jackson V | Cal | 32.8 | 32.1 (No. 11) |
| No. 12 | Justin Lamson | Stanford | 22.3 | 20.7 (No. 12) |
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