It’s been apparent for a while, but the Pac-12 football season is unfolding the same way it always does: with good teams cannibalizing each other at the top, bad teams playing spoiler, and no one really proving they are legitimate contenders.
Oregon is obviously head and shoulders above the rest of the Pac with just one loss on the year. They still have a fighting chance at a CFP spot, but their loss to Stanford continues to loom large with the Cardinal struggling in every contest since then, capped off by a loss to Washington this week.
No one else in the conference has less than three losses anymore, after Washington State defeated Arizona State on Saturday.
Additionally, Oregon State fell to a hot Cal team, while USC handled Arizona despite giving up 34 points.
Utah also smoked UCLA – which leaves the conference with one good team (Oregon), one very bad team (Arizona), and 10 teams in the middle that are almost entirely interchangeable.
Here is our best guess at ranking them after eight weeks of action: