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It was a slow week for the Pacific-10 Conference in terms of who played with three teams on byes – Oregon State, Oregon and Washington State.

However, there were some interesting results that caused major movement in my rankings. The Beavers even moved up by default.

1. Oregon: The Ducks needed their week off to rest. The break shouldn’t hurt their momentum as they head to Washington next. The Oct. 31 USC home contest is the next game of the year.

2. USC: Survived a scare at Notre Dame. The Beavers may be catching them at the right time this week. The Trojans could be worn out from a physical and emotion altercation.

3: Arizona: The Wildcats and Stanford were at a crossroads going into the last game, and the Wildcats won. They are in good position for a bowl game, but have the tough teams up next.

4: Oregon State: Rested for USC. That’s good for the injured players, and coach Mike Riley knows how to prepare and motivate with extra time. It’s still a long shot, but the Beavers will be competitive.

5: Washington: Another tough loss for the Huskies. That happens to teams rebuilding. However, doing as well as they have been means they are not that far away.

6: California: The Bears are starting to dig themselves out of the two straight losses to begin the conference season. That should continue with Washington State next.

7. Arizona State: Very impressive win over the Washington this past weekend. That was a different team than when the Beavers beat them. A bowl game looks plausible if the Sun Devils keep playing like that.

8. Stanford: The promising start has slowed with two straight losses. Two more wins are needed for a bowl game, but the schedule is grueling with Arizona State, Oregon, USC, Cal and Notre Dame.

9. UCLA: Three straight losses put the Bruins at .500 at midseason. This was the team that we expected, not the one that went 3-0 with a win at Tennessee early in the year.

10. Washington State: This team really needed its bye. It’s a time to catch their breath and just work on trying to get better.

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angrybeaver says:

October 18, 2009 at 4:07 pm

Wow, Arizona won? Foles has been unbelievable.

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- JuneauJim says:
  
  October 19, 2009 at 4:07 pm
  
  Arizona won because Jim Harbaugh blew it! He tried to go for the knockout punch on 4th and short in the 4th quarter sans Toby Gerhart. They didn't make it and Arizona went down and scored a touchdown to go up 5. A field goal instead along with a field goal to win it and Cliff has Arizona and Stanford flipped in his rankings.
  
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AZBeaverdad says:

October 18, 2009 at 4:50 pm

Please don't be impressed with ASUs win over Washington. It took a last second Hail Mary with a blown Washington coverage for ASU to win. One of the most boring games I have ever had to sit through. Sullivan for ASU still looks terrible. Neither team wanted to win. Stanford can beat this ASU team, you heard it here. I put ASU #9 in the PAC right now. Looking forward to USC this weekend. Coach Riley always seems to have his team ready and a game plan for USC. GO BEAVS!!

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beavsfan10 says:

October 18, 2009 at 7:31 pm

Even though Arizona has looked good this year, you can't help but wonder how things would be right now if we had taken care of business at home and beaten them. We could be undefeated in Pac-10 play with an overall record of 5-1 and looking at a top 20 ranking while seriously thinking BCS bowl…. Those slow starts are starting to get pretty annoying as they are starting to potentially cost us big time bowl bids, not just the difference between the Las Vegas Bowl and the Sun Bowl anymore.

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aaron_ says:

October 18, 2009 at 11:40 pm

from here on out we just have to take care of business, try and win out. that will be hard w/ USC and Uof O but we can do it.

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73GradMike says:

October 19, 2009 at 3:26 am

Firstly…

Please don't EVER put the ucks as number one unless they have already beaten USC and are undefeated for the whole year.

Secondly…

Are you trying to motivate USC for next Saturday's game by listing them as #2???

Finally…

GO BEAVS! GO BEAVS! GO BEAVS!!!

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October 19, 2009 at 7:14 am

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peter71 says:

October 19, 2009 at 3:35 pm

ASU looked different because they played a worse team.

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October 21, 2009 at 5:59 am

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