Usually, your understanding of the strength of each individual team in a conference improves as the season goes on. But after the top team in the south falls in Pullman, a top-25 team barely survives one of the worst teams in the conference and a team that was once undefeated through the first four weeks hasn’t netted a single Pac-12 victory, it’s difficult gain any sort of concrete understanding.
Still, we gave it a shot. Here are our Pac-12 Week 5 Power Rankings:
Pac-12 Week 5 Power Rankings
| Rank | Madden | Destin | Tonis |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Madden | Destin | Tonis |
| 1 | Washington | Washington | Washington |
| 2 | Washington State | USC | Washington State |
| 3 | Stanford | Washington State | USC |
| 4 | USC | Utah | Utah |
| 5 | Utah | Stanford | Stanford |
| 6 | Oregon | Oregon | UCLA |
| 7 | Colorado | UCLA | ASU |
| 8 | UCLA | Colorado | Oregon |
| 9 | ASU | California | Cal |
| 10 | Cal | ASU | Colorado |
| 11 | Arizona | Arizona | Arizona |
| 12 | Oregon State | Oregon State | Oregon State |
Madden: Wow, what a week for one of the most confusing conferences in the country.