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The Seattle Times’ Pac-12 power rankings: Is Utah a national-title contender?

Seattle Times' college football reporters rank the conference entering Week 5.

Ute better believe it.

Utah’s 62-20 pasting of Oregon in Eugene on Saturday had to be the conference’s most shocking game since Stanford 2007 upset of second-ranked USC. It wasn’t so stunning that Utah won, but it was the way Utah won that made it unfathomable — by doing what Oregon for years has done to so many others in recent years, scoring at ease and leaving opponents dizzy and confused.

Oregon’s defense is a major question mark now (can the Ducks even slow down Colorado this week?