Pac 12 Power Rankings Week 12: Arizona State Falls, UCLA and USC Rise

Nov 13, 2014; Los Angeles, CA, USA; General view of the line of scrimmage as Southern California Trojans center Max Tuerk (75) snaps the ball against the California Golden Bears at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports

The Pac-12 has managed to shock us every week. We haven’t had a consistent set of Power Rankings since we started them for this conference back at the beginning of the season. The only constant is that anytime we have given respect to a Pac-12 team or anybody playing a Pac-12 team, we have been proven wrong.

Once again, our Pac 12 Power Rankings were shaken up as we get set to bring them to you.

Arizona State’s upset loss to Oregon State knocked another team out of the national championship race. But it added another potential bowl team from this incredibly deep conference.

USC also has begun to make more of a name for itself after pulling off another major victory, this time against the California Golden Bears, 38-30. Arizona squeaked by in an exciting finish, beating Washington 27-26, and Utah and Stanford went into two overtimes as Utah won 20-17.

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Like many weeks out of this Pac 12 season, every game ended up being a one-possession game, showing the incredible amount of parity that exists within the conference. And things might only get more brutal.

The final two weeks of the Pac-12 season plus the Pac-12 Championship game could dramatically shake up these rankings once again. In fact, a shake-up isn’t really a shake-up in this conference. It’s business as usual.

So with the knowledge that these rankings could do a 180 by next week, here are our Pac 12 Power Rankings for Week 12 of the college football season.

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