Pac-12 Power Rankings: Utah remains clear No. 1 as Oregon, USC freefall

Oct 10, 2015; Salt Lake City, UT, USA; Utah Utes safety Dominique Hatfield (15) and lineman Isaac Asiata (54) and linebacker Sharrieff Shah Jr. (32) and lineman J.J. Dielman (68) and teammates celebrate their 30-24 victory over the California Golden Bears at Rice-Eccles Stadium. Utah won 30-24. Mandatory Credit: Russ Isabella-USA TODAY Sports

The road team has had great success in the Pac-12 thus far, leaving us with a lot of parody from top to bottom

The Washington Huskies got this week started in crazy fashion, going  to Los Angeles to take down the USC Trojans, handing them their second loss of the season. With two losses in hand, USC has taken themselves out of national championship contention, and just might have taken them out of Pac-12 South contention as well. Further, their head coach Steve Sarkisian is taking a leave of absence to seek treatment.

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Meanwhile, we saw the Arizona Wildcats come back to form as they bounced back vs Oregon State, and Arizona State, who didn’t miss a beat vs the Colorado Buffaloes. Utah beat California in a thriller, which is a game that probably should have blown out, given that Jared Goff threw five interceptions that night.

Perhaps the biggest story of the Pac-12 this weekend was Oregon falling to the Washington State Cougars in Eugene. Oregon has now suffered three losses this season, including two at home. With their loaded roster ,you wonder how much longer head coach Mark Helfrich will be there. The same question could be asked when talking about USC Steve Sarkisian. Meanwhile, with the Washington State win, Mike Leach might of just saved his job for another season.

The big question for the Pac-12 now is the depth. Are programs like USC, Oregon and UCLA starting to fall, or are we seeing teams like Utah, Washington State and Washington start to catch up? That doesn’t even bring to light the success that Arizona and Arizona State have found in the past few years with their new head coaches.

Here are the Pac-12 power rankings after Week 6

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