Pac 12 Football: Week 2 Power Rankings
Week two Pac-12 conference games had some unusual action. Both Stanford and Oregon State had a bye week, but the rest of the teams competed. Pac-12 once again showed their strength overall against out of conference non-ranked teams.
Washington State (0-2) and California (1-1) were the only teams that were the victims. However, there were close games and tough opponents. The Cougars lost to Boise State 31-28, and the Golden Bears were taken out by the San Diego State Aztecs, who improved their record (2-0) by beating New Hampshire 45-0.
On the positive side, the Pac-12 took care of business beating underwhelming teams. USC took out Utah State 45-7, Colorado continued the morning trend by dumping Idaho State 56-7. UCLA doubled-up UNLV 42-21, and in an explosive game, Arizona State was victorious against Texas Tech 68-55.
In a closer game that should have been Arizona beat Grambling State 31-21. The Tigers had a 21-3 lead going into half-time. Utah then finished off BYU in the closest game of the day. The Cougars tried to use the momentum against Arizona last week when they won on a last-second field goal. This time, they scored with just 0:18 seconds left in the game to make it a 20-19 game. They decided to go for the two-point conversion, but it failed.
Top 25 ranked games included:
- Idaho vs. #8 Washington
- Virginia vs. #24 Oregon
I will be using my week one article Pac 12 Football: Week One Power Rankings as a springboard for my week one Power Rankings article.
The Oregon State Beavers were on their bye-week. They will play Idaho State which lost by 49 points to Colorado. The Beavers will play their first home game of the season on Saturday.
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