Pac-12 Football Power Rankings, Week 13: Utah demands more respect

Just when you thought they righted the ship, they drop two in a row to the two teams at the bottom of the Pac-12. The Trees now seemingly lost their shot at bowl eligibility, as beating Notre Dame is a tough task for this team that only scored 35 points joined on Washington State and Colorado’s awful defenses.

This is a program that has always been prideful on their toughness, and they finished the game against Washington State with six rushing yards. Tough season for David Shaw, especially when he’s never won less than eight games in his entire career.

Now to the team that beat the Cardinal, Wazzu got a much-needed win in that contest, where the defense was able to get some confidence. They jumped out to a 13-0 lead, and picked off Davis Mills twice. Not to mention they completely shut down the Stanford rushing attack, and Anthony Gordon and Max Borghi had their usual day at the offense.

The bad news for the Cougs? They have to beat the surging Beavers to secure bowl eligibility. Because even in a down Washington season, Chris Peterson owns Mike Leach. It’s a must win scenario for Washington State.

The Buffalo are coming off their bye week, and to make matters worse, their Buffalo is retiring as he also can’t watch this Colorado team play football any longer. Colorado delivered its best defensive performance of the season against Stanford, who’s offense is, by technical terms, very bad. The issue with this team is that the defense is never good, while the offense has completely fallen off a cliff. Steven Montez needs to wake up and fix his draft stock before it’s too late.

I think I overrate this team every week, and mainly because I think Khalil Tate is good, but this team has scored fewer points than Stanford in conference play, and are losers of five games in a row. They play Utah this coming weekend, and well, good luck. This team is not good.