Pac 10 Roundup - Week 14 Standings & More

Pac 10 conference roundup, standings, player and game of the week

Click on each team for game recaps, thoughts, schedules and more and scroll down for the games, results, players of the week  and the conference roundup.

Conference Roundups
- ACC | Big East | Big 12 | Big Ten | C-USA | Ind.
- MAC | M-West | Pac 10 | SEC | Sun Belt | WAC

Arizona | Arizona St |  California | Oregon | Oregon St | Stanford
UCLA | USC | Washington | Washington St
- Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6
- Week 7 | Week 8 | Week 9 | Week 10 | Week 11 | Week 12
- Week 13

Pac 10 Game of the Week

Oregon 65 … Oregon State 38
Oregon obliterated the Beavers with 694 yards of total offense and with 37 first half points to all but ruin OSU’s Rose Bowl hopes. Jeremiah Masoli threw three touchdown passes and ran for a 14-yard score, while the defense helped out with two interception returns for touchdowns as Walter Thurmond took one back 40 yards in the second and Spencer Paysinger returned a pass 70 yards for a score in the fourth. Oregon State, without star RB Jacquizz Rodgers, came up with some offense of its own as Lyle Moevao threw five touchdown passes with two to Shane Morales, but the defense couldn’t stop the Duck big played. Jeremiah Johnson ran for an 83-yard score in the second and Terence Scott took a pass 76 yards for a touchdown in the fourth.

Pac 10 Player of the Week
Oregon RB Jeremiah Johnson ran 17 times for 219 yards and a touchdown in the win over Oregon State.

Standings	Conference			Overall
	W-L	PF	PA	W-L	PF	PA	STK
USC	7-1	297	73	10-1	422	86	W8
Oregon	7-2	373	249	9-3	503	336	W3
Oregon St	7-2	307	217	8-4	394	300	L1
California	5-3	245	162	7-4	352	235	W1
Arizona	4-4	275	194	6-5	414	246	L2
Arizona St	4-4	204	178	5-6	264	241	W3
Stanford	4-5	257	260	5-7	315	329	L3
UCLA	3-5	147	201	4-7	205	320	L1
Wash State	1-8	77	453	2-11	165	570	L1
Washington	0-8	104	299	0-11	152	415	L11

Friday, November 28

at Arizona State 34 ... UCLA 9
CFN Prediction: ASU 31-20  ASU -10
- ASU gets 4 TDs | UCLA allows 122 yards

Saturday, November 29

Oregon 65 ... at Oregon State 38
CFN Prediction: OSU 27-20  OSU -3.5
- Oregon runs wild | OSU blows Rose Bowl shot

at USC 38 ... Notre Dame 3
CFN Prediction: USC 44-10  USC -29
- USC gives up just 91 yards

at Hawaii 24 ... Washington State 10
CFN Prediction: UH 27-17  UH -29.5
- Washington State ends year with a thud

Games of the Week
Aug. 30 - UCLA 27 - Ten 24 OT
Sep. 6 - BYU 28 ... Wash 27
Sep 13 - Oregon 32 - Purdue 26 2OT
Sep 20 - BSU 27 - UO 32
Sep 27 - Or St 27 - USC 21
Oct 4 - Utah 31 - Or St 28
0ct 11 - Stan 24 - Ariz 23
Oct 18 - UCLA 23 - Stan 20
Oct 25 - USC 17 - Ariz. 10
Nov. 1 - OSU 27 - ASU 25
Nov. 8 - Oregon 35 - Stan 28
Nov. 15 - Oregon 55 - Az 45
Nov. 22 - OSU 19 - Az 17
Nov. 29 - Oregon 65 - OSU 38

Players of the Week
Aug. 30 - Kevin Craft, Cal
Sep. 6 - Nic Grigsby, Ariz
Sep 13 - Kyle Moore, USC
Sep 20 - Willie Tuitama, Arizona
Sep 27 - Jacquizz Rogers, OSU
Oct 4 - Mark Sanchez, USC
0ct 11 - Jacquizz Rogers, OSU
Oct 18 - Keola Antonlin, Ariz
Oct 25 - Jeremiah Masoli, Oregon
Nov. 1 - Toby Gerhart, Stan
Nov. 8 - Jacquizz Rodgers, OS
Nov. 15 - Jeremiah Masoli, Oregon
Nov. 22 - Sean Canfield, OSU
Nov. 29 - Jeremiah Johnson, UU

Conference
Roundup

Arizona … Just when it seems like Arizona is going to turn a corner, it has problems. Now on a streak of three losses in four games, with the lone win coming against Washington State, the Wildcats are having problems coming through. It’s not like they’re being blown out, all four losses in Pac 10 play have been in close, down-to-the-wire battles, but they’re not able to get the key plays late. They’re still going to a bowl, no matter what happens against Arizona State, but a win over the Sun Devils might be a must to keep Mike Stoops out of hot water.
Arizona State … Just stay alive. Arizona State came up with a brutal, brutal offensive game against UCLA, but Dexter Davis and the defensive front came up with constant pressure on Kevin Craft and forced mistake after mistake after mistake. The defense did its part, but to beat Arizona, the offense will have to show something. Rudy Carpenter was thrown around like a rag doll, while there was no running game to speak of. This was one of the stunning games in Sun Devil history that’ll be remembered for all the big defensive plays, and at this point in the weird, disappointing year, just being alive for a bowl game is enough right now.
California … Cal got a very motivated, healthy-as-can-be Jahvid Best against Stanford and bam, the game was over. Considering the two game losing streak the Bears were on, to come out and blast the arch-rival could change around the tone of the season. With a layup against Washington to close things out, an 8-4 regular season wouldn’t be that bad considering all the inconsistencies this year. If Best and the rest of the offense are as efficient as they were against Stanford, beating the Huskies and winning a bowl game won’t be a problem. The talent is starting to shine through.
Oregon … Oregon did everything big against Oregon State with big play after big play, a near-perfect day from Jeremiah Masoli, and even some big mistakes with 15 penalties for 129 yards. While Oregon State had all the pressure in the world on its shoulders, Oregon played loose and effective showing tremendous team speed and the potential to build on going into the bowl season and next year. This might be the game that propels the program into a monster 2009.
Oregon State … With starting quarterback Lyle Moevao out and Sean Canfield in, and with Jacquizz Rodgers knocked out with a shoulder injury, the Oregon State offense appeared to be dead against Arizona. Instead, the O came through with a late flourish, the defense held tough, and now the Beavers just need to beat Oregon in the Civil War to go to the Rose Bowl. However, the attack will have to continue to be creative without Rodgers, as his brother, James, will likely be the most dangerous rushing weapon and Canfield will have to do even more with the passing game.
Stanford … To have such a good season collapse with a three-game losing streak to miss out on a bowl game will make this a hard off-season. The defense collapsed over the last three games, and while the offense had its moments this year, there wasn’t enough to keep up with the better teams like USC and Cal. The losses to Notre Dame and UCLA now appear to be really awful, and that’ll haunt the team, but to get blasted by Cal to end things will really hurt. It shows how much the team has to improve the passing game to keep up in shootouts.
UCLA … Is Kevin Craft’s lack of improvement more of an indictment on him or the UCLA coaching staff? The Bruin coaches are among the best teachers around, but they’re just not getting through as Craft is still making dumb throw after dumb throw this late into the season. To be fair, against Arizona State, he had to press a little bit with the running game going nowhere, but basics, like not putting enough air under the ball and throwing it to the back pylon on what turned out to be the game-killing 100-yard pick-six from Troy Nolan shows that things aren’t sinking in. For all the problems and all the pain of a losing season, a win over USC could change all of that.
USC  … Ho hum, business as usual for a defense that’s suffocating everyone. Now that Penn State is within its sights, the Trojans have to use the UCLA game to set an even more intimidating tone, if it’s not all true. Stuffing bad offense after bad offense doesn’t make the USC D as special as many are making it out to be, or as good as the numbers might show, but it’s very good. This is a group to win a Rose Bowl with, but Penn State isn’t Notre Dame. The USC linebackers will be pounded on, for good and bad considering the way they handled themselves this week.
Washington … The misery goes on for Washington as it had Washington State all but beaten in the Apple Cup, but couldn’t come up with a stop in the final minute. The offense actually worked a little bit, but if you can’t score more than 10 points on this defense in regulation, you don’t deserve to pull off a big win. There’s one game left coming against Cal, and while it might not seem like it, a win would mean everything. All the pain and all the ugliness of the season wouldn’t be erased, but at least there would be something to show for it.
Washington State … Washington State might have been considered the worst Pac 10 team of all-time, but that’s all gone now. With one shocking comeback in the final moments to beat Washington, the Cougars have taken a huge, positive step in the first year of the Paul Wulff era. It wasn’t a great overall performance, there are still major problems with the passing game and the overall efficiency, but the team showed heart, and if nothing else, it’s never, ever a bad thing to own the rivalry from the start. While there’s obviously no bowl game this year, finishing the season at Hawaii is hardly a bad way to go.