2009 Pac 10 Team Schedule
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2009 Pac 10 Composite Schedule
& Top Games
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Oregon
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UCLA
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Washington
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Toughest schedules
Based on home games as
well as who the teams play. when
1. USC
2. Arizona
3. Washington St
4. Oregon State
5. California
6. Oregon
7. UCLA
8. Washington
9. Arizona State
10. Stanford
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Arizona
Wildcats
Realistic best case record with this
schedule: 8-4
Barring total disaster worst case record: 5-7
Realistic record: 7-5
Non-Conference Schedule: Central Michigan, Northern Arizona, at
Iowa
Summary: The non-conference schedule builds to a big day at Iowa
that could set the tone for the season, but the opener against
Dan LeFevour and Central Michigan will be tricky. The trip to
Iowa City begins a run of three straight road games with the
first two Pac 10 games at Oregon State and Washington, but at
least there's a week off between the two conference games. While
there's a nice three game home stretch against Stanford, UCLA
and Washington State, three teams that didn't go bowling last
year, the payback comes in the end with three road games in the
final four against most of the big boys. Closing out at Cal,
Oregon, at Arizona State and at USC means the first half of the
season has to be strong.
Sept. 5 Central
Michigan
Sept. 12 Northern Arizona
Sept. 19 at Iowa
Sept. 26 at Oregon State
Oct. 3 OPEN DATE
Oct. 10 at Washington
Oct. 17 Stanford
Oct. 24 UCLA
Oct. 31 OPEN DATE
Nov. 7 Washington State
Nov. 14 at California
Nov. 21 Oregon
Nov. 28 at Arizona State
Dec. 5 at USC
Arizona
State Sun Devils
Realistic best case record with this
schedule: 9-3
Barring total disaster worst case record: 5-7
Realistic record: 8-4
Non-Conference Schedule: Idaho State, UL Monroe, at Georgia
Summary: The season starts out nice and easy with Idaho State, a
week off and UL Monroe, but the layups are forgivable with a
trip to Georgia for the last game in September. ASU gets a nice
break with four conference road games with only one of them, at
Oregon, against a team that went to a bowl. There's only one
two-week road trip going to Oregon and UCLA in mid-November.
Before the trip to Eugene there are big home games against Cal
and USC which will likely make-or-break the Pac 10 season.
Getting Oregon State at home in the Pac 10 opener isn't bad.
Sept. 5 Idaho
State
Sept. 12 OPEN DATE
Sept. 19 UL Monroe
Sept. 26 at Georgia
Oct. 3 Oregon State
Oct. 10 at Washington State
Oct. 17 Washington
Oct. 24 at Stanford
Oct. 31 California
Nov. 7 USC
Nov. 14 at Oregon
Nov. 21 at UCLA
Nov. 28 Arizona
California
Golden Bears
Realistic best case record with this
schedule: 10-2
Barring total disaster worst case record: 6-6
Realistic record: 9-3
Non-Conference Schedule: Maryland, Eastern Michigan, at Minnesota
Summary: The Bears will no exactly where they'll stand on a
national and conference scale by October 3rd. They start out
with two tough non-conference games against Maryland and at
Minnesota in the new ballpark, but both are winnable. However,
the game in TCF Bank Stadium starts a stretch of three road
games in four including trips to Oregon and UCLA, but it's the
sandwiched in home game against USC that'll get the spotlight.
After the battle with the Trojans, five of the last seven games
are against teams that didn't go bowling last year with Oregon
State and Arizona each coming to Berkeley. On the down side,
there are six road games including five in conference play.
However, one of them is down the road at Stanford.
Sept. 5 Maryland
Sept. 12 Eastern Michigan
Sept. 19 at Minnesota
Sept. 26 at Oregon
Oct. 3 USC
Oct. 10 OPEN DATE
Oct. 17 at UCLA
Oct. 24 Washington State
Oct. 31 at Arizona State
Nov. 7 Oregon State
Nov. 14 Arizona
Nov. 21 at Stanford
Nov. 28 OPEN DATE
Dec. 5 at Washington
Oregon Ducks
Realistic best case record with this
schedule: 11-1
Barring total disaster worst case record: 5-7
Realistic record: 9-3
Non-Conference Schedule: G
Summary: The non-conference schedule is as interesting as any
played by a major BCS contender playing the
two teams, Boise State and Utah, that went unbeaten before the
bowl season while Purdue, who came within a missed field goal of
winning last year's matchup in West Lafayette, comes to Eugene.
The game against the Broncos is on the blue field in Boise and
will be a statement game, one way or another, for the Broncos.
After the season opener there are four straight home games
including the Pac 10 opener against California. And then the
league slate gets rocky with three road games in four weeks with
the one home game against USC. However, all three of those road
trips are against teams that didn't go to a bowl game last year.
Two of the last three games are at home with a week off before
hosting Oregon in the Civil War.
Sept. 3 at Boise
State
Sept. 12 Purdue
Sept. 19 Utah
Sept. 26 California
Oct. 3 Washington State
Oct. 10 at UCLA
Oct. 17 OPEN DATE
Oct. 24 at Washington
Oct. 31 USC
Nov. 7 at Stanford
Nov. 14 Arizona State
Nov. 21 at Arizona
Nov. 28 OPEN DATE
Dec. 3 Oregon State
Oregon
State
Beavers
Realistic best case record with this
schedule: 10-2
Barring total disaster worst case record: 5-7
Realistic record: 8-4
Non-Conference Schedule: Portland State, at UNLV, Cincinnati
Summary: The early non-conference game against UNLV and its
spread offense won't be easy, while the Beavers have to hope
Cincinnati, a rebuilding defending Big East champion, isn't
quite back to form. There might be five Pac 10 road games, but
four of the first six games are at home including the conference
opener against Arizona. Unfortunately, the three biggest games
on the Pac 10 docket, USC, Cal, and Oregon, along with the early
game against Arizona State, are all on the road. While that
means Stanford, UCLA, and Washington, who all stayed home for
the bowl season, come to Corvallis and should mean wins, playing
three of the last four games on the road, including the Civil
War against Oregon, won't be easy.
Sept. 5 Portland
State
Sept. 12 at UNLV
Sept. 19 Cincinnati
Sept. 26 Arizona
Oct. 3 at Arizona State
Oct. 10 Stanford
Oct. 17 OPEN DATE
Oct. 24 at USC
Oct. 31 UCLA
Nov. 7 at California
Nov. 14 Washington
Nov. 21 at Washington State
Nov. 28 OPEN DATE
Dec. 3 at Oregon
Stanford Cardinal
Realistic best case record with this
schedule: 8-4
Barring total disaster worst case record: 4-8
Realistic record: 6-6
Non-Conference Schedule: at Wake Forest, San Jose State, Notre
Dame
Summary: The Cardinal starts off the year with a key Pac 10 game
at Washington State. Considering how bad the Cougars were last
year, and with a date at Wake Forest to follow, Stanford can't
drop the game in Pullman. While playing the Demon Deacons will
be tough, seven of the final ten games are at home including
four of the final five. Despite what Jim Harbaugh might believe,
and even with what happened two years ago, the USC game will
almost certainly be a loss so that might as well be on the road.
Getting Oregon and Cal at home is a plus, while facing Notre
Dame on The Farm will be an interesting way to close out the
regular season.
Sept. 5 at
Washington State
Sept. 12 at Wake Forest
Sept. 19 San Jose State
Sept. 26 Washington
Oct. 3 UCLA
Oct. 10 at Oregon State
Oct. 17 at Arizona
Oct. 24 Arizona State
Oct. 31 OPEN DATE
Nov. 7 Oregon
Nov. 14 at USC
Nov. 21 California
Nov. 28 Notre Dame
UCLA
Bruins
Realistic best case record with this
schedule: 8-4
Barring total disaster worst case record: 4-8
Realistic record: 7-5
Non-Conference Schedule: San Diego State, at Tennessee, Kansas
State
Summary: The three non-conference games are against teams with
new head coaches, if that counts Bill Snyder returning to Kansas
State, and there will be storylines aplenty against Lane Kiffin
and Tennessee. There's a week off after facing the Wildcats
before going on the road for the Pac 10 opener at Stanford.
Oregon and Cal come to Los Angeles in back-to back October
weeks, and those might need to be must wins with four road games
in the final six. Going to Arizona and Oregon State to close out
October won't be easy, but at least there's a relative breather
of a stretch against Washington and at Washington State before a
tough finishing kick. Arizona State will be the warm-up for the
drive down the road against USC to close out the regular season.
Sept. 5 San Diego
State
Sept. 12 at Tennessee
Sept. 19 Kansas State
Sept. 26 OPEN DATE
Oct. 3 at Stanford
Oct. 10 Oregon
Oct. 17 California
Oct. 24 at Arizona
Oct. 31 at Oregon State
Nov. 7 Washington
Nov. 14 at Washington State
Nov. 21 Arizona State
Nov. 28 at USC
USC
Trojans
Realistic best case record with this
schedule: 12-0
Barring total disaster worst case record: 8-4
Realistic record: 11-1
Non-Conference Schedule: San Jose State, at Ohio State, at Notre
Dame
Summary: USC starts out the season facing Dick Tomey's tough San
Jose State defense, and then it's game on from there on out. The
national title chase can be kick-started, or dealt a nasty blow,
in the non-conference game of the year at Ohio State. There are
four road games in the next five and six of the next eight
including games at Cal, Notre Dame, Oregon and Arizona State.
One of the home games will be against Oregon State in a revenge
game, but the Trojans might not be fully jacked up after dealing
with the Bears and Irish. USC will have to keep its focus
through the brutal stretch, and if it can do it, there's a nice
reward in the end with three home games against Stanford, UCLA,
and Arizona. Strangely enough, the regular season won't end
against the Bruins.
Sept. 5 San Jose
State
Sept. 12 at Ohio State
Sept. 19 at Washington
Sept. 26 Washington State
Oct. 3 at California
Oct. 10 OPEN DATE
Oct. 17 at Notre Dame
Oct. 24 Oregon State
Oct. 31 at Oregon
Nov. 7 at Arizona State
Nov. 14 Stanford
Nov. 21 OPEN DATE
Nov. 28 UCLA
Dec. 5 Arizona
Washington Huskies
Realistic best case record with this
schedule: 7-5
Barring total disaster worst case record: 2-10
Realistic record: 4-8
Non-Conference Schedule: LSU, Idaho, at Notre Dame
Summary: The Steve Sarkisian era doesn't exactly start out slowly
playing LSU and USC in the first three games, but both games are
at home, for what that's worth for the rebuilding program. And
it doesn't get too much easier with three road games in the next
four and five in the next seven. However, three of the five are
against teams that didn't go bowling last year. Even so, that
puts the Dawgs in the ugly position of having to likely beat
Arizona and Oregon to have any prayer of going to a bowl. The
Apple Cup will be in Seattle, but that doesn't end the regular
season like normal with Cal coming to town to close things out.
Sept. 5 LSU
Sept. 12 Idaho
Sept. 19 USC
Sept. 26 at Stanford
Oct. 3 at Notre Dame
Oct. 10 Arizona
Oct. 17 at Arizona State
Oct. 24 Oregon
Oct. 31 OPEN DATE
Nov. 7 at UCLA
Nov. 14 at Oregon State
Nov. 21 OPEN DATE
Nov. 28 Washington State
Dec. 5 California
Washington
State
Cougars
Realistic best case record with this
schedule: 7-5
Barring total disaster worst case record: 2-10
Realistic record: 3-9
Non-Conference Schedule: Hawaii, SMU, Notre Dame
Summary: The Cougars can turn the corner in a big hurry and put
last year in the past with a win in the opener, and Pac 10
opener, against Stanford. Hawaii isn't the same team away from
home and SMU is very beatable giving Wazzu a shot, if everything
goes well, for a 3-0 start. And then the hammer drops with two
straight road games against USC and Oregon, and three in the
next four with a trip to Cal being the other. Counting a neutral
site game against Notre Dame in San Antonio, the Cougars will be
home just once from September 19th to November 14th ... roughly
two months. UCLA and Oregon State are November home games, but
the regular season ends with an Apple Cup date at Washington.
Sept. 5 Stanford
Sept. 12 Hawaii
Sept. 19 SMU
Sept. 26 at USC
Oct. 3 at Oregon
Oct. 10 Arizona State
Oct. 17 OPEN DATE
Oct. 24 at California
Oct. 31 Notre Dame (in San Antonio)
Nov. 7 at Arizona
Nov. 14 UCLA
Nov. 21 Oregon State
Nov. 28 at Washington