2009 Conferences in Review: #6 PAC-10

The PAC-10 sits at #6 in my 2009 Conference Rankings.

2009 Conference Champion: Oregon Ducks 10-3 (8-1 PAC-10)

2009 Bowl Record: 2-5

Bold Prediction for 2010: Oregon State wins the 'Civil War' against Oregon, claiming the (last?) PAC-10 title.

Team Rankings: For the first time since 2001, a team other than Southern California won the PAC-10 title. The rest of the conference, however, was mired in mediocrity: The #2 team (USC) was 5-4 in the conference and lost to #8 (Washington), who was 4-5. The crazy world of the West Coast. Perhaps all the teams were great, you say? The PAC-10's record in bowl games was 2-5. Apparently not.

1.	Oregon	0.7282	10 - 3	#9
2.	USC	0.6566	9 - 4	#22
3.	Arizona	0.6042	8 - 5	#38
4.	Oregon State	0.6021	8 - 5	#40
5.	Stanford	0.5949	8 - 5	#42
6.	California	0.5756	8 - 5	#50
7.	UCLA	0.5296	7 - 6	#58
8.	Washington	0.4166	5 - 7	#75
9.	Arizona State	0.3202	4 - 8	#93
10.	Washington State	0.1080	1 - 11	#117

Awards!

Best Showing in an Out-of-Conference Game:
USC 18, Ohio State 15. The way the season turned out, with Ohio State winning the Rose Bowl, and USC the Emerald Bowl, makes this result all the more impressive.


Worst Showing in an Out-of-Conference Game:
Wake Forest 24, Stanford 17. Stanford was the better team in 2009, no question. The question is how they let this one get away (after being up at halftime 17-3).


Best Conference Game:
Oregon 37, Oregon State 33. What a game. The back-and-forth 'Civil War' rivalry game gave the right for the winner to advance to the Rose Bowl. It just doesn't get any better than that.


Best Showing in a Bowl Game:
N/A. USC beat BC 24-13. UCLA beat Temple 30-21. No wins worthy of an honor there.


Worst Showing in a Bowl Game:
Nebraska 33, Arizona 0. Arizona had 37 TOTAL YARDS with 6:50 remaining in the game. I believe nothing more needs to be said.


Best Scoring Offense: Oregon
Best Passing Offense: Stanford
Best Rushing Offense: Oregon


Best Scoring Defense: USC
Best Passing Defense: Oregon
Best Rushing Defense: USC


Least Penalized Team: Stanford
Best Turnover Ratio: Oregon State




Week 1 Matchups / Prediction of the Week!
Thursday, September 2
USC at Hawaii

Friday, September 3
Arizona at Toledo

Saturday, September 4
UC Davis at California
UCLA at Kansas State
New Mexico at Oregon
Sacramento State at Stanford
Washington State at Oklahoma State
Washington at BYU
Oregon State vs. TCU (in Arlington, TX) - POTW!
TCU's D is too strong for the Beavers. TCU 23, Oregon State 10.
Portland State at Arizona State