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NFL.com draft expert Mike Mayock published his top five rankings at every position this week as the combine gets started, and it includes plenty of Pac-12 presence. In fact, you could say, "We're No. 2!" as conference players were ranked No. 2 ove...

Oregon picked up some votes in the coaches' poll this week and remains a strong No. 2 in both national polls as the season heads toward its 11th weekend. The top five remains the same with Alabama getting every No. 1 vote in both polls: 1. Alabama...

LOS ANGELES -- In August, the thought was USC-Oregon and LSU-Alabama would give the college football nation an epic Nov. 3 weekend featuring a simultaneous matchup of four unbeaten, top-five teams in college football's two best conferences. It didn't...

Oregon remains No. 2 in both human polls, but most projections have the Ducks falling to fourth behind Florida and Kansas State when the BCS standings are released tonight. The top-five is the same in both polls: 1. Alabama; 2. Oregon; 3. Florida;...

If you were to make a list of the top 10 coaches -- perhaps even top five -- in college football, just about everyone would include Oregon's Chip Kelly and Boise State's Chris Petersen. And, in late January, when Kelly had a prolonged and invested...

Matt Hayes of The Sporting News provides some nice Pac-12 flavor with his look at the top five new coaching staffs in 2012. In fact, his top three staffs are from the Pac-12: Washington, Arizona and UCLA. Here's what he said about Washington, w...

ESPN.com NFL draft guru Mel Kiper has updated his list of the top-five players by position , and the Pac-12 is No. 1 at three positions. Stanford's Andrew Luck is the No. 1 QB, USC's Matt Kalil is the No. 1 OT and Stanford's David DeCastro is the ...

The 2011 season is over. That means report cards are due. Up next: Arizona State Offense: It's difficult to find too much fault with an offense that averaged 446 yards and 33.15 points per game, numbers that ranked in the top-five of the Pac-12...

Oregon defeated a top five team on the road for the first time in school history at Stanford on Saturday, but road warriors are few and far between in the Pac-12. Two teams are a perfect 5-0 at home: Oregon and Arizona State. Can you guess what di...

Taking stock of the 11th week of games in the Pac-12. Team of the week: Oregon took care of business at Stanford with a 53-30 win and has re-emerged as a national title contender. It defeated a top-five team on the road for the first time in schoo...

Anybody can beat anybody. It ain't over until it's over. Blaa blaa. Here's what we strongly suspect, based on what we've seen so far, about the Pac-12. The top five teams are: Stanford, Oregon, Arizona State, Washington and USC. The Trojans ar...

What did we learn from Week 1 of Pac-12 action? 1. Oregon still has a step to make: The Ducks are a top-10 program but after losing 40-27 to LSU, it's clear the Ducks are still a step away from being an elite, top-five program. That's not just an ...

Seems like every year a conference team is a surprise contender. Few saw Stanford coming in 2010, at least not like it did: A 12-1 record with a top-five finish. And Oregon State didn't look like a Rose Bowl contender in 2009 when it started 2-2. ...

What did we learn this spring that we can cogitate endlessly about this summer? Thanks for asking. 1. Oregon and Stanford are the class of the conference: The Ducks and Cardinal finished 2010 ranked in the top five and likely will start there -...

Tackling is important in football. We can all agree on that, right? The top three tackles in the Pac-10 last season -- and four of the top five -- won't be back for Pac-12 play in 2011. So who has their top tackler back? UCLA: Strong safety ...

Following the lead of my esteemed blogging colleagues, I'm going to rank the 10 best stadium "atmospheres" from the Pac-10 games I covered in 2010. Monday we ranked Nos. 10-6. Today, it's the top-five. There are three major factors: 1. Stadium ...