The week the Pac-10 definitely took a blow when it comes to the argument of which is the best conference.

While USC appears to be head-and-shoulders above every other team in the Pac-10 country, the remaining teams in the conference are not boding well. This can even be said for Oregon (3-0), Cal (2-1), and Arizona St. (2-1).

One might say, "Wait a minute! How can these teams not be doing all they can do make the conference look good? Just look at their record."

Well, in my opinion, of the three, No. 16 Oregon has really made a good case by going 3-0 thus far. However, for two-and-a-half quarters they struggled against a Purdue team whom many thought the Ducks would beat by at least 2 touchdowns.

No. 15 Arizona St. was stunned by UNLV. Next up for the Sun Devils? No. 2 Georgia! Enough said.

No. 23 Cal lost to Maryland—a team that beat Delaware by only one touchdown and lost to Middle Tennessee.

Then there are teams like UCLA. You know, beating Tennessee—making everyone start to believe there just might be two football teams in Southern California this season—then getting blown out by No. 18 BYU 59-0.

Zero? Yes, zero!

Washington... well, they're still Washington.

Stanford was thought to be a team on the rise (or at least the Beavers would have you believe that), but I'll reserve judgment on that until after they play San Jose St. next week.

Arizona sure came out of the gate charging hard. Coach Mike Stoops was probably thinking he was starting to turn things around and his job was going to be safe. That was until the daunted New Mexico Lobos pulled out the V card. Lobo is the Spanish word for "wolf". They have teeth just like a wild cat. I guess lobos are just tougher.

Washington St. is currently 0-3. No real surprise there. I look for them to be 0-4 after they play Portland St. next week.

Oregon St. came out and lost to Stanford and then got a whoopin' by Penn St. They managed to get a win against Hawaii, but the joy won't last long as they host USC next week.

So, now that I've offered my brief rundown of each Pac-10 team, why is it that I compare the conference to the MWC in the title?

Through the first three weeks the Pac-10 has played the MWC on five different occasions. My initial thought is that perhaps the Pac-10 has won a respectable three of the five games.

Uh, check that. The Pac-10 is 0-5 against the MWC thus far this season.

Let me repeat that.

The Pac-10 is 0-5 against the Mountain West Conference. Not a single win. Nada. Zip. Zilch.

So, I'm sorry to say, but at this point the Pac-10 is lower on the totem pole than the MWC.

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