This Week in the PAC-10, and The Road Ahead

Here are the PAC-10 standings, the schedule this week, and a quick summary of the games remaining for the conference contenders. Winner goes to the Rose Bowl, or maybe one notch better:

Oregon Ducks 3-0 conference 6-0 overall
Oregon State 2-0, 3-2
Stanford 2-1, 5-1
California 1-1, 3-2
Washington 1-1, 2-3
Southern Cal 1-2, 4-2
Arizona State 1-2, 3-3
UCLA Bruins 1-2, 3-3
Washington St 0-3, 1-5

this week's games (all Saturday October 16):
Cal at USC, 12:30 p.m.
Arizona at Washington State, 4:30 p.m.
Oregon State at Washington, 7:15 p.m.
Oregon, UCLA. Arizona State, Stanford, BYE

remaining games for contenders:
#2 Oregon: UCLA, at USC, Washington, at Cal, Arizona, at Oregon State
#24 Oregon State: at Washington, Cal, at UCLA, WSU, USC, at Stanford, Oregon
#14 Stanford: WSU, at Washington, Arizona, at Arizona State, at Cal, Oregon State
#17 Arizona: at WSU, Washington, at UCLA, at Stanford, USC, at Oregon, ASU
California: at USC, ASU, at OSU, at WSU, Oregon, Stanford, Washington

elimination games (key conference matchups):
November 6 Arizona at Stanford
November 26 Arizona at Oregon
November 27 Oregon State at Stanford
December 4 Oregon at Oregon State