Originally published Thursday, October 28, 2010 at 10:01 PM

Bud Withers' Pac-10 power rankings and predictions

Pac-10 picks Stanford 34, Washington 28: Double-edged Cardinal offense a tall order for Huskies defense. Arizona State 35, WSU 13: Might...

Pac-10 picks

Stanford 34, Washington 28: Double-edged Cardinal offense a tall order for Huskies defense.

Arizona State 35, WSU 13: Might be spot where rigorous October catches up to Cougars.

USC 40, Oregon 37: Supreme test for Trojans' back seven, but USC can score, too.

Oregon State 33, California 24: Bears look iffy until they can prove otherwise on the road.

Arizona 34, UCLA 23: But 'Cats could be peeking ahead toward Stanford next week.

Last week — 4-0 (3-1 vs. spread).

Season — 41-9 (27-14-2 vs. spread).

Bud Withers

Pac-10 power rankings

By Bud Withers, Seattle Times college football reporter


	Team	Comment
1	Oregon (7-0)	At meal time, Ducks usually order fast food
2	Stanford (6-1)	Crowds so small, PA guy introduces every fan
3	Arizona (6-1)	Foles spending time brushing up on Wally Pipp
4	USC (5-2)	In ingenious ploy, building levee to stop Ducks
5	California (4-3)	To simulate Berkeley, now packing bongs on trips
6	Oregon State (3-3)	Tonu Tuimalealiifano going through rough spell
7	Washington (3-4)	Huskies send Heisman voters Locker's X-rays
8	Arizona State (3-4)	Where's Grey Ruegamer when you need him?
9	UCLA (3-4)	Sadly, Northwest championship slipping away
10	Washington St. (1-7)	Will finally get a bye third week in January