I hate how when the traditional middle of the pack teams in the PAC perform well (Utah and the Arizonas), it means that the PAC is down, but when the same happens in the SEC (Miss St and Ole Miss), it means that the SEC is "so tough top to bottom."
A PAC 12 team gets no credit by going on the road and beating a conference foe unless the foe is Oregon. Meanwhile, Miss St. can barely escape against Arkansas AT HOME and all the rhetoric is about how it is so tough to win every week in the SEC.
UCLA dropped from #7 to #11 after starting 3-0, beat the shit out of 6-1 ASU, lost to 6-1 Utah (by two) and Oregon, and they are ranked #22. They just beat Arizona, and will probably only rise a few spots. Ole Miss will still be in the top 10 on Monday after losing to LSU and Auburn. It seems like the pollsters just like to keep the solid PAC 12 teams ranked in the teens so a team that beats them in conference isn't rewarded too much for winning, and is penalized more severely for a loss.
A PAC 12 team gets no credit by going on the road and beating a conference foe unless the foe is Oregon. Meanwhile, Miss St. can barely escape against Arkansas AT HOME and all the rhetoric is about how it is so tough to win every week in the SEC.
UCLA dropped from #7 to #11 after starting 3-0, beat the shit out of 6-1 ASU, lost to 6-1 Utah (by two) and Oregon, and they are ranked #22. They just beat Arizona, and will probably only rise a few spots. Ole Miss will still be in the top 10 on Monday after losing to LSU and Auburn. It seems like the pollsters just like to keep the solid PAC 12 teams ranked in the teens so a team that beats them in conference isn't rewarded too much for winning, and is penalized more severely for a loss.