Pac-12 power rankings: Stanford drops USC, Washington rebounds, Chip still winless at UCLA

The biggest game in the Pac-12 this past weekend featured two top-25 teams, as the Stanford Cardinal played host to the USC Trojans.

We are off and running, as the college football season enters Week 3. In the Pac-12, the conference had one of the premier matchups on the entire FBS slate this past weekend, as the USC Trojans invaded Stanford in a battle between top-25 teams.

Stanford came away with the victory, and for many other Pac-12 teams, they looked very good in Week 2. Here is our latest Pac-12 Power Ranking.

Heading into the 2018 college football season, the Arizona Wildcats were a team to keep an eye on. With new head coach Kevin Sumlin and a Heisman Trophy candidate in quarterback Khalil Tate, the thought was they would be a team to surprise in the conference, and possibly win the Pac-12 South Division.

Through two games, the Wildcats have been the worst team in the conference, and Sumlin has looked nothing like the coach they had hoped he would be when he was hired this past offseason. Tate has not performed up to expectations, and after a second straight loss, a blowout to Houston, there are more questions than answers at this point in the season.

Arizona lost their second game of the year 45-18 against the Cougars, as they could muster nothing on the offensive side of the ball. Houston quarterback D’Eriq King accounted for five touchdowns against the Wildcats defense, who will look to bounce back against a very mediocre Southern Utah team next Saturday.

Last weekend, the Oregon State Beavers had an extremely tall task ahead of them in Ohio State, who is projected to be a College Football Playoff contender in 2018. Despite the fact quarterback Jake Luton had to leave the game six plays in with a concussion, the Beavers actually scored 31 points against the Buckeyes, although their defense allowed 77 points to the No. 4 team in the country.

This past weekend, Oregon State once again did some nice things on offense, as freshman running back Jermar Jefferson rushed for nearly 240 yards and four touchdowns. His effort was highlighted by a stunning 62-yard touchdown run, as the Beavers really had no issues with Southern Utah, as head coach Jonathan Smith won his first home game as the leader at Oregon State.

Against Ohio State, Conor Blount replaced Luton and played very well in hostile territory. Blount once again played solid football for the Beavers this past weekend, throwing for 226 yards and a touchdown. Oregon State won only one game last season, so they matched that very early in 2018 and could be a team we see a ton of improvement with as the season rolls on.