Pac-12 Power Rankings: Week 16

Posted by Connor Pelton on March 6th, 2013

Congratulations to UCLA, who used a terrific sweep of the Arizona schools last week to climb atop our latest Pac-12 power rankings. Oregon follows closely behind, using the return of point guard Dominic Artis to boost itself in a rivalry win against Oregon State. California comes in as a unanimous pick at the three spot. The Golden Bears won their sixth and seventh straight games last week, dominating Utah and Colorado for nearly identical 18- and 16-point victories. Colorado, Arizona, and USC make up the second tier of our rankings. The Buffaloes earned an at-large clinching split in the Bay Area, while Arizona fell hard in two games in Los Angeles. USC continued to make its case for an NIT berth as the Trojans earned back-to-back upset wins over the Wildcats and Sun Devils. Arizona State, Washington, Stanford, Oregon State, Utah, and Washington State round out the remainder of the rankings.

Rank School Record Last Week Δ CP PB AB Average Up Next
1 UCLA 22-7 N/A 1 1 2 1.3 @ Wash St
2 Oregon 23-6 N/A 2 2 1 1.6 @ Colorado
3 California 20-9 N/A 3 3 3 3.0 Stanford
4 Colorado 19-9 N/A 5 4 5 4.6 Oregon
5 Arizona 23-6 N/A 6 5 4 5.0 Arizona St
6 USC 14-15 N/A 4 6 7 5.6 @ Wash
7 Arizona St 20-10 N/A 8 7 6 7.0 @ Arizona
8 Washington 16-13 N/A 7 8 8 7.6 USC
9 Stanford 17-13 N/A 9 9 9 9.0 @ California
10 Oregon St 13-16 N/A 10 10 10 10.0 @ Utah
11 Utah 11-17 N/A 11 11 11 11.0 Oregon State
12 Wash State 11-18 N/A 12 12 12 12.0 UCLA
  • Free-falling Cats. Arizona is not in a good place as we head into Championship Week and Selection Sunday. Despite its 23 victories, Arizona has dropped its last two games and fallen to fifth in this week’s rankings. They are also on the five seed line in most bracket projections, but if they close out the season with a thud, a six seed would likely be in the Wildcats’ future. That would mean a Third Round matchup with a team like Kansas State or Michigan State, something Sean Miller and company desperately would like to avoid. To do that they’ll need a Territorial Cup sweep of Arizona State and a quarterfinal P-12 Tourney win in Las Vegas.
  • Rising Trojans. Fighting for their coach’s job and a backdoor bid to the NIT, USC has been playing some good hoops as of late. Eric Wise has been a force down low the past couple of weeks and he makes a great half of a one-two punch with guard Byron Wesley coming off the bench. A road sweep of the Washington schools would do the trick, but with that not likely to happen, they’ll need a win in the first round of the Pac-12 Tourney.
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