PAC-10 UPDATE
  GAME OF THE WEEK
  VS.  The No. 23 Beavers are
the Pac-10’s sole undefeated team. They look to stay that way as
they head up to Seattle to face the No. 13 (AP) Huskies. Last week
OSU upset USC to open conference play while Washington became
another victim of Oregon’s Autzen Stadium. Â
  PAC-10 FOOTBALL STANDINGS Â
CONFER. OVERALL
  Oregon 2-0 4-1   Oregon St. 1-0 4-0
  Arizona 1-0 3-1   UCLA 1-1 4-1
  Stanford 1-1 2-2   Washington St. 1-1 2-2
  Arizona St. 0-1 3-1   USC 0-1 3-1
  Washington 0-1 3-1   California 0-1 1-3
 SATURDAY’S SCHEDULE GAME
TIME Arizona @ USC 12:30 p.m. California @ Arizona
St. 2:30 p.m. Boise St. @ Washington St. 2 p.m. Stanford @ Notre
Dame 10:30 p.m. Source: Pac-10 Conference Original by CONNIE
WU/Daily Bruin Senior Staff Web Adaptation by HERNANE TABAY/Daily
Bruin Senior Staff
Beavers shake up Pac-10
Coming off their best start in 43 years, the Oregon State
Beavers (4-0, 1-0 Pac-10) forced the rest of the football world to
acknowledge them after last week’s 31-21 upset victory over
then-No. 8 USC.
The victory left the Beavers as the only remaining Pac-10 team
that is undefeated. Especially sweet for the Beavers was the fact
that the win ended a 26-game losing streak to the Trojans, dating
all the way back to the playing days of O.J. Simpson in 1967. It
positions the team to play conference spoiler once again this week,
this time against the 13th ranked Huskies.
“Tradition doesn’t work anymore,” linebacker
Nick Barnett said in a statement after the win, in anticipation of
another big game.
“This is just one step in the program. We’re not
done yet.”
Pac-10 teams slip in latest AP poll
Though it was conference losses that plagued them, Washington
and USC dropped significantly in the latest AP poll standings.
Washington (3-1, 0-1) dropped from the No. 6 spot to No. 13, while
USC (3-1, 0-1) fell from No. 8 to No. 18.
UCLA (4-1, 1-1), despite winning Saturday’s 38-31 contest
against ASU in dramatic fashion, also fell a spot in the standings,
from No. 15 to No. 16. Elsewhere in the conference, Oregon (4-1,
2-0), after consecutive upsets over UCLA and Washington, moved up
11 spots in the standings, from No. 20 to No. 9.
Previously unranked Oregon State took hold of the No. 23 spot
after their victory over USC, marking the first time this season
that five Pac-10 schools were voted into the AP top 25.
Pac-10 vs. the nation
Stanford quarterback Randy Fasani ranks sixth in the nation in
passing efficiency with 155.7 yards, while Jason Gesser of
Washington State is the next Pac-10 QB on the list, at 21 with
140.5 yards.
Allan Amundson of Oregon, which is fifth overall in kickoff
returns, is eighth on the list of kickoff returns with an average
of 29.33 yards, while Ricky Walker of Oregon State, that ranks 23rd
as a team, is 10th with an average of 28.80 yards.
Pac-10 weekly honors
After a stellar performance against a strong Trojan defense, Ken
Simonton of Oregon State was voted Pac-10 Offensive Player of the
Week for the third time in his collegiate career. The junior
tailback rushed for 234 yards against USC, and scored three
touchdowns. Simonton’s rushing performance was the second
highest in Oregon State history.
Also earning honors on the week was Arizona defensive end Idris
Horoon, who was named Pac-10 Defensive Player of the Week for his
part in leading the Wildcat attack against Stanford. The Cardinal
were limited to a mere three points of offense. Oregon punter
Kurtis Doerr was named Pac-10 Special Teams Player of the Week.
Notes compiled by Josh Mason, Daily Bruin Contributor.