Oregon, Oregon State and Portland State all are at home this week, and all facing interesting challenges.
Let's take them one at a time.
-- The Ducks play a Cal team in a 7:30 p.m. game that looks far tougher now than it did at the start of the season, when the Bears were supposed to be Pac-12 punching bags.
Former UO defensive back Justin Wilcox has molded what he inherited upon succeeding Sonny Dykes as Cal's head coach in the offseason into a team defying the expectations.
The Bears are 3-1, and had fifth-ranked USC on the ropes last week before doing themselves in with six turnovers.