The lone unbeaten team remaining in the Pac-12, the Huskies dominated Stanford on Friday night in a battle of top-ten ranked teams and have now beaten four of their five opponents on the season (outside a road trip to Arizona) by an average of 39 points per game. Washington has the seemingly perfect balance of a daunting defense (12.8 PA/Game) and prolific offense (45.4 PF/Game) to consider Chris Petersen’s team as one of the early favorites to win the Pac-12.

Next Game: 10/8 at Oregon [2-3]

2. Colorado Buffaloes [4-1]

Colorado head coach Mike MacIntyre probably doesn’t get enough credit for the job he’s done in turning around the Colorado program, even in the midst of a quarterback change through the early weeks of a pivotal fourth season in Boulder.