PAC 12 Week 9 Roundup and Power Rankings

Gardner Minshew partied like it was 1999 after WSU’s fourth straight win over Oregon.With the playoffs a distant memory, the PAC 12 has turned into a chaotic run for the roses. After a week in which every team played, the conference got very little clarity in terms of who the favorites ought to be in either division.

In the South, Utah continues to surge and has taken the momentary pole position in the divisional race. Of all the teams still contending down there, they are the only one that definitively holds their destiny in their own hands as both of their losses came to North teams.

There are, nevertheless, four teams all sitting atop the division standings tied with two losses in the L…