Every week, the Hotline ranks one of the best main school soccer groups throughout the western third of the nation — not solely the Pac-12 however the Mountain West and Independents — utilizing a components that’s partly results-oriented and partly subjective.
We are going to publish the same rating as soon as the basketball season begins, incorporating the highest groups from the West Coast Convention, Large West, Large Sky and Western Athletic, as effectively.
Right here’s our evaluation by the outcomes of Week Seven …
1. Oregon (5-1/3-0 Pac-12)
Final week: 2
Consequence: DNP
Subsequent up: vs. UCLA (12:30 p.m. on Fox)
Line: Oregon -6 (whole: 69.5)
Remark: Doubtlessly related Saturday afternoon: UCLA is No. 4 nationally in third-down conversions (54.8 p.c) whereas Oregon is No. 129 nationally in third-down conversion protection (50.6 p.c). Will the Geese’ protection ever get off the sector?
2. UCLA (6-0/3-0 Pac-12)
Final week: 3
Consequence: DNP
Subsequent up: at Oregon (12:30 p.m. on Fox)
Line: UCLA +6 (whole: 69.5)
Remark: And but, there’s good cause to query the validity of any statistical comparisons given the disparity in competitors so far. Oregon’s power of schedule is ranked No. 30 by the Sagarin laptop whereas UCLA’s schedule is No. 102. (There are solely 65 groups within the Energy 5.)
3. Utah (5-2/3-1)
Final week: 6
Consequence: beat USC 43-42
Subsequent up: idle
Line: N/A
Remark: After the mammoth victory, the Utes have an opportunity to reset: Their subsequent recreation is subsequent Thursday, in Pullman.
4. USC (6-1/4-1)
Final week: 1
Consequence: misplaced at Utah 43-42
Subsequent up: idle
Line: N/A
Remark: What occurs when the wobbly USC protection faces a proficient opponent that doesn’t flip the ball over left and proper? Twenty-four factors within the second half, that’s what.
5. Oregon State (5-2/2-2)
Final week: 9
Consequence: beat Washington State 24-10
Subsequent up: vs. Colorado (5 p.m. on Pac-12 Networks)
Line: Oregon State -24 (whole: 50.5)
Remark: Just one go protection within the Pac-12 ranks within the prime 20 nationally in effectivity score and the highest 30 in completion proportion allowed, and it resides in Corvallis.
6. Brigham Younger (4-3/3-1)
Final week: 4
Consequence: misplaced to Arkansas 52-35
Subsequent up: at Liberty (12:30 p.m. on ESPNU)
Line: Brigham Younger -6.5 (whole: 57.5)
Remark: With their subsequent loss, the Cougars will equal the variety of defeats they suffered within the 2020 and 2021 seasons mixed.
7. Washington State (4-3/1-3 Pac-12)
Final week: 5
Consequence: misplaced at Oregon State 24-10
Subsequent up: idle
Line: N/A
Remark: We thought-about dropping the Cougars beneath Washington, however their three losses (Oregon, USC and OSU) are to groups with a mixed document of 16-4.
8. Washington (5-2/2-2)
Final week: 8
Consequence: beat Arizona 49-39
Subsequent up: at Cal (7:30 p.m. on ESPN)
Line: Washington -7.5 (whole: 56.5)
Remark: Final win in Berkeley: Nov. 5, 2016. Final street win anyplace: Oct. 30, 2021.
9. Boise State (4-2/3-0 Mountain West)
Final week: 10
Consequence: DNP
Subsequent up: at Air Power (4 p.m. on CBSSN)
Line: Boise State +3 (whole: 47.5)
Remark: In the event that they care for enterprise in Colorado Springs, the Broncos must be undefeated in convention play coming into their tough ending stretch in opposition to Wyoming and Utah State.
10. Air Power (5-2/2-2 Mountain West)
Final week: Not ranked
Consequence: received at UNLV 42-7
Subsequent up: vs. Boise State (4 p.m. on CBSSN)
Line: Air Power -3 (whole: 47.5)
Remark: Whereas Boise State had two weeks to arrange and the Falcons performed final weekend, it was not a taxing scenario in Las Vegas: They led 28-0 simply three minutes into the second quarter.
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