Another week, another set of Action News Pac-10 Power Rankings. Very little movement this week — almost every Pac-10 team (except Stanford) either played and won or didn’t play.

T-Wire/Action News Pac-10 Power Rankings – Week 4

1.) USC

Tested against Nebraska, came out with an easy win. The Trojan defense looked solid on all but two plays — a fake punt and a play where an obvious block in the back was missed by the refs (gotta love that Pac-10 officiating!).

2.) Oregon

Toughest test of the Ducks season yet, and they got out alive (even though they needed some referee intervention at that). Oregon’s looking good at 3-0. Of course, they’ll need to be better than good to get from 3-0 to 5-0, with their next two games AT Arizona State and Cal.

3.) Cal

Taught Portland State who’s boss, just like they did to Minnesota. This week they go back to playing real teams, when the Sun Devils (who didn’t exactly thrill against Colorado) come to town. The Showdown for #3 in the Power Rankings kicks off at 12:30pm pt.

4.) Arizona State

The good news — they beat Colorado 21-3. The catch — this year’s Colorado team is 0-3 (including a loss to Montana State), so 21-3 isn’t anything to write home about.

5.) UCLA

Took the week off. Rumors around the office said it had something to do with their periods attracting bears. Whatever the case, the Bru-crew drops 1 slot from a 4th place tie to 5th.*

6.) Arizona

28-10 over Stephen A. Austin? Probably too busy thinking about next week’s matchup with Ron, and how much they miss his laugh and his scent.

7.) Washington

Beat Fresno State 21-20 — almost enough to move them ahead of the Wildcats; a win this weekend against the Bruins would go a long way towards taking them seriously.

8.) Washington State

The Huskies beat Fresno State, the Beav didn’t play, and the Cougs beat Baylor. So they’re stuck at 8th. That’s all we’ve got.

9.) Oregon State

They no play da football last week. This week they play Idaho. Oregon State — always gotta do things differently. You’re not impressing anybody.

10.) Stanford

How patriotic of the Cardinal, to let the Navy come in to Palo Alto and score 37 points. Great job guys.

* – Don’t despair Bruin fans (b/c we know from our tracking that so many of you read us regularly) a Huskie pummeling this week (or a solid return by Hugh Johnson) combined with somebody getting beat resoundingly in the Cal-ASU game could move Tits McGee back into 4th.