In the current decade:
USC:
2004 - BCS National Champions; BCS BOWL victory in Orange
2003 - AP National Champions; BCS BOWL victory in Rose
2002 - Finished #4 after BCS Orange Bowl victory
Oregon:
2000 - Finished #7 in AP poll
2001 - Finished #2 in AP poll; BCS BOWL victory in Fiesta
Oregon St:
2000 - Finished #4 in AP poll; BCS BOWL victory in Fiesta
Washington:
2000 - Finished #3 in AP poll; BCS BOWL victory in Rose
Washington St:
2003 - Finished #9 in AP poll
2002 - Finished #10 in AP poll; BCS BOWL loss in Rose
2001 - Finished #10 in AP poll
CAL
2004 - Finished #9 in AP poll
That's 11 Top 10 AP poll finishes
That's 6 Top 4 AP poll finishes
That's 2 National Titles (full or share)
That's a BCS bowl record of 6-1, best anywhere.
All in the past 5 seasons. Yet the Pac-10 is still "weak", "soft", "down", "not as good as other conf"....etc.......as for the Big 12 (who I think is-has ALWAYS been the most over-rated conf) how about these results:
2004 OU drilled by SC
2004 Tex slips by Mich
2003 OU rolled by LSU
2003 KSU rolled by OSU
2002 OU handles Wazzu
2001 Neb rolled by Miami
2001 Col rolled by Oregon
2000 OU rolls FSU
that's 3-5 and some complete routs when they lose........"but it's a deep and quality conference"...RIGHT.
USC:
2004 - BCS National Champions; BCS BOWL victory in Orange
2003 - AP National Champions; BCS BOWL victory in Rose
2002 - Finished #4 after BCS Orange Bowl victory
Oregon:
2000 - Finished #7 in AP poll
2001 - Finished #2 in AP poll; BCS BOWL victory in Fiesta
Oregon St:
2000 - Finished #4 in AP poll; BCS BOWL victory in Fiesta
Washington:
2000 - Finished #3 in AP poll; BCS BOWL victory in Rose
Washington St:
2003 - Finished #9 in AP poll
2002 - Finished #10 in AP poll; BCS BOWL loss in Rose
2001 - Finished #10 in AP poll
CAL
2004 - Finished #9 in AP poll
That's 11 Top 10 AP poll finishes
That's 6 Top 4 AP poll finishes
That's 2 National Titles (full or share)
That's a BCS bowl record of 6-1, best anywhere.
All in the past 5 seasons. Yet the Pac-10 is still "weak", "soft", "down", "not as good as other conf"....etc.......as for the Big 12 (who I think is-has ALWAYS been the most over-rated conf) how about these results:
2004 OU drilled by SC
2004 Tex slips by Mich
2003 OU rolled by LSU
2003 KSU rolled by OSU
2002 OU handles Wazzu
2001 Neb rolled by Miami
2001 Col rolled by Oregon
2000 OU rolls FSU
that's 3-5 and some complete routs when they lose........"but it's a deep and quality conference"...RIGHT.