FanNation's Week 3 Pac-12 power rankings

It appears that there is a clear No. 1 team within the conference after debate over who would be the conference's best team.

USC has asserted themselves as the perennial powerhouse within the conference, thanks to their offense that may go down as the best in the country when things are all said and done. The teams that most expected to win in Week 2 did just that, so there wasn't as much movement this time around in FanNation's Power Rankings as there was last week.

The FanNation weekly Power Rankings, which is voted on by seven Pac-12 writers from sites covering Cal, Oregon, UCLA, USC, Utah, Washington, and Stanford.

All but one voter had USC as the top team, but this time rather than Utah being the other school with a first place vote, it was Washington State. The Cougars are coming off of a huge win over top-25 Wisconsin, but similarly to the other five writers that wasn't enough for me to move them to No. 1

Let's take a look at the final rankings of the Week 3 Pac-12 Power Rankings as voted on by FanNation's various Pac-12 sites.

Colorado continues to struggle as they were absolutely blown out by Air Force. This team has the makings of an 0-12 season if they don't figure something out.

This team has been hard to read through the first couple weeks, but they still look like they are figuring out how to play together. If they would have held on during the Oklahoma State game, they would have been much higher.

The Wildcats are a team that I view higher than most of my fellow editors, but they were forcing the issue way to much which is eventually what cost them the game. It seems Jayden de Laura still has a gunslinger tendency, which when it works it's amazing but when it doesn't, he ends up with three picks and a double digit loss.

Cal is quite literally the least impressive 2-0 team in the country. They have not shown any improvements on offense, and were almost beat by UNLV but were bailed out by the defense. This is no surprise as their defense has been carrying the program for years.

The Cardinal had a prime opportunity to ascend near the top of the rankings, but four turnovers against the best offense in the country isn't going to get it done. Stanford had a chance to go into the half with a lead, but were down 21 because of untimely mistakes. Their offense was keeping up with USC's, but they just couldn't finish their drives.

While Oregon may have jumped back into the AP rankings, we as a collective are still not high on them. They beat an Eastern Washington team that they should have, so we still don't know how good they are.

The Huskies continue to show that they are an upper echelon team, and I expect them to continue to do so this week with a huge game against No. 11 Michigan State.

This is a tad too high for my liking due to the fact that we haven't seen what they are fully capable of. I don't think it would shock me if they exploded one week, but their offense has not been nearly as effective as I thought it would be.

If UCLA falls out of the top-4 that means something has gone horribly wrong. They have an easy schedule through the first month, but they are winning the games which is all that matters.

The Beavers had a miraculous come back against Fresno State, and are continuing to show that last season wasn't a fluke.

I still think Utah will end up in the Pac-12 Championship, but unless USC has a mishap, I don't see them regaining that top spot.

The Trojans might have the best offense in the country and should have no issue outscoring anyone. However, something to watch is their defensive struggles. Something that plagued Lincoln Riley at Oklahoma.